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HANSARDGifting of Navy Commissioners’ BargeThe National Maritime Museum, the organisation known by its brand name Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG), is seeking to dispose of a Navy commissioners’ barge via transfer by gift to…10 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2025. What an utter delight it is to serve under your chairmanship for…10 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2025I will run through the various points that the hon. Member made. Some were not strictly speaking anything to do with the measure before us, but none the less I am happy to try to…10 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI bet this is not a point of order.07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI am afraid you will have to put up with me, Madam Deputy Speaker. My hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Lola McEvoy) referred to the fear of missing out, which is such a…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI will run through some of the contributions to the debate and then give specific answers to some of the points that have been made. First, I will probably have the unanimous…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillYou’re not old enough.07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillThat is exactly what the Government will do.07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is beginning to subscribe to conspiracy theories. I have had no role in any negotiations with my hon. Friend the Member for Whitehaven and Workington or…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillDivision!07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI just thought my hon. Friend might like know that I will not be making any of the arguments that he is arguing I should not argue.07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI have seen an awful lot of Bills in my time, since 2001, and nearly every one has contained something that did not actually need to be in legislation but that, none the less, was…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI urge the right hon. Gentleman to be slightly less sceptical about the value of CMO advice. As he knows, I have campaigned for many years on acquired brain injury, particularly…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI think it was John Prescott who said something about ancient values in a modern setting. As we move forward, we need to secure the liberty of the individual at the same time as…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillMy hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. The use of a mobile phone as another form of aggression is a very disturbing part of the trend we have seen. She is quite right that…07 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am conscious that we are steaming towards the end of part 2 of the Bill. It is 11.10 am, and we could go on until 11.30 am, but it might be convenient for Members if we were to…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Well, it is certainly a vulnerability. I started the restoration and renewal process when I was Deputy Leader of the House many years ago. Many people told me that one of the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 11 enables decision makers, interface bodies, enforcers and others to charge fees to alleviate their costs, which is obviously an important part of the Bill. It may also…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The purpose of the clause is to allow the Government to provide financial assistance where it is appropriate to do so. Although the Government expect schemes to be self-financing,…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I will respond first to the contribution from my hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Several colleagues have referred to the issue of accidental asset strikes,…04 Mar 2025