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HANSARD BBC Mid-term Charter ReviewThat is terrible news, Mr Deputy Speaker. The nation has been deprived of your views for too long, and we should hear more of them. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for…09 May 2024HANSARD BBC Mid-term Charter ReviewI do not disagree at all. There is an interesting point about statistical analysis as opposed to other qualitative, perhaps more fuzzy analysis of the BBC’s output and…09 May 2024HANSARD BBC Mid-term Charter ReviewI am grateful for that vocal support from the Opposition Benches. Having run through the options, the Committee concluded that, as things stand, technically it would be quite…09 May 2024HANSARDImmigration UpdateI very much welcome the fact that the Minister is able to come to this House with the first encouraging signs of lower migration numbers, which will be welcomed widely outside…01 May 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKMy right hon. Friend makes the point that there have been delays, and he makes no apology for them. Given those delays, will he accept my assurance, since Sevington is in my…29 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Reading East (Matt Rodda), as I have been watching Reading since 1965 and the last two years have been as miserable a time as…23 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillI echo that. The fans, the players and the staff have formed a bond of survival against Dai Yongge, which shows the strength of feeling that all football fans have for their club.…23 Apr 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley). I was also entertained by the speech by the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes…11 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that point, and I am glad that this is another Budget measure on which there can be cross-party consensus. That feeds into my general point…11 Mar 2024HANSARDMedia BillNetflix uses it, but, as my hon. Friend herself said earlier, Disney does not. There will of course be differences. I think that overregulating will just lead to disadvantages for…30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend. There are distinct markets for regional TV and local TV. In some parts of the country the regions are so large that large parts of what…30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillI would like to address a number of the amendments we have been discussing—some I support, some I oppose. Let me start on a positive note with new clause 7, which was tabled by…30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillI suspected that might happen.30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy right hon. Friend’s amendment seeks to revive the argument from more than 10 years ago, but I think that argument has gone. The world has moved on and the press has moved on.…30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillI take my hon. Friend’s point, but I return to my original point. Given that the Bill and indeed our whole regulatory structure are based on Ofcom, and given that the Bill seeks…30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillI fear that we may go down a rabbit hole. Ofcom is the expert in that field, but the system is based on film classification. The age-rating system is designed for a situation…30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillI will give my hon. Friend one more go.30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillI congratulate the Minister and the Department on getting the Bill this far. If I may be presumptuous, in the unavoidable absence of the Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport…30 Jan 2024HANSARDGrassroots Music Support11. If she will take steps to require arenas, stadiums and major festivals to charge a ticket levy to help fund grassroots live music.11 Jan 2024HANSARDGrassroots Music SupportI welcome my hon. Friend back to her place. In 2023, across the country, not just in Edinburgh, live music boomed, with some 22 million people attending gigs, yet 76 small venues…11 Jan 2024