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HANSARD Online Safety BillThe right hon. Lady and I have co-operated to deal with international corporate villains, so I am interested in her proposal. However, a great number of these actions are taken by…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI listened with interest to the comments of the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge) about who should be held responsible. I am trying to think through how that…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI do not agree with every detail of what the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) said, but I share her aims. She has exactly the right surname for what she does in standing…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI will come back to that in some detail. The first time I used encryption it was one-time pads and Morse, so it was a long time ago. The last time was much more recent. The issue…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI rise in support of the right hon. Gentleman. The production order structure, as it stands, is already being abused: I know of a case in place today. The measure should be…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillPerhaps we should run my speech against— [Laughter.] I am teasing. I am coming to the end of my comments, Madam Deputy Speaker. The simple truth is that these mechanisms—call them…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillMy hon. Friend is exactly right about that. I used the example of clickbait as shorthand. The simple truth is that “AI-generated” is also a misnomer, because these things are not…05 Dec 2022HANSARDPrivilegeHe claimed that he “didn’t ‘release’ the Speaker’s letter. I summarised it entirely fairly.” That is untrue. He misled the country by deliberately withholding the way in which…29 Nov 2022HANSARDPrivilegeI do not believe any of this conduct to be appropriate for a Member of this House. However, that is not for me to judge, as a single, ordinary Member, which is why this is not a…29 Nov 2022HANSARDPrivilegeThe hon. Member for Ochil and South Perthshire had again compounded his misdemeanour by deliberately attempting to undermine the impartiality and integrity of the Speaker’s…29 Nov 2022HANSARDPrivilegeI beg to move, That the matter of the actions and subsequent conduct of the hon Member for Ochil and South Perthshire in relation to correspondence from the Speaker on a matter of…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Saudi Arabia: Death Penalty and Spike in ExecutionsI thank the Minister for his description of Lord Ahmad’s work so far, which is welcome, but I have to say that in the context of the current circumstances we may have to step this…28 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateEarlier this year, I informed the Home Office that some 30 Albanian asylum seekers had absconded from the Thwaite Hall facility in my constituency. The then Minister for…28 Nov 2022HANSARD Saudi Arabia: Death Penalty and Spike in Executions(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on Saudi Arabia’s use of the death penalty and the…28 Nov 2022HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Further to that, hon. Members of this House have certain strict duties on them. First, there is a duty to uphold the institutions of this House.…23 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementThis is one of the most difficult circumstances in memory in which an autumn statement has been delivered, so I congratulate the Chancellor on a remarkably skilful statement. Of…17 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillMy right hon. and learned Friend will remember that, when the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Act 2021 was first brought before the House, the International…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillThe right hon. Gentleman is right, and it is also true that we found out about Binyam Mohamed only because of extended legal cases in the courts, which were resisted by the…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillI welcome the Minister to his post. He is very much a round peg in a round hole—despite my historic critique of the Home Office, that is meant as a compliment. I thank him for…16 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe announcement today is clearly a good thing, but is the Home Secretary entirely confident that she will have sufficient aerial surveillance assets in place so that we can do…14 Nov 2022