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HANSARDStoke-on-Trent: Video Games Enterprise ZoneI thank my hon. Friend for his generous invitation, which I am sure I will be able to take up shortly. I commend him and my hon. Friends the Members for Stoke-on-Trent South and…25 May 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am afraid that my right hon. Friend cannot tempt me, and I will say why shortly. I thank the hon. Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch (Dame Meg Hillier) for bringing forward…25 May 2022HANSARD UK Songwriters and ComposersI thank the hon. Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan) for securing this debate and for superbly highlighting the enduring talent and ingenuity of Britain’s songwriters and…18 May 2022HANSARDApp Security and Privacy InterventionsI am pleased to inform the House that the Government have published a document titled “Call for Views on App Security and Privacy Interventions”, which sets out proposed…11 May 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationThe hon. Gentleman needs to understand that we are not seeking to have a subscription model for Channel 4. On the issues that we have highlighted relating to Netflix, there are…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI thank my hon. Friend for raising the important point that we can get a number of our aims in relation to independent production via quotas in the public service broadcasting…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI am glad to hear the hon. Gentleman remind the House of the thriving creative sector in Northern Ireland, and the tremendous programmes and content that have come out of the…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationIt is frustrating that I cannot set this entire question within the wider context of the reforms that we seek to make. Public service broadcasting is valued by the Government…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationThere is a fundamental misunderstanding that private ownership and being a public service broadcaster are at odds with each other. The whole point of what we are trying to achieve…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI know that my hon. Friend is concerned about Yorkshire and the importance of ensuring that creative businesses there thrive. We share that fundamental aim. As I mentioned to my…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI always enjoy engaging with the hon. Gentleman. The Government do not see “profit” as a dirty word; profit is key to creating investment in the companies and kinds of content…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI agree about the fundamental trends that my right hon. Friend highlights, and about some of his concerns. Channel 4 has fundamentally accepted those concerns in providing us with…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI thank my hon. Friend for all his work on connectivity in his constituency. I am pleased to say that Cumbria is one of our priority procurements for gigabit roll-out and I look…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s comments about the importance of creative investment in his region. I cannot be too detailed at the moment, because the White Paper is coming out…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationIn having a more sustainable public service broadcasting system, we seek to not only maintain investment and content production, but expand them. If we did not make the series of…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI am not sure that I wish to thank the hon. Gentleman for his slightly demeaning approach. I do not think that I have been particularly ideological in anything that I have said…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI very much enjoyed my hon. Friend’s contribution to the reception celebrating 25 years of Channel Five. The channel has made some very interesting news investments recently; it…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationThe Government are thinking carefully about the fundamental sustainability and future of the Channel 4 model. The hon. Gentleman may be aware of two key points about Channel 4: it…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI always welcome the hon. Gentleman’s comments and his perspective from Strangford. As I hope I have reassured him through my comments today, this is about the fundamental…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI thank the hon. Lady for her question and her concern, but I do not think that anything we seek to do in relation to Channel 4 would deprive low-income families of free-to-air…27 Apr 2022