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HANSARDSocial Media Use: Minimum AgeYes, of course. I am about to come to my hon. Friend’s speech, in fact.24 Feb 2025HANSARDSocial Media Use: Minimum AgeI do not want to be a hypocrite; this 63-year-old engages in all those things as well. In fact, it is a shocking shame for me every time I get that notification that says, “You…24 Feb 2025HANSARDSocial Media Use: Minimum AgeThere are four or five different areas where the legislation is not sufficient for the task. Both codes require parliamentary approval, but that process will happen in the next…24 Feb 2025HANSARDInnovation: LivingstonWe have already spent £4 million on projects in my hon. Friend’s constituency, including £88,000 on SilviBio Ltd. I am very proud of the fact that we have been able to commit, in…12 Feb 2025HANSARDInnovation: LivingstonLivingston is a remarkable example of where investment can make a significant difference. I am really pleased that the chief executive of SilviBio recently received a women in…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Hurrah. Incidentally, the right hon. Member for Maldon (Sir John Whittingdale) referred to John Edwards, who, in my experience, is a very capable leader of the team there. I am…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a good point. We need to look at that specifically at the Committee stage of the Data (Use and Access) Bill. Perhaps he will sit on the Bill Committee.12 Feb 2025HANSARDScience, Innovation and TechnologyIt is not entirely dependent on our AstraZeneca programme, and indeed, as I have already pointed out, the piece of work in which it was intending to invest—I hope I will get the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I will in a moment. That is why I am keen on not selling the pass on that possibility by having undermined it before we get there.12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]No, it is not. What is true is that, as I said, we want to get to a concrete idea of what transparency might look like. Not enough work has been done in the EU or in different…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I will in a moment, if the hon. Member lets me finish this point. I know that people are sceptical because such a means does not exist at the moment. I have said before that the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Tracey Emin and Russell Tovey have also invited me to Margate, so I think it is inevitable at some point. We are trying to get to a win-win, and we do not believe that is…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]That was the original point that I was trying to make, and I obviously did not make it as well as the hon. Member did, so I congratulate him on that. The hon. Member for Dewsbury…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Oh Lord! I was sort of trying to get to the end.12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Yes, we will be transparent about the transparency working groups—it is a good point. For that matter, I am happy—as are any of the Ministers—to give evidence to my hon. Friend’s…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I will not accept an amendment that I have not yet seen, but that is one issue that we are definitely already working on, and we intend to address it in Committee. Government…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am a DSIT Minister today, but the debate felt remarkably like the creative industries debate a couple of weeks ago, when I was responding as the Minister for Creative…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]On births and deaths? Of course.12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]My mother-in-law is not.12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]We have to make sure it is accurate to the precise process for which it is being used, just as a passport has to be accurate for the precise purpose for which it is being used. I…12 Feb 2025