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HANSARDSwimming Pools, Leisure Centres and Sports GroundsElswick swimming pool is a wonderful enabler of physical and mental health, serving communities who have some of the highest levels of deprivation and health inequalities in the…15 Jun 2023HANSARDSwimming Pools, Leisure Centres and Sports Grounds6. Whether her Department is taking steps to support the sustainability of local (a) swimming pools, (b) leisure centres and (c) sports grounds.15 Jun 2023HANSARDBrexit: Science and Technology SectorIt is now 127 weeks of uncertainty, delay and broken promises since the Conservatives took us out of the world’s biggest and most prestigious science fund, Horizon Europe. Our…14 Jun 2023HANSARDMortgage MarketThe typical household’s mortgage payments have risen threefold in the last two years, yet in the north-east the typical wage packet is lower than when the Conservatives came to…13 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseRecent figures from the North East Child Poverty Commission show that, over the past nine years, more than 50,000 babies, children and young people have been pulled into poverty…08 Jun 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister for providing greater clarification, but if the office is not a separate body, it cannot be claimed to be independent of Government, which means that the…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I appreciate the Minister’s clarification that the office will be a group of civil servants, but I do not see that set out in the Bill, in the clause that we are currently…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley East. I have some general comments, which I intend to make now, on the digital verification services framework…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)How does the Minister think the words “an appropriate level of protection for personal data” should be understood by the Information Commissioner? Is it in the light of the duties…18 May 2023HANSARDSmall Businesses: GrowthTwenty billion pounds! That is the amount of money currently held up in late payments—more than the entire science budget. It should be flowing to small businesses, allowing them…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister for clarifying the role of the office for digital identities and attributes. Some of the comments I made on clause 46 are probably more applicable here, but I…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way. Before he moves on to clause 60, can he set out, perhaps giving an example, where it might be appropriate to use the power in clause 59 to…18 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ11. Half the children in Newcastle upon Tyne Central are growing up in poverty. Over the last five years, the delivery of food parcels to north-east children has risen by 250%.…17 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)If I understood the Minister correctly, he said that decision subjects are a subset of data subjects. Can he envisage any circumstances in which a decision subject is not included…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)Would it be subject to the same protection if it was transferred abroad?16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I rise to speak briefly in support of the amendment tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley East and to emphasise the points that she made regarding the importance of…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)I appreciate the Minister’s clarification. He has just said that the test of identification would apply when sharing the data with another authority. However, once that has been…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that the absence of regard for the rate of technological change, particularly the rise of artificial…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments. I note that he castigates us, albeit gently, for tabling an amendment to this data protection Bill, while he argues that there is a need for…16 May 2023HANSARDNational Emergency TestDuring a national emergency, it is the most vulnerable who are likely to be the most in need, but they are also the most likely to be digitally excluded. In the absence of a…11 May 2023