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HANSARDPublic Service BroadcastingIt was a pleasure to meet the hon. Member this week to discuss the important issue of social tariffs as well as Union connectivity, which I know he feels passionately about.…10 Feb 2022HANSARDPublic Service BroadcastingOur public service broadcasting system is a critical part of our media landscape. We are committed to making sure that it continues to thrive in the face of a rapidly changing…10 Feb 2022HANSARDPublic Service BroadcastingI thank my hon. Friend for raising the needs of the Hope valley, which he is right to do. We have conducted a review of this area, and we have been working with commercial radio…10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK Film and TV ProductionI confirm that we miss the Secretary of State very much. She is flying the flag for the UK in the global Expo today, and we are all proud of the work she is doing there. I assure…10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK Film and TV ProductionMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to point out how successful the scheme has been. It has supported £2.8 billion of production spend and over 92,000 jobs, which means we…10 Feb 2022HANSARDPhone Signal: Rural AreasWe very much understand the frustration of poor mobile coverage in rural areas. That is why we agreed a deal with the operators to deliver the shared rural network, which tackles…10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK Film and TV ProductionThis Government’s actions have helped the film and TV industry bounce back from the pandemic. Our production achieved record success last year, and my right hon. Friend may have…10 Feb 2022HANSARDPhone Signal: Rural AreasI thank my hon. Friend for his question, and I can assure him that I know how beautiful North Norfolk is. I spent some time there last summer, and it is an incredibly picturesque…10 Feb 2022HANSARDGigabit BroadbandI thank the hon. Member for raising the important connectivity needs of Scotland. This is a Union issue and the Government are keen to help. I recently had a productive meeting…10 Feb 2022HANSARDGigabit BroadbandI thank the hon. Lady very much for raising that. I am keen that any hon. Member should feel that they can write to me about issues in their area. We are trying to get a much…10 Feb 2022HANSARDProject Gigabit Winter UpdateToday we have published the fourth Project Gigabit quarterly update. Thanks to the work of industry and our record investment, we are making phenomenal progress delivering the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI thank all hon. Members for their valuable contributions to this debate. I am pleased that the Bill commands cross-party support, which underlines the commitment of this House to…26 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Consultations to Improve UK Cyber ResilienceToday, my Department has launched two consultations seeking public views on our proposals to improve the UK’s cyber resilience. The UK, as one of the leading digital nations, has…19 Jan 2022HANSARDUltrafast Broadband: Devon and SomersetI assure the hon. Member that we have just introduced legislation that we hope will deal with some of those issues. We are in close contact with some of the operators, asking what…11 Jan 2022HANSARDUltrafast Broadband: Devon and SomersetIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) for securing this debate, and for her proactive…11 Jan 2022HANSARDUltrafast Broadband: Devon and SomersetI am afraid that I do not know enough about the commercial relationships and situations in my hon. Friend’s constituency to be able to provide a detailed answer; I will have to go…11 Jan 2022HANSARDStreaming Content Providers: BBFC Rating SystemI thank my hon. Friend for his tremendous campaigning work to protect children online and for sharing with the Department details of his recent meeting with the BBFC. We have…06 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have put forward an important piece of legislation on this, to get our ambitions out there on improved wireless and broadband connectivity. I would be keen to engage with the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDUK Film and Television IndustryThe current licence fee funding model is fixed for the rest of the charter, until 2027, but we will be reviewing the model well in advance of the next charter period. We are…06 Jan 2022HANSARDUK Film and Television IndustryI would like to provide him with those reassurances. That is very much on my mind, and that of the Secretary of State, as we look at this issue. I read with interest my hon.…06 Jan 2022