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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe eviction ban has been a positive policy overall, but my constituent Andy has experienced the negative side of it. His tenants have used it as an excuse not to pay their rent,…28 Jan 2021HANSARDVulnerable People: Essential CostsWhat support her Department is providing to vulnerable people to help meet essential costs in winter 2020-21.25 Jan 2021HANSARDVulnerable People: Essential CostsI thank my right hon. Friend for that statement. As well as providing those on low incomes with food boxes, the charity SOFEA in my constituency works with utility companies to…25 Jan 2021HANSARDSerious Criminal Cases BacklogI thank my hon. Friend for his statement on recent progress in clearing the covid backlog. There will be victims out there who will look at these headlines and wonder whether they…20 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Can I ask about the diversification strategy, which is a question I asked some of the other witnesses? The Government are rightly investing a significant amount in this. We all…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q May I briefly interrupt? I accept that there are not many suppliers now. Given the money that the Government are going to invest in trying to support having more suppliers, how…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Remote Education and Free School MealsI put on record my thanks to all the staff at the schools in Wantage and Didcot who have worked tirelessly through the pandemic to make sure that children and young people get at…18 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI warmly welcome the launch of the new codeword scheme today. I have a constituent whose abusive partner is the subject of a non-molestation order, but because the place where she…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (First sitting)Q It was widely reported that between 2009 and 2011, Vodafone found back-door vulnerabilities in equipment in Italy, and that you were assured by Huawei that they were being…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q Just to be clear, is your critique of this legislation that you feel that something is missing from it? Or, given that you think breaches are a case of “when” rather than “if”,…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q That was a helpful teaser of what you think about this legislation. Could you expand on exactly why you have that view on what you see as the inadequacies?14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q We asked the previous witnesses this question. When it comes to stringency on these issues, do any of you feel able to give us a sense of the international comparison between…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q I think we all support diversification in principle, but what does success look like for the two of you? How many companies would it be? We have only two vendors that we can…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Yes, although I was going to ask them who they think is best to answer it.14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q So you do not want to put a number on it, but is there another sector that you would draw a comparison with that does not have this problem and is, in principle, the sort of…14 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: VaccinationsI congratulate my hon. Friend on the start to the vaccination programme. Local health leaders in Oxfordshire have made a great start, too, but they report a worrying trend of…11 Jan 2021HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentBefore I talk about the many things I want to talk about today, I will mention two other things quickly. First, I pass up no opportunity to mention the need to reopen Grove…17 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangIn the 21st century, businesses put a great premium on showing that they are socially responsible, yet it is impossible to be one if you use products that are the result of forced…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Large tech platforms build incredibly complicated models to track our every move, profile us and suggest products that we might want to…15 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Thursday, I had the pleasure of taking my hon. Friend the Member for Derby North (Amanda Solloway), the Minister for science, research and innovation, to Greencore’s…15 Dec 2020