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HANSARD Online Safety BillI will try to avoid too much preamble, but I thank the former Minister, the hon. Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp), for all his work in Committee and for listening to my…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI want to talk about several things, but particularly new clause 7. I am really pleased that the new clause has come back on Report, as we discussed it in the Bill Committee but…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterHonestly, I do not really care: I am going to be out of here, the Scottish National party is going to be out of here, Scotland is not going to have any stake in this building, and…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterMaintaining this building properly, making it safe and making it so it does not burn down is a very different thing from making it safe so it does not burn down while thousands of…12 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe UK Government recently rejected the Work and Pensions Committee report’s recommendation to “extend Child Benefit to all British children irrespective of their parents’…11 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of LivingDoes my hon. Friend share my concern about the lack of reassurance regarding top-up payments, as announced by the Chancellor last week? We may end up in the same situation,…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of LivingOn the additional costs faced by disabled people, does the hon. Lady share my concern about the additional costs associated with specialist diets? For those with a gluten-free…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of LivingIt is a pleasure to take part in this estimates day debate. I do love estimates day; it is wonderful every time that this rolls around—I am not being sarcastic, I promise. I will…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of LivingIt is, and it is ironic that the DWP is asking staff to step up and deal with its creaking, unfortunate, flawed computer system. It is asking them to do all this additional work…05 Jul 2022HANSARDIran’s Nuclear ProgrammeI congratulate the right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick) on bringing this debate to the House, and I thank the Backbench Business Committee for ensuring that it could…30 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I mentioned this in earlier consideration. The issue was raised with me by Mencap, specifically in relation to the people it…28 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixteenth sitting)If the Minister holds on for two seconds, he will get to make an actual speech. I am worried that the power is not general enough. I would very much like to hear the Minister…28 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The Minister is making a good speech about the important things that the Bill will do to protect women and girls. We do not dispute that it will do so, but I do not understand why…28 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Does the hon. Member agree with me that there is no point in having world-leading legislation if it does not actually work?28 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This is another attempt to place a higher bar and more requirements on regulated services that are likely to cause the most…28 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I appreciate the Minister’s comments, but in the drafting of the new clause, we have said that Ofcom “may” impose these duties. I would trust the regulator enough not to impose…28 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause attempts to address an asymmetry in the Bill in relation to the lack of user empowerment features for child…28 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventeenth sitting)It does make sense, and I do understand what the Minister is talking about in relation to clause 10 and the subsections that he mentioned. However, that only sets out what the…28 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventeenth sitting)That is very helpful. I am glad that the Minister is making clear that he thinks that Ofcom will not just be ignoring this issue because the Bill is written to allow user…28 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I thank the Minister, particularly for providing the clarification that I asked for about who is likely to be consulted or taken into account when Ofcom is writing the codes of…28 Jun 2022