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HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)We are cracking on: clause 2 is taking but a few minutes. The Opposition recognise the critical importance of our network providers taking responsibility for the security of their…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 6, page 10, line 20, at end insert— “(aa) provide a report on the diversity of their network’s supply chains;” This amendment gives Ofcom the…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise to support my right hon. Friend’s excellent comments and to add a couple of points on amendment 10, which would require the Secretary of State to consult the National Cyber…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister for his response to the amendments. He is focusing on the fact that it is possible for information to be shared, but it is not required. I understand that the…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)I will not detain the Committee very long either, as we agree about the importance of codes of practice. I will not say that I am entirely reassured to hear of the statement being…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)rose—21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister, as always, for graciously giving way. I will make this point later, but I want to give the Minister the opportunity to consider how the requirement for Ofcom…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)Is my right hon. Friend aware that the hack used by the young person had been around for longer than that young person had been alive? That is an indication of the low level of…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)We are cracking on at such a pace that I lost my place somewhat. I had forgotten that we are now discussing clause 4. My apologies, Mr McCabe. My right hon. Friend the Member for…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister is being incredibly generous with his time. To clarify what we are hoping to receive, as he has indicated, we would not want the ICO to be sending out notifications…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise simply to support the excellent speech made by my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester. I thank him for his very kind words. In the amendment, he makes an important…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way; in doing so, he shortens what I will say later. I think the Minister is saying that Ofcom has the power to require information, which is true,…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)Will my hon. Friend give way?21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)The impression that I have given my hon. Friend about the telecoms sector being tight-knit is absolutely right. One concern that that brings is that there will therefore be…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)My right hon. Friend the Member for North Durham raised the Test and Trace programme. I do not want to dwell on that, as it is not within the scope of the Bill, but it is…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)Again, I rise mainly to support the excellent contributions made by my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester in moving this amendment. I will raise a couple of points from my…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)I am somewhat concerned at the implication of what the Minister says. We cannot put a price on national security, and Ofcom has a role. In an evidence session, Ofcom’s…21 Jan 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillIt is a great pleasure, as always, to follow the Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee, the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis), and I support many of his…20 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Welcome to all of you, and thank you so much for joining us. May I say, particularly to Helen Duncan—I should also have mentioned this earlier when we had Heba Bevan—that it is…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Perhaps you could contribute the article you mentioned and the key points made as written evidence. Doug Brake: Absolutely. We would be happy to do that.19 Jan 2021