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HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025I thank hon. Members for their contributions. I will address first the questions that were asked. I thank the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge for his warm welcome. On the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundI beg to move, That this House authorises the Secretary of State to undertake payments, by way of financial assistance under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982, in…22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundI will make some progress for now. The life sciences innovative manufacturing fund directly supports two of the Government’s key missions: to kick-start economic growth and to…22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundMy understanding is that these are grant capital investments that the Government will be making, and I am sure we will be looking at the leverage at a whole-fund level. If there…22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundI feel that, out of parity, I must give way to the hon. Member too.22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundIf the Member listens, he may feel that his point is addressed in my claims. In at least one of those cases, a pause, rather than a cancellation, was announced and in the other,…22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundI thank the hon. Member for his important point. I am happy to take a full look at the R&D tax credit system and how it will support our ambitions to back our private sector…22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundI want to be in your good books, Madam Deputy Speaker, so I will proceed at pace in answering some of the questions raised. I first thank the Members on the shadow Front Benches…22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundI must proceed because, as I said, I need to be in Madam Deputy Speaker’s good books. A particular concern has been raised about VPAG, another part of a longer-standing legacy…22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundI will make some progress. This week we announced the first two grant awards through the scheme, marking a major milestone in the fund’s roll-out. This will unlock substantial…22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundNot quite.22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundI will make some progress for now. My hon. Friend raised a particular point around synthetic biology, which is very close to my heart because I think that Britain has a particular…22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundI am afraid I will not; I believe I have been relatively generous in welcoming contributions from across the House. On the point of regional impact, in addition to the midlands,…22 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundThe talent and ability of people in Northern Ireland are very much at the forefront of our minds, and we want to ensure that everything we are doing to support the life sciences…22 Oct 2025HANSARDOnline Safety: Protections for Women and GirlsThe Government are committed to making the internet a safer place and bringing in new protections for UK internet users. Today I am laying in draft the Online Safety Act 2023…21 Oct 2025HANSARDTechnology Companies: AccountabilityI thank my hon. Friend for an important and timely question. It is important because I have been in the room with Ian Russell, the father of Molly Russell, and I have seen the…10 Sept 2025HANSARDTechnology Companies: AccountabilityThank you, Mr Speaker. Through the Online Safety Act 2023, platforms now have a legal duty to protect users from illegal content and safeguard children from harmful content. Ofcom…10 Sept 2025HANSARDTechnology Companies: AccountabilityI am grateful for this chance to put on the record that even when others have put their interests first, my hon. Friend has always put Southport above everything. In doing so, he…10 Sept 2025HANSARDTechnology Companies: AccountabilityOur technology sector, our entrepreneurs and our creators are close to my heart, as I spent most of my professional life—prior to coming to this place—in those contexts. We have…10 Sept 2025HANSARDTechnology Companies: AccountabilityThe right hon. Gentleman raises an incredibly important point. I am sorry and disappointed to hear of the instances he mentions. This is an incredibly important issue. We will…10 Sept 2025