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HANSARD High Street Gambling ReformI do not know if I have time, but I will give way.08 Jan 2026HANSARD High Street Gambling ReformI appreciate the intervention, but that is a completely different story to the subject of this debate. Nobody is denying that betting on the grand national or on greyhound racing,…08 Jan 2026HANSARD High Street Gambling ReformI congratulate the Backbench Business Committee on allowing this debate to go forward, and my hon. Friend the Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) on securing it. Many hon. Members…08 Jan 2026HANSARD UK Town of CultureAs always, Ms Furniss, it is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) for securing what I think has been a very…07 Jan 2026HANSARD UK Town of CultureI am very happy to take up that invitation to meet with my hon. Friend and representatives to see how that legacy is lasting, because the legacy is actually the most important…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillThe hon. Gentleman is ingenious in the way in which he uses interventions on pieces of legislation. I know AI copyright is close to his heart as a former, or perhaps current,…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillWhile physical security and national security are issues for all of us, so is cyber-security. The Bill builds on the 2018 regulations to widen the scope into other areas of the…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillThe right hon. Gentleman would have had some involvement in this when he was in government; indeed, the 2018 regulations came from the previous Government. We are all trying to…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillThe banking sector is obviously in the regulators’ scope for cyber-security, and there have been a number of outages, as my hon. Friend mentions. The general principle is that…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillI thank my hon. Friend for all he did on the issues facing Jaguar Land Rover. I know that the matter is close to his heart and, indeed, it was a really big issue across the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment Cyber Action PlanToday I am publishing the Government cyber action plan, which sets out how we will transform cyber-security and resilience across Government and the public sector. Public…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillIt is worth clarifying for the House that we brought forward the Government cyber-security strategy this morning because the 2022 consultation undertaken by the previous…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillWe have to pass the legislation first. It may be amended during its passage through both Houses. Therefore, the regulators will not know what they are regulating until the Bill…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillCyber-security is the responsibility of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, but the Cabinet Office has a clear resilience issue as well, as we heard from the…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillThere are some key dates to monitor progress in the action plan itself. I wrote to my hon. Friend, the Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, this morning on…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. A happy new year to you, Mr Speaker, and to all the House staff. This is the first opportunity I have had to say that to…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillThe Bill builds on the 2018 regulations, which were a hangover from the EU when we adopted them in this country. The Bill expands on those. As my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillI could not agree more. I gave the example of the Synnovis incident that brought blood transfusions in London to a halt, affecting thousands of patients. Our everyday lives are…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillThis is about making sure that we extend the scope of the 2018 regulations into other parts of the economy, and I will come on to that later in my contribution. It is about…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillIndeed it does. It is one of a number of provisions that the Government are bringing forward to create growth across the country, not just in Northern Ireland. The Secretary of…06 Jan 2026