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HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend makes a very good observation, but the fact is that so much content has already been scraped. Crawlers are all over the intellectual property of so many of…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I thank the Minister for that reassurance. I did take part in a Westminster Hall debate on this matter a couple of weeks ago, but one of his colleagues was responding. I made the…07 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsThe Indian Government have said that this deal will mean that “immense opportunities for talented and skilled Indian youth will open up in the UK.” Will the Minister please…06 May 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]The hon. Lady is right. English football thrives because the ecosystem runs from the grassroots to the top of the elite. Our job is to ensure that it continues to thrive, and that…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]I start my comments by speaking not as the Chair of the Select Committee, but as a football fan—in particular, with apologies to the hon. Members for Cheltenham (Max Wilkinson)…28 Apr 2025HANSARD Hair and Beauty Sector: Government PolicyIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms McVey. I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Hornchurch and Upminster (Julia Lopez) on securing this debate…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Hair and Beauty Sector: Government PolicyIt is entirely predictable that the Minister is trying to push the blame on to the previous Government for some of his Government’s decisions. Does he not agree that actually this…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Intellectual Property: Artificial IntelligenceWill the Minister give way?23 Apr 2025HANSARD Intellectual Property: Artificial IntelligenceIt is a pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Ms McVey. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bury North (Mr Frith) not only on securing this debate, and an excellent opening…23 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the Select Committee looks into school and community sports, it has learned that the previous Government’s opening school facilities fund helped deliver sport to 300,000 people…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillThat is an incredibly lazy argument. We do not care about greenwashing; greenwashing is just semantics. We care about cleaning up our beaches, cleaning up our streets and reducing…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillIt is almost as if my right hon. Friend had read what is written next on my piece of paper. I was about to say that unfortunately we do not live in a perfect world, even our…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillI think you may agree, Madam Deputy Speaker, that the longer we spend in this job, the more we realise that almost nothing is ever straightforward. Even the best intentions nearly…26 Mar 2025HANSARDService AccommodationThe litany of complaints I receive from service families in accommodation in Gosport include damp, black mould, unsafe electrical wiring and waste water flowing into homes. One…24 Mar 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThat would be an excellent decision, and I am sure the Naomi House children’s hospice and Jacksplace, which do so much invaluable work to support families going through the most…19 Mar 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy right hon. Friend is making some excellent points. Does she agree that it also shows a deep lack of understanding by the Labour party of the way our communities are constructed…19 Mar 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI rise to speak in support of the Lords amendments, and I direct the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I want to talk about the services that are…19 Mar 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI am pleased that the hon. Member is talking about growth. He talks about perverse incentives. What possible kind of perverse incentive could he have in mind when removing a jobs…19 Mar 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThat is absolutely right. There are over 400 Labour MPs, but just four of them are sitting there to try to defend this indefensible jobs tax on our most vulnerable. They should be…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformLike the Secretary of State, I was elected in 2010, and I need to tell her that our recollections differ. When I came into this role, after 13 years of Labour government, 7.5% of…18 Mar 2025