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HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)I might just make a slight bit of progress. As I mentioned in a previous session, the programme reached 415,000 students, and it has now been evolved into the wider TechFirst…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)I am happy to write to the shadow Minister on that point. My understanding is that a Crown data centre will be in scope if it is providing, as in that particular example, to both…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)On the question about cross-border compliance and making sure that we have a proportionate and effective regime, we have had a series of engagements at ministerial and official…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 7, page 7, line 7, leave out paragraph (b) and insert— “(b) a pool of computing resources is ‘scalable’ if the resources are flexibly…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)Clause 7 amends the definitions of “relevant digital service provider” and “cloud computing service” in the existing NIS regulations. As in the original NIS regulations, an RDSP…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)I very much welcome that point. In talking about broad architecture characteristics—being able to scale compute and to be elastic to multi-tenants by being shareable—rather than…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)On that important point, which the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton also raised, the changes to the definition came about in part through extensive engagement, and…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe for tabling amendment 25, which would amend the duties for RDSPs in the NIS regulations. I empathise with the source of his…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)Although I will not rule a particular provider in or out of scope, if the provider in question met the threshold for RDSP coverage, it would be covered, but the locus of that…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s question, and I have two comments to make on that front. First, the relevant digital service provider will have a range of different customers,…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)I welcome you, Ms McVey, to the most exciting event in Parliament this week.05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)What a pleasure it is to serve with you in the Chair. Clause 9 brings large and medium-sized managed service providers—MSPs—into the scope of the Network and Information Systems…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)I agree very much with the hon. Member’s point, and a similar sentiment is expressed elsewhere in the Bill, in that it ensures that the focus is primarily on large and…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)The hon. Member raises an important point about the operating leverage of technology businesses. The Bill directly focuses on size as one proxy for risk, but it is not a complete…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)I am happy to proceed and to focus on Crown ownership of data centre provision to others. For those reasons, I continue to commend clauses 9 to 11 to the Committee.05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)Once again, the shadow Minister is auditioning for roles in the Treasury, by talking about general taxation, and in the Department for Business and Trade, by talking about general…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)I simply point out to the hon. Member that the pricing for law varies materially. I hope that, with the benefit of technology, it continues to be very accessible to all relevant…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)Having closed the debate, I am happy to conclude. Question put and agreed to. Clause 9 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill .05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 12 will introduce a new power for regulators to designate critical suppliers to organisations as in scope of the NIS regulations. These are suppliers that are so pivotal to…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)I commit to giving way at the end of my speech to the shadow Minister and the hon. Member for Spelthorne. On the question of consultation, I am happy to confirm that the team in…05 Feb 2026