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HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI pay tribute to the work of my hon. Friend’s all-party parliamentary group, with which I am quite familiar. I wholeheartedly agree with him about the importance of that research,…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillIt is a pleasure and honour to follow the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May). I am certain that the current Conservative Government could benefit enormously from her…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI thank the hon. Member for his kind words. Of course, the SNP amendments were simply agreeing with Labour’s amendments during Committee. We sought to improve—as we should do—from…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.25 May 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillIt is a great pleasure to speak in this debate on Report. As I may have mentioned before, I am a chartered electrical engineer; before I entered Parliament, I worked for 20 years…25 May 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillThis has been a very well-informed debate. I am sorry if my own digital connectivity did not enable my contribution to be heard as perfectly as it should have been, but I hope we…25 May 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI thank the Minister for his statement and echo his remarks in thanking all the Clerks and officials of the House and the Department who worked on the Bill, as well as our…25 May 2021HANSARDDigital InclusivityThe Minister says that no one should be left behind, but 60% of over-50s with household earnings under £20,000 per year are not online; more than half of adults who are not online…20 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsThe Government face a slew of allegations over contracts for mates, lobbying, conflicts of interest and influence. Does the Minister think now is the time to exempt a new…18 May 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillI again thank colleagues in the other place who have worked tirelessly to improve the Bill. Labour is the party of national security and has long called for a new regime to deal…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaI have spoken to people at Newcastle’s Hindu temple who have emphasised just how distressing these desperate scenes from India are for those with friends and family living there…28 Apr 2021HANSARDPost Office Court of Appeal JudgmentI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. This is the largest legal miscarriage of justice in our history: 900 false prosecutions, each one its own story of…27 Apr 2021HANSARD ODA BudgetAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Africa, I am deeply disturbed that 60 African researchers on the Royal Society’s future leaders programme have been left without…26 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillLet me start by welcoming the Minister to the National Security and Investment Bill, and I would like to wish his predecessor well in his work on the vaccine roll-out. I would…26 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Fifth sitting)We heard from Dr Highnam repeatedly of the importance of rules and regulations. He spoke specifically of a culture in which the process was not considered bureaucracy and a…22 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for summarising clause 6. The theme of many of our amendments has been the importance of communication, information, understanding ARIA and its mission, and…22 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Sixth sitting)Will the intervention from the hon. Member for South Basildon and East Thurrock be on a similar point? I imagine it will.22 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Sixth sitting)I give way to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme.22 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Sixth sitting)My respect for the hon. Member only increases because he does not wish to repeat what somebody else has said. That is not always the case in this House, as we know. I welcome the…22 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 22, in schedule 3, page 14, line 3, at end insert— “Freedom of Information Act 2000 (12) In Part VI of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000…22 Apr 2021