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HANSARDDigital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesOne of the things that keeps me awake at night is how we ensure that people are protected—the most vulnerable and rural communities in particular—as we transition from the copper…14 May 2025HANSARDBroadband: Rural CommunitiesEverybody tells me that Balquhidder is very beautiful—in fact, my hon. Friend told me earlier this morning. I would be interested in a visit if it were also possible to visit the…14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]If my hon. Friend does not mind, I will not give way again. I will sum up at the end of the debate, so if she wants to raise issues again, I will take interventions then. […14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I think it was my hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley (Anneliese Midgley) and then I will probably go over to my hon. Friend the Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Torcuil Crichton).14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That this House insists on Commons Amendment 32 to which the Lords have disagreed and disagrees with the Lords in their Amendments 32B and 32C proposed to the words…14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Notwithstanding the views of the Chinese Government, it is a delight to see you in your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am only saddened that I have not been sanctioned, which…14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am not sure that it is popularity, Madam Deputy Speaker. The important point is that we need to look at this in the round, rather than piecemeal. I do not think that what is on…14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I wish I could give my hon. Friend a timeline. The main thing I want to say about the timeline, as somebody who I think all hon. Members know cares passionately not just about the…14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]First, I completely get the urgency of this. In many ways, I wish we had been addressing this two or three years ago, because we are some way behind other countries in relation to…14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I will in a second. Then I probably ought to move on to the next subject, Madam Deputy Speaker.14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]One of the special and unique aspects of the creative industries as a sector, which has grown faster than the rest of the UK economy and for whom we hope to lay out our plan in…14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Oh my Lord—I am almost as keen to get on to the next bit of my speech as I am to get the data Bill through to Royal Assent, but I probably ought to give way to the right hon. Lady…14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Yes, I completely agree. My hon. Friend makes the good point that in the UK, many of the creative industries—roughly 40%—are tech. They are fast-growing, and part of what we want…14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I completely agree with everything my hon. Friend said, and I can give that guarantee. Interestingly, when we started this process after the general election, the first…14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]As the hon. Lady knows, I am sympathetic to the direction of travel that she is trying to take me in. Some people will think that I am splitting hairs, and that is not my…14 May 2025HANSARDUnited States Film TariffThe thing is, Tom Cruise does all his own stunts, doesn’t he? I am a little bit nervous about being dangled off the back of a helicopter or dumped in a vat of—I don’t know. […07 May 2025HANSARDUnited States Film TariffWhat film were you—hang on, we are not meant to do this, are we? Order, order. As I was saying, I am also very proud of the young actor Callum Scott Howells, who is doing…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I do not think the amendments do offer that, because I do not think they work. We need to legislate in the round, as I say, and not piecemeal. I point out to the hon. Member that…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Will the hon. Lady just let me finish this paragraph, because it might read better in Hansard ? Actually, I have now added that bit, so it is ruined, and I might as well give way…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I know, but she is wonderful, so we will let her—or you will let her, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is a really important point. Surely it cannot be impossible for us to find a…07 May 2025