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HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill (First sitting)I thank the Minister for his response. I understand that he is in a difficult position. He talked of a coherent response from the Government, but it is the lack of any coherence…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill (First sitting)I thank the Minister for that. Will he point to where in the Bill it says that a tenant can make the request? I am sorry to put him on the spot, but the Bill seems to refer to…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill (First sitting)I thank the Minister for his response, which has given some more clarity, but I am afraid he has not clarified what the situation will be. Amendment 4 highlights the lack of a…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill (First sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way. I should say that I am familiar with the electronic communications code, having worked for years with it on my desk at Ofcom. It certainly is…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill (First sitting)My hon. Friend is right. I seek to understand whether the Government have considered that, and what their plans are to reflect it. As my hon. Friend says, it may be that tenants…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill (First sitting)I am grateful to the Minister both for his response and for his sympathy with what we are trying to do, despite his inexplicable reluctance to actually do it. Part of the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill (First sitting)It is a pleasure to respond positively, and not just in spirit but in practice, to the Minister’s amendments. They respond to concerns that we raised on Second Reading and those…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill (First sitting)I appreciate the points that the Minister is making, and the tone with which he is making them. Gigabit-capable broadband is technology-neutral. That is the only justification for…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill (First sitting)I rise simply to say that we are happy for clause 2 to stand part of the Bill. Question put and agreed to. Clause 2 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Schedule Related…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill (First sitting)I thank the Minister for that response. He is right that I am seeking coherence in a plan, rather than coherence in rejecting changes to the legislation. The important point is…11 Feb 2020HANSARDImported Agricultural GoodsMy constituents benefit from the glorious countryside of Northumberland and County Durham—landscapes shaped by small-scale farmers, who would be devastated by unfair competition…06 Feb 2020HANSARDImported Agricultural Goods4. What her policy is on the compliance of imported agricultural goods with UK (a) animal welfare, (b) environmental and (c) food safety standards after the transition period.06 Feb 2020HANSARDMiddle East Peace PlanI am sure that the Secretary of State considers himself a friend of the people of Israel, as I do, and of America, and, I hope, of Palestine. Does he agree that it is the duty of…04 Feb 2020HANSARDMiddle East Peace Plan21. What representations he has made to his counterpart in the US Administration on the proposed peace deal for the middle east.04 Feb 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseA report this week shows that bus journeys in the north-east have fallen by 17% since 2009. That is not because of improvements to our rail infrastructure; it is because of…30 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThis statement is a mess, but it is perhaps an inevitable mess, given the Government’s lack of investment in our infrastructure and strategic engineering capability, and their…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceLike all artificial intelligence, and unlike the spotter in a football crowd that the Minister cites, facial recognition technology automates the prejudices of those who design it…27 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsGreggs in Newcastle has, as we know, given its workers a £300 bonus to share in its success as a company. Does the Secretary of State agree that that is the right thing for…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillI was pleased to hear the third or fourth reference, I think, to a plan. Will he share with us when he will publish the plan for gigabit-capable broadband delivery?22 Jan 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Billrose—22 Jan 2020