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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. The benefits freeze has driven increased food bank usage in my constituency, as family incomes have fallen far below rising costs. The freeze is supposed to end in April. What…07 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationMy hon. Friend is making excellent points. Although my remarks on Brexit and technology were limited, I want to emphasise his point. If we agree that part of the Brexit vote was…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationI thank my hon. Friend for his excellent remarks, which cover the ethical debate about technology that we too rarely have about the internet of things. One example of the approach…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I recognise that while I did acknowledge a debate between the north-east and the north-west of England as to whether they were the home…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationI thank my right hon. Friend for giving way and for the excellent comments that he is making, which have raised some of the key issues we face. In 2002-03, the then Labour…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationI thank the Minister for the tone of his opening comments. It is certainly true that there are many areas on which we agree. The reason for my frowning is the idea that the GDPR…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationI thank the Minister for giving way. In the absence of any time to sum up, I want to thank him for his comments and to confirm that I will write to him with my list of questions…03 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Yesterday, the Premier League announced a new chief executive, who will face the same old problems: lack of financial transparency, lack of fan engagement and disreputable…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit NegotiationsBut the Prime Minister must recognise that this deal manages to put two borders on or around the island of Ireland while at the same time significantly undermining the north-east…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationI beg to move, That this House has considered regulating the internet of things. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gapes, in a debate on such an important…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationMy hon. Friend, who is a great champion of innovation and technology—coming from the constituency that he represents, it is appropriate—makes a critical point. I could not have…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: Regulationrose —03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationWe have an hour and a half, which will be more than adequate. I should perhaps have said that the Minister has a background in technology, as a tech correspondent, so I am sure…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationThat is another excellent intervention from my hon. Friend. I look forward to the Minister’s response about facial recognition technology and consent. I have asked the Minister…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. A constituent of mine came to me having left her abusive partner after many years. She did not go to a refuge, but instead went to…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Deaths of Homeless PeopleSince 2010, homelessness in Newcastle has risen dramatically, visibly and tragically, with deaths in our city centre. Under the Minister’s Government, rough sleeping has been…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundI hope the Minister recognises that we are talking not about companies protecting themselves in good faith from the devastating impact of a no-deal Brexit, but about…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe Minister has said that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, people will have “the food they need”, raising the terrifying spectacle of him deciding what we in the north-east…25 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)There are few in the House who have the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s knowledge of its conventions and protocols, except, perhaps, you, Mr Speaker. Certainly, my constituents…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?09 Sept 2019