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HANSARDMiners and Mining CommunitiesWe are about to have a debate about BBC bias. I was a young correspondent at that time and I recall just how biased a lot of the coverage was. We constantly saw things from the…09 May 2024HANSARD BBC Mid-term Charter ReviewI think the hon. Gentleman has somewhat lost the House. None of us understands what the connection is between expenditure by Parliament and expenditure by the national…09 May 2024HANSARD BBC Mid-term Charter ReviewWhen the mid-term review of the BBC was published, one commentator described it publicly as a “great big hard hammer, badly disguised inside a not very velvet glove” used to…09 May 2024HANSARD BBC Mid-term Charter ReviewHold the front pages! The hon. Gentleman thinks that right-wing Brexiters are fundamentally good things when they appear on the BBC. That is a shock to us all, is it not? I agree…09 May 2024HANSARD BBC Mid-term Charter ReviewHear, hear.09 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince we last met, the media regulator Ofcom has again reprimanded GB News for breaching impartiality rules. Ofcom says that news programmes should not be presented by…18 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsCoverage of yesterday’s Commons chaos showed how desperately we need good-quality journalism, so I am concerned about BBC Scotland’s request to Ofcom for a reduction in its…22 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaHow do I find words in my allotted three minutes for the tragedy that has engulfed the Palestinian people? Israeli bombs have killed 30,000. More than 10,000 children have died.…21 Feb 2024HANSARDHospitality Sector: Fiscal SupportIt is an honour and a privilege to see you up there in the Chair, Ms Bardell. Like so many colleagues, I started working in the food and hospitality industry. I was a…31 Jan 2024HANSARDHospitality Sector: Fiscal SupportAnd that would certainly have been repetition; we all know the rules of “Just a Minute”—in fact, some of us have even been invited to be on it. If I may continue, I was about to…31 Jan 2024HANSARDHospitality Sector: Fiscal SupportI thank the hon. Gentleman for that contribution. I lament the days when the Lib Dems were with us as an anti-Brexit party. That ship has sailed, and we are the only party now…31 Jan 2024HANSARDHospitality Sector: Fiscal SupportI am sure the Minister will have heard me: I specifically referred to cuts in inheritance tax. That is what I raised in my speech. If he would like to tell us that that is a red…31 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillAm I correct in remembering that the Conservatives had promised a separate channel in their manifesto, and had broken that promise until Gwynfor Evans threatened his hunger strike?30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillMiddle youth?30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillI agreed with all of that, except I am not quite sure how four countries can be described as a fringe. Rather, I would call us the anchor holding the Anglo-Saxon peninsula…30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillI do agree. I see no reason why languages should be party political. They are a shared cultural asset. When I look online, I am astonished to see people who do not share my…30 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIWhen hosting COP28, Sultan al-Jaber said that there was “no science” behind the climate change emergency. The Sultan is head of the UAE media council, and influential in the…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Online Filter Bubbles: Misinformation and DisinformationI thank the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare (John Penrose) for securing this debate. He and I sat together recently at a Quaker dinner in London, where we discussed…16 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC Current Affairs Coverage: ImpartialityAs an ex-BBC reporter, I am in awe of my former colleagues’ bravery and impartiality when they cover world affairs. We have all followed with horror the Israeli bombardment of…11 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. Perhaps he can explain to us what his long-term objective is. Will the citizens of Gaza be bombed indefinitely until Hamas surrender?11 Dec 2023