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HANSARDRural BroadbandI am sorry to hear about the challenges in Singleton, and I have great sympathy with my hon. Friend’s constituents. He is right to highlight the digital divide, which we are…01 Dec 2022HANSARDRural BroadbandI thank the hon. Gentleman for his work in this area in his previous role. I would be grateful if he could write to me about the specific companies that are causing challenges in…01 Dec 2022HANSARDIntellectual Property and Copyright: Artificial IntelligenceI thank the hon. Lady for raising the issue and speaking on behalf of the creative industries; IP is the lifeblood of many of those industries. As I said in the Lords Committee, I…01 Dec 2022HANSARDIntellectual Property and Copyright: Artificial IntelligenceThe recent Intellectual Property Office consultation on artificial intelligence and intellectual property sought evidence and views on text and data mining. A response was…01 Dec 2022HANSARDRural BroadbandWe are investing £5 billion through Project Gigabit to deliver lightning-fast, reliable broadband to hard-to-reach areas across the UK, and we are making great progress, having…01 Dec 2022HANSARDIntellectual Property and Copyright: Artificial IntelligenceHopefully, I have set that out in my previous answer. I raised the concerns of the creative industries with the responsible Minister and he was sympathetic to those concerns. He…01 Dec 2022HANSARDRural BroadbandI thank my right hon. Friend, although I cannot agree with her on the importance of Cumbria, which is one of the hardest to reach areas of our country. That we are taking that…01 Dec 2022HANSARDImproving the UK’s Cyber Resilience Public Consultations: Government ResponseToday, the Department publishes the Government response to the consultation for improving the UK’s cyber resilience, which sought the public’s views on a package of measures.…30 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) (Terms of Agreement) Regulations 2022I thank the hon. Member for Barnsley East for what I thought was constructive feedback; I am glad that we very much agree on the importance of connectivity. As she knows, we have…23 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) (Terms of Agreement) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) (Terms of Agreement) Regulations 2022. It is a pleasure to serve…23 Nov 2022HANSARDCreative Industries: North-eastIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I am very grateful to the hon. Member for Sunderland Central (Julie Elliott) for securing a really important…09 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that point about how the BBC is an important developer of local talent and local journalism. I shall meet the director-general next week and…01 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionThe hon. Member’s point goes to the fundamental question of at what point local news ceases to be local. I shall ask the director-general that very question.01 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionIt is not for me to question the talent of those on very high salaries in the BBC. My hon. Friend rightly highlights the very healthy listening figures for local BBC radio…01 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionThe NUJ is well represented here today, and I am sure it is grateful for that. Ofcom regulates the BBC, but we are undertaking a mid-term review and we shall seek Ofcom’s input…01 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionThat issue was a real passion of the former Secretary of State, who secured several commitments from the BBC about moving services out of London and trying to get better…01 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point about the BBC, which is important not just for the BBC itself but the wider creative economy. Some of the investment that the BBC…01 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionI hope that the BBC listens carefully to all the points that hon. Members are raising today. As a public service broadcaster, the BBC is there to serve all demographics, but…01 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionI commend my hon. Friend on his plug for the Worcester Warriors. He is right about the very specific stories that are covered by BBC local radio and their importance, particularly…01 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionThe hon. Lady is right to highlight that—it is what public service broadcasting is about. My worry is that such proposals stand to undermine the social compact between licence fee…01 Nov 2022