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HANSARDSmart Data Road Map17. When she plans to publish the smart data road map.07 Mar 2024HANSARDSmart Data Road MapI am delighted to hear that the road map is coming very shortly. My hon. Friend will recall that I asked this question just before Christmas and he said it would be out in…07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsLike many people here, I was delighted by last month’s NHS dentistry recovery plan. How many new NHS dental appointments does the Secretary of State expect to be available in my…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Further to the question by my hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous) about the review of electricity market arrangements, I welcome the fact that…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUnused Rail Capacity12. Whether the Office of Rail Regulation has identified unused rail network capacity for open-access services.08 Feb 2024HANSARDUnused Rail CapacityIt is great to hear that there is work under way, but I notice that my hon. Friend did not say how far it had got. I know that he understands that this is a huge opportunity to…08 Feb 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ4. Changing gear, Mr Speaker. Too many oligarchs and kleptocrats are living off ill-gotten gains that are beyond the reach of domestic courts here or in countries such as…24 Jan 2024HANSARDPermitted Development: Urban Homes21. If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a permitted development right for urban homeowners to increase their property to four storeys where that complies with…22 Jan 2024HANSARDPermitted Development: Urban HomesMay I urge the Minister to go further and faster on this? The permitted development rights would create beautiful urban townscapes and unleash the biggest wave of housebuilding in…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Online Filter Bubbles: Misinformation and DisinformationThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The saying used to be, “Don’t believe everything you read in the newspapers,” but it applies equally strongly in the modern digital world…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Online Filter Bubbles: Misinformation and DisinformationI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of preventing misinformation and disinformation in online filter bubbles. It is good to see you in the Chair and in charge…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Online Filter Bubbles: Misinformation and DisinformationI thank everybody who has contributed: it shows that there is a great cross-party consensus on the need for more. I urge the Minister to understand that, because although the…16 Jan 2024HANSARDTen-year Drugs Plan5. What progress his Department has made on implementing the Government’s 10-year drugs plan “From harm to hope”, published on 6 December 2021.15 Jan 2024HANSARDTen-year Drugs PlanLocal police in and around Weston-super-Mare have had notable successes in disrupting drug dealing and supply, but new dealers quickly take the place of the old ones. The quantity…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe ombudsman concluded that there was official maladministration in relation to those in the Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign, who were not properly informed about…11 Jan 2024HANSARDFuel Duty: Carbon Border Adjustment MechanismI congratulate the Minister. A CBAM is the cheapest and most future-proof way to save the planet and UK manufacturing jobs at the same time, but some of the details look…19 Dec 2023HANSARDFuel Duty: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism18. If he will make an estimate of the potential impact of a carbon border adjustment mechanism in the form recommended by the Commission for Carbon Competitiveness on fuel duty.19 Dec 2023HANSARDWork and PensionsDoes the Minister agree that the difference between insecure or exploitative work and going plural with a portfolio of well-paid freelance or part-time roles depends on how…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Ministers are rightly putting a great deal of money and focus behind back to work programmes across the country. What progress have they made towards transparently publishing…18 Dec 2023