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HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI find that very strange, because the Bill is about security. The Secretary of State is now saying that he is introducing proposals which mean that if, for example, Vodafone or…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is wrong. This Bill is actually about security. The reason he is going to get the powers is to take out vendors who are a clear high risk. Huawei has been…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillIt is worse than that. I know we had the panda-hugging days of Osborne and Cameron, but an ISC report in 2013 raised the issue of critical national infrastructure, with particular…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Independent Expert PanelWill the Leader of the House give way?25 Nov 2020HANSARD Independent Expert PanelLike the Leader of the House, I have no problem with the chair being a lawyer, and I accept what has just been said, but my right hon. Friend the Member for Warley (John Spellar)…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Independent Expert PanelThe Leader of the House is misreading what I said. If he listened to what I said, he would know that I am not opposed to people with a legal background being on the panel—I think…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Independent Expert PanelMy right hon. Friend was, like me, a trade union official in a former life and will have dealt with capable personnel managers, as they were in my day—human resources managers, as…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Independent Expert PanelDoes my right hon. Friend agree that it would have been helpful to have had someone from the third sector on this panel, for example someone dealing with domestic violence and…25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I broadly support the amendments, which I understand are of a probing nature. When we have the stand part debate, I…25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillThat is the point. Part of this is about a process of education to teach people what the dangers are. These products are marketed and sold to people—especially young people—as if…25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillRight. I again put on the record my thanks to the hon. Member for Sevenoaks for bringing the Bill forward. Will the Bill solve all our problems in this sector? No, it will not,…25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillI welcome the Bill, but there are issues with it and those need to be improved. Clause 1 goes to the heart of trying to stop the wild west that we have in this sector, but my…25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillI agree. There are adverts on Amazon in this sector, and treatments offered include fillers, although certain other terms are used. People are not allowed to advertise botox, but…25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillI hear all that, but I think what needs to happen—I offer this to the Minister—is for her to meet my constituent, Dawn Knight, so she can explain to the Minister the agony that…25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillAre we now debating whether the rest of the clauses stand part of the Bill?25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillThese were probing amendments. I took the opportunity to get them on the record, as it is important to ensure that we tackle this area. I welcome the Minister’s comments on this…25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillWill the Minister look at prescriptions for botox as well? There is clearly a market out there and there are medical professionals signing prescriptions and then selling them on,…25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillMay I suggest another way of doing this? If the Minister speaks to the prescription licensing body, it will know exactly who is signing huge amounts of botox prescriptions, and…25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillI beg to move amendment 4, in clause 2, page 2, line 31, at end insert— “(c) a person advertises or otherwise promotes the administration, in England, to another person (“A”)— (i)…25 Nov 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillAgain, this is a probing amendment to get concerns on the record. These issues affect not only under-18s, but people in the wider sector. The amendment deals with the broader…25 Nov 2020