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HANSARDRural BroadbandI thank my hon. Friend for raising this case and for all the work that she and her team did to help those villages. I asked officials to look into this case, and they told me that…20 Oct 2022HANSARDGaelic BroadcastingThe UK Government have a strong record of demonstrating our commitment to minority language broadcasting, to make sure that our broadcasters serve all audiences of the UK nations…20 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for highlighting her particular concerns in West Worcestershire. We obviously share her desire to get great connections to everybody as quickly as possible.…20 Oct 2022HANSARDGaelic BroadcastingI entirely appreciate that certainty of future funding and particularly a strong partnership with the BBC are important for MG Alba to deliver for Gaelic speakers. It has…20 Oct 2022HANSARDGaelic BroadcastingI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind invitation, and for highlighting the importance of Gaelic not just as a language but as a cultural asset for our country that we should be…20 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome my hon. Friend constantly holding my feet to the fire on Kettering’s gigabit capability. He is actually above the national average, with 88% of premises in his seat…20 Oct 2022HANSARDCorrection to a Written Parliamentary QuestionI would like to inform the House that I wish to correct the formal record in relation to PQ 156485, which was tabled in the 2021-22 Session of Parliament. On 25 April 2022, I…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPolice Officer Recruitment: London Region17. What progress she has made on recruiting additional police officers in the London region.05 Sept 2022HANSARDPolice Officer Recruitment: London RegionIn his most recent letter to me, Mayor Khan admitted that the Met police now has more officers than at any time in its history thanks to the national uplift under this Home…05 Sept 2022HANSARDNetwork and Information Systems Regulations 2018: Second Post-Implementation ReviewToday I am publishing the statutory post- implementation review of the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 on the Government’s website. This is the second review of…04 Jul 2022HANSARDShared Rural NetworkI wish to inform the House that I have today laid a departmental minute recording the Government’s proposal to enter into an agreement to indemnify Digital Mobile Spectrum Ltd—a…22 Jun 2022HANSARD“Data: a new direction” Consultation: Government ResponseOn 17 June 2022, we published the Government response to the “Data: A new direction” consultation document, and in the Queen’s Speech on 10 May 2022 it was announced that a data…20 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI welcome the chance to close this debate on the importance of our much-loved cultural institutions, the future of UK broadcasting and the plan to sell Channel 4. I thank hon.…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI can account for what the Secretary of State and I have done within our roles, and I think we have pushed forward an extremely ambitious set of reforms in the short time we have…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationWe would be very keen to get more information on Channel 4’s business at the moment, as it has been rather difficult to extract. Secondly, should Channel 4 need to borrow money to…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPrivatisation of Channel 4This is not necessarily about allowing Channel 4 to compete in exactly the same way as Netflix and Amazon; it is about understanding the changing market dynamics that those…26 May 2022HANSARDPrivatisation of Channel 4I would simply say that that is not the truth. This is not a decision driven by ideology; it is about what is best for our creative sector, what is best for audiences and what is…26 May 2022HANSARDPrivatisation of Channel 4I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, but I know the Secretary of State’s reasoning for this decision better than he does. He also mis-characterises what was said at the…26 May 2022HANSARDBroadbandI completely agree with the hon. Gentleman that such services are now key utilities. As he will know, we debated the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill…26 May 2022HANSARDBroadbandI thank my hon. Friend for raising that important regulatory issue, which is actually led by Ofcom. It has been raised with me by altnets, and it is of concern. The Government…26 May 2022