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HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you for those answers. I have just a couple of questions. First of all, following on from Mr Russell’s question, the impression I get—I am not an expert—is of a network…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q No, that is grand. Heba or Andy, do you want to add anything to that? Dr Sellars: I can add a little bit. Your question about auditing systems is very pertinent to the…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Heba, did you want to add anything? Heba Bevan: If we are auditing basically hardware, it becomes very difficult. You can audit maybe 10 main base stations, 20 or even 100, but…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you for squeezing me in, Mr McCabe. I will direct this question to Ms Bevan; it should really be directed to the Minister, but unfortunately procedure does not allow that.…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q Ms Taylor almost answered this question, but I just want to press both witnesses on this. The Minister referred to Professor Webb’s comment on “carrot and stick”, and obviously…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q It would level the playing field, would it not? Everybody is having to work to the same level of security standards, rather than others thinking they can jump in there and cut…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q If I have got it completely wrong, feel free to say, by the way, that I have got it completely wrong, because you are the experts here, not me. Finally, could you sum up the…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q To follow up on one of Mr Jones’s questions, you say that you will not be taking decisions on national security matters. Who decides within Ofcom whether it is a national…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q Who takes the decision, then, to refer it to the NCSC? Where in Ofcom does that decision sit? Lindsey Fussell: Clearly, we would start that conversation within the team and…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q Can I ask something slightly different now? Do you have much internal movement in Ofcom? Do you have an internal jobs board? Do people move around and develop their careers…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Remote Education and Free School MealsThank you for squeezing me in, Madam Deputy Speaker. I take the opportunity to add my thanks to the teachers and parents, but let us also remember the children themselves, who are…18 Jan 2021HANSARDSecondary Schools: Refurbishment and RebuildingUpton-by-Chester High School in my constituency is a good school with an outstanding sixth form, but its buildings are not fit for purpose. What would the Minister advise me and…18 Jan 2021HANSARDSecondary Schools: Refurbishment and RebuildingWhat plans he has to introduce a school refurbishment and rebuilding programme for secondary schools.18 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q And who should do that external auditing? Dr Bennett: This is the type of thing that would be done by a commissioner. I think NCSC is well placed to be involved in that and…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Hollobone. In that case, I might take liberties and squeeze two questions into one. Gentlemen, can I assume that you have done an audit—an asset register, if you…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q How did they manage that dominant position, and what lessons are there to be learned from that, either in stopping other companies from getting that dominant position or in…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q First to Mr Parton, we talk about Huawei, but is it the case that it is not Huawei but the Chinese state or the Chinese Communist party trading as Huawei? All the focus is on…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (First sitting)Q So you know where all the dodgy stuff would be, if you were asked to find it. Patrick Binchy: We know where all the equipment is for our main supplier, yes. Derek McManus: On…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to follow up the point that Mr Jones and Mr Johnston made. The Government are requiring the industry to make these changes for all the reasons that we understand. We are…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Mr McCabe. I want to follow on directly from the answer that was given to Mr Johnston. This morning, I asked some of the larger mobile firms whether they had done a…14 Jan 2021