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HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)rose—21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Member for Bracknell has argued that regulations are somehow burdensome on business and unnecessary. It is only when things go wrong that we look back and think, “Wait a…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)I make no criticism of the Minister, because he has been very proactive, as has his Secretary of State. The problem is this: we have two pieces of legislation going through…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)There is, but to give a bit of background, we are quite tenacious on the Committee and if we do not get what we ask for we usually keep on and get it eventually. Some of the…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)I must say that this is the first time I have heard that one of my contributions to a Bill Committee is inspirational. I shall mark that as something to be remembered. However, my…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)My hon. Friend knows that modesty is one of my trademarks, but no, I do not—I do not understand it, nor do I understand where the Government are coming from. I do not think that…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)No, I do not. I know the hon. Gentleman is a new Member, and I actually quite like him, but what is he arguing for? A dictatorship? That the Executive should decide everything?…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 9, in clause 1, page 3, line 26, at end insert— “(2A) The Secretary of State must provide the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament with a…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)Clearly NCSC does a tremendous job in terms of education of members of the public and companies —as the Minister outlined, that is a key part of its role. Does he see, therefore,…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)I would, and this is really a probing amendment to get an understanding of what the Government think, but may I ask the Minister a direct question about the national security…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)I agree. The issue with both Ericsson and Nokia is that they will have Chinese components in their hardware. This is an incredibly complex situation, as my hon. Friend said: we…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)I am demasked. Welcome to the Chair, Mr McCabe. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. The amendment’s intention is similar to that of new clause 7, which we spoke…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I apologise for my late arrival, but I was asking a question of the Health Secretary on the vaccine roll-out. When…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outMay I join my parliamentary neighbour, the hon. Member for North West Durham (Mr Holden), in thanking those working in primary care to roll out the vaccine in County Durham? They…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)I thought that was the case was when I looked at it. Frankly, for anyone to do that job in telecoms for £50,000 would be very unusual.21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)Chumocracy.21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)My concern is also that the Government do not have a good track record on applying the standards that have been developed over many years to ensure proprieties in public…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)I raised the point, as did my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, that we are asking operators to inform individuals about data compromises. That is welcome,…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)Will the Minister write to us on the issue of data and the link to the Information Commissioner?21 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend is correct. A lot of the debate has been about hardware, but the biggest threat to our national security, in terms of telecoms, is from hacking and cyber-attacks.…21 Jan 2021