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HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I do not resile from my views just because I have become a Minister, just as the right hon. Member did not when he became a Minister. He makes an important set of points. I do…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I completely understand and, in large measure, share those concerns. We wanted to ensure, in this fast-changing world, that the creative industries in the United Kingdom could be…07 May 2025HANSARDUnited States Film TariffFirst, may I, on a co-operative note, say that one reason we have a very strong film and high-end television sector in the UK is the joint policy, adopted across several years by…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]As ever, it is good to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank all right hon. and hon. Members who have taken part in the debate. If I do not manage to get to any of…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am afraid that I will not give way. On new clause 13, tabled by the hon. Member for Harpenden and Berkhamsted (Victoria Collins), we share the concern that children’s data in…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am going to come to the right hon. Member’s amendment in a moment. The study is being led by Dr Amy Orben of Cambridge University, and it is supported by scientists from nine of…07 May 2025HANSARDUnited States Film TariffI know Hackney very well; as my hon. Friend knows, I used to be a councillor there. It is not just London that is a phenomenal place to make a movie, but the whole United Kingdom.…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am sorry, but I said that in my speech, and I have said it several times in several debates previously.07 May 2025HANSARDUnited States Film TariffI have already made the point that we think there is a win-win situation. A strong US movie industry will benefit a strong UK movie industry. I believe in fair trade and free…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I should have said earlier that, as the shadow Minister knows, in Committee we changed the clause on “soliciting” to one on “requesting” such an image, because in certain…07 May 2025HANSARDUnited States Film TariffI shall make two points in reply to that question. First, there have been difficulties over the past couple of years in the UK film and high-end television industry because of…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Sorry, I am getting a bit lost. Does the Minister think, and does the Conservative party think, that the digital age of consent should rise from 13 to 16 or not?07 May 2025HANSARDUnited States Film TariffMy hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. I will, if I might, just leap off the word cinema to make the point that film is not just about production, but about finding…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]It was great to meet this morning, although I am sorry it was so late and so close to Report stage; I wish it had been earlier. We were serious in the meeting this morning: we…07 May 2025HANSARD Neon SignageNo, I am not sacking them. You cannot call for civil servants to be sacked from the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, otherwise people will call for you to be sacked. As the Jamaican…06 May 2025HANSARD Neon SignageI am sure that you look forward to every response from a Government Minister, Madam Deputy Speaker. I note that my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton South and Walkden (Yasmin…06 May 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963That is the use of irony, which is also, of course, another fundamentally Greek concept. I want to say at the outset that the marbles are an extraordinarily significant and…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963If the hon. Gentleman had let me get on to that subject, we would have got there earlier, but he got to make his point—I think he divided the speech he would otherwise have made…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963I will, but it will limit the amount of time I have to respond to the questions.30 Apr 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963Kalimera, Mr Vickers. It is very good to have this debate and I commend the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) for bringing it to the House. Interestingly, it is…30 Apr 2025