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HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I have listened to the Minister and the debate that followed her speech. The argument is slightly confused, because in the oral evidence sessions, CityFibre and Openreach were in…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q In your organisation’s view, how is the imbalance between providers and telecoms companies resolved? How could we improve the Bill? Anna Turley: The first recommendation would…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Stringer. This is only for Mr Patefield, unless anybody else wants to come in, of course. You talked, in answer to the Minister, about implementation and getting…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q To flip it on its head, how many people, companies, organisations or groups have tried to withdraw from contracts dating back more than a decade before 2017? This is purely for…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Should the alternative dispute resolution mechanism be mandatory, or voluntary, as is proposed in the Bill? Dr Trotman: If the Government could give us the assurances and…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q On the 90% to 95% reduction that you mentioned, will you set out some examples of the impact that is having on site owners, churches and community groups? What challenges will…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Dr Trotman, do your association and your members think that the Bill addresses the imbalance between site providers and telecom companies? Dr Trotman: No, it does not. The…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Does part 2 of the ECC improve communications and engagement with the industry? Dr Trotman: No, it makes it worse. That is our concern. We have an opportunity here to bring the…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Ms Griggs, good morning. Could you also answer that question on the AGR, please? Should it be compulsory, or voluntary, as set out in the Bill? Eleanor Griggs: My opinion is…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q I have two last questions for you, Ms Griggs. First, I am interested in some examples of where tenant farmers are being impacted by the reductions—similar to Ms Turley’s point…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q One final question for techUK about part 2. Lots of organisations that you represent talk about the digital connectivity divide within cities and large towns between flats and…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Thank you.15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q To keep the conversation on consumers, eBay, Amazon and other platforms are not part of this Bill, but an awful lot of research out there suggests that they do not regulate what…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q I have two very quick questions, because I am conscious of time and Back-Bench colleagues. On the flats and the issues around the digital divide, you mentioned the overall…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q My first question, for Ms Eagleton, is on tech and some of the work that Refuge has done to highlight the fact that, as you said, 50% of all cases of violence against women and…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)The Minister took my last question on part 1, so I am happy to give my time to Back Benchers.15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q You mentioned the broader point of industry and manufacturer engagement, and situations where they announce that there is flaw but do not think about the consequence of…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a final question for Ms Concha on the online marketplaces, which do significant work in this area. In your view, how easy would it be to change the Bill to ensure that…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseAs we see the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, people across the United Kingdom have opened their hearts. In my constituency, people have offered their homes, food parcels and…10 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Elliott. I thank the Minister for his introduction to the draft statutory instrument. I am pleased to be able to respond on…09 Mar 2022