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HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Seventh sitting)I will speak to new clause 19, tabled in my name on behalf of His Majesty’s official Opposition. The new clause would compel the Secretary of State, within 12 months of Royal…24 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Seventh sitting)I am a bit unclear about the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. The point I was making was that there is legitimate concern that people doing research into this area and doing threat…24 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Seventh sitting)We are a responsible Opposition and we are pleased to hear about the work that the Minister and his Department have been doing and about the shared purpose in getting this done…24 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingClearly, the system needs reform, but many families that have managed to get through the system and get an EHCP will be concerned by the announcements and the uncertainty today. I…23 Feb 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble AddressAn additional concern that I have with the appointment of Peter Mandelson is that the American Government had compromising information in the form of the Epstein files. I wonder…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationWhat about the cancelled mayoral elections, such as those in Sussex and Hampshire? Do not the same arguments that the Secretary of State has made apply to those elections, or is…23 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 18, which the Government seek to modify through amendments 14 to 18, creates new pathways for information sharing between regulators, public authorities and Government…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 19 amends the NIS regulations and will require regulators to publish guidance on the security and instant reporting requirements of regulated sectors. In formulating their…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)Will the Minister talk through what the data exchange flow chart will look like? How will it work in practice? Will the OES proactively contact the regulator and say, “We have all…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 20 grants regulators wide-ranging information-gathering powers, in relation both to regulated entities and to organisations currently outside the scope of the regulations.…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)The Opposition are trying to make it clear that ransomware needs to be in the scope of the reporting. It is really for the Minister to answer if he thinks there are problems with…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)The Minister has mentioned business continuity plans a second time as a justification for not going into detail on this, but the whole reason for the Government bringing in the…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 17 will amend the NIS regulations to provide a framework for regulators to impose charges on regulated entities to recover the costs incurred by them in carrying out their…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)I think I will follow up in writing on my intervention to try to dig down into the explanation of how liability will be laid down when the client is not a regulated entity but is…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. New clause 7 puts forward an assessment of the impact. It is not intended to make definitive changes, but to give time. I have…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister is being generous with his time during this important debate. I was just thinking through his earlier response to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)Part 3 is a very important part of the Bill. It gives the Secretary of State a range of powers, including ones to bring additional sectors into the scope of regulation, to update…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)I will come to my speech, but as we are having a debate on this point, but does the Minister’s answer not risk a gilded defensive posture being set up by MSPs? If they list terms…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)I very much take the hon. Lady’s point and the constructive spirit in which it was presented. Twelve months is a long time for the operations of Government to function, and I have…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. Clause 25 introduces a power for the Secretary of State to issue a statement of the Government’s strategic…10 Feb 2026