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HANSARDTouring Musicians: Support to Work in EuropeYes, we are hopefully going to use this moment with Spain to make progress with the remaining countries. As there are only six left, we think that we can make a lot of good…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Touring Musicians: EU Visas and PermitsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq, and I am really glad to be here to discuss the important issue of touring. I am particularly grateful to the Mother of…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 4.08 Nov 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI am pleased that the Bill has returned to the House from the other place and for the chance to speak to it. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Matt…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comment. Hon. Members will be able to raise in the normal way, through parliamentary questions, scrutiny at oral questions and Committee…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI appreciate the hon. Member’s comments. When the Secretary of State is looking to designate a vendor, she will put that to the House to be scrutinised, and we will be scrutinised…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI appreciate my right hon. Friend’s comments, but it is important that we do not put in primary legislation the specific partners that we should have to listen to on these…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI appreciate my right hon. Friend’s comments. The amendment would require us to do something that has been part of the legislation from the outset. We believe that our existing…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillWith the leave of the House, I close this debate by thanking hon. Members for their contributions to the debate and for making a number of extremely important points about…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI thank my right hon. Friend for that point. This issue has been raised throughout the passage of the Bill; I am alive to those concerns from the ISC, which brings particular…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI appreciate the right hon. Gentleman’s concerns. We are committed to reporting to the House on a regular basis, but we do not want to limit ourselves on specifically what we will…08 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ali. I hope that my voice holds up today. I have done my test and thankfully I do not have covid. However, I have a very…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideHappily.04 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideI will be looking closely at that issue. I am fairly new to my brief, so I have not explored it in as much detail as I would like, but I will take away the hon. Lady’s points and…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideThat is one of the issues that we are talking to the DWP about. We are also working very closely with the likes of Openreach and others to try and get that skills pipeline going,…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideIt is all part of the Treasury gating process. The money is available, but there needs to be confidence of success. We will have to iron out some difficulties in the way that we…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideI think there are challenges with that; yes. As I say, it is something that I am discussing closely with industry. There are some questions about where we want to target resource…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideYes, we certainly would. I appreciate the point that the right hon. Gentleman is making. Since the launch of the broadband universal service obligation, which has been raised by a…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideAs I said, I am working with Ministers in DWP and DFE to look at some of those issues of digital inclusion, but I will take away the hon. Lady’s specific point. Over the past…04 Nov 2021HANSARDProject Gigabit Autumn UpdateToday we have published the third Project Gigabit quarterly update and, thanks to the work of industry and our record £5 billion investment, we are making phenomenal progress…29 Oct 2021