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HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillBy “industry” I meant the whole industry, including the musicians who are key to it. The hon. Lady can rest assured that we will not just be talking to the record labels or the…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, a distinguished Back Bencher and former Minister, for raising that point. I myself have had private Members’ Bills, including ten-minute rule…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillI am delighted to give that assurance. I take the opportunity to thank my hon. Friend as a stalwart advocate of the Watford cluster and as someone who has been at the heart of…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillI totally understand that the House will want to have a chance to express its opinion. The hon. Gentleman knows well that the private Member’s Bill process is not an ideal process…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillAs I think the record will show, I was not actually suggesting that that in itself is always enough; I was just making the point that Spotify and other streaming services have…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillI am delighted to give that undertaking. My right hon. Friend makes an excellent point. We will be looking not only at the CMA’s specific remit on competition, markets and…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillYes, I was just coming to that. We have already started work through the CMA, the Intellectual Property Office and the taskforces that I will describe in more detail in a moment.…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillI am conscious that time is short, and I know that there are colleagues who still want to speak. Let me just spin through the key points that I have not yet made. First, let me…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillIt is not for me to respond to the point, Mr Deputy Speaker, although it is an important issue. I am here today to deal with this important issue, which is that of music rights.…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillOn what basis, I am keen to ask, does the hon. Gentleman think the Government are resisting the proposal, seeing as I have not spoken yet?03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillIt is a great pleasure to be here today. Is not this a wonderful example of what Fridays are for—a proper cross-party debate that tackles a serious issue? I pay tribute to the…03 Dec 2021HANSARD Space Sector: Leicester Space ParkIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell, and to join two very esteemed colleagues from the other side of the House and support the eloquent advocacy of…01 Dec 2021HANSARD Space Sector: Leicester Space ParkThe hon. Member makes an excellent point, with which I completely agree. As he will know, we are very ambitious to make sure that we use that first launch into polar orbit from…01 Dec 2021HANSARDHorizon EuropeThe Government are announcing today a guarantee to provide a financial safety net for successful UK applicants to Horizon Europe, while we push to formalise our association as…29 Nov 2021HANSARD BioYorkshire and the Bio-economyIt is genuinely a great pleasure, on this late Monday night, to respond to the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell), to pay tribute to her advocacy of the project and…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillJust to correct the record, it does not at all mean I am not going to answer the hon. Gentleman’s question. It means that I will do it in the usual way, when I wind up at the end…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillNo, I will not give way. I am under time pressure and I need to deal with all the points that have been raised— [ Interruption. ] I have at least half an hour of questions to…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Matthew Pennycook), and I want to thank him and all hon. Members who have spoken in this important debate.…03 Nov 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)We are not going to nationalise anything.28 Oct 2021HANSARD Animal TestingThe hon. Lady makes an interesting point, which I will come on to. Animal testing is required by all global medicines regulators. I want to be clear that this is not a UK…25 Oct 2021