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HANSARDWar in Ukraine: Third AnniversaryI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for calling this debate. I was very pleased to support his application to the…27 Feb 2025HANSARDWar in Ukraine: Third AnniversaryIt is almost as if the hon. Member had read what I wrote on my bit of paper. It is miraculous. I want to know her lottery numbers for next week. She is exactly right. My own…27 Feb 2025HANSARDWar in Ukraine: Third AnniversaryYes, that is very welcome. A lot of people from the Ukrainian community want certainty about what to expect and about the security of the world around them. To follow on from an…27 Feb 2025HANSARD Gaza: BBC CoverageThe BBC has definitely got questions to answer here, not just on the dealings over this film but on the wider concerns about the representation and reporting of the Gaza conflict.…27 Feb 2025HANSARDVideo Games Industry: Gross Value Added1. If she will make an assessment of recent trends in the gross value added of the video games industry.27 Feb 2025HANSARDVideo Games Industry: Gross Value AddedThe Secretary of State is right: the video games industry is a great British success story. It contributes £6 billion a year to our economy and 73,000 jobs, many of which are…27 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act: ImplementationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jeremy Wright) on…26 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Cancer PlanThe Minister is absolutely right to focus on this. I warmly welcome the reinstatement of the children and young people’s cancer taskforce. I take this opportunity to pay tribute…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesI am sure the hon. Lady would also recognise that there will be sites in her constituency and beyond that were saved during the pandemic by the actions of the then Government.…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesI am delighted to have the opportunity to talk about our world-leading creative industries. I listened very carefully to everything the Minister said, and there was a lot of it. I…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesWe may be here for a long time if the Minister answers every question that I am going to ask over the next few minutes, but let us have a go. We in the Select Committee are very…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Russian Maritime Activity and UK ResponseI am sure that the Secretary of State agrees that our Royal Navy and RFA are the best in the world. They need to be equipped with the vessels and crew to do their job and address…22 Jan 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformIn Gosport we are facing a massive increase in our housing numbers, and planners are putting in applications to build across the very last green spaces, in the strategic gap…20 Jan 2025HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCould the Leader of the House use her great influence to improve the tone and quality of ministerial responses in this place? On Monday, the Secretary of State for Science,…16 Jan 2025HANSARDSmall Music VenuesI am grateful for the Minister’s commitment to the issue. He will know that it was the cornerstone of the Select Committee’s work on grassroots music venues, and he also knows…16 Jan 2025HANSARDUK Economic GrowthAmong our greatest UK exports are our culture and our creative industries, so I am keen to hear what conversations the Foreign Secretary has had with international…14 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanThe action plan calls for an AI sector champion in the creative industries, but what the Government really need is a creative industries champion. The Government’s copyright and…13 Jan 2025HANSARD Live Events Ticketing: Resale and Pricing PracticesI welcome the Government’s putting music fans at the forefront of these consultations, although the Minister will know that I would like him to go further and have a full fan-led…13 Jan 2025HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyI think we can forgive our overseas territories for being a little concerned about this Government’s commitment to their right to self-determination. Those of us who, like me, are…18 Dec 2024HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsUltra-realistic deepfake porn is increasingly being used to target women, and I know the Government agree because they committed to criminalising it in their manifesto. For the…18 Dec 2024