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HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I support my hon. Friend in pressing the amendment to a vote. As we heard from the Minister, the Bill covers quite a lot of different devices. The examples given by the Government…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)As the clause impacts the devolved Administrations and gives Ministers the right to interfere with primary legislation that is being passed by the devolved Governments, what…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I understand the difficulty the Minister faces, but it would be helpful if there was official support for her at times when technical questions are asked. It is important that the…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)Just to be clear, if, for example, I purchased a connectable baby monitor online through Amazon, but it came from a third-party supplier—which is quite common when customers are…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)Good morning, everybody. Happy St Patrick’s day to everyone. I congratulate the Minister on her first Bill. I have been through the process many times, and it is an exciting and…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)The Minister says that the Government might revisit the clause, perhaps in the other place. If somebody who is operating equipment on the land is potentially deemed legally to be…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)I take what the Minister said about the figure of 40%, but it was contained, as my hon. Friend the Member for Ogmore said, in a previous Government’s impact assessment. I remind…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)Despite the very thorough explanation that the Minister gave of what is a technical clause, I understand what the difference is between something being placed over or under land,…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)I rise briefly to support my hon. Friend in pushing the amendment, in order to hear what the Minister has to say in response. The amendment goes to the heart of what a lot of the…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I have listened carefully to the Minister and I do not agree with the Government’s position on rejecting the amendment. She is right that large swathes of the Bill are about the…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q This is quite an interesting Bill. I served on the 2017 Bill Committee, and at the time I thought it was interesting that a Conservative Government wanted to severely restrict…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q You presented the case that someone might own a bit of land, and they would have previously got £1,000 for the site and now they are only getting £50. I can honestly say that…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q My final question is to Dr Trotman. What is your response to the charge that you are in effect trying to thwart the Government’s levelling-up agenda in what you are doing? Are…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Professor Carr, you do not need a magic wand to get your wishes; you need an amendment. Would you welcome an amendment to the Bill that specified that devices have to be…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you own an Alexa-type device in your home? Professor Carr: No.15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Why not? Professor Carr: Because I do not trust them. There we go. I will not have one, because I do not trust it.15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Will the Bill give you sufficient trust to purchase and acquire such a device and have it in your own home? Professor Carr: No, to be honest.15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Just to get the record accurate, Ms Colloms, you mentioned earlier the Government’s 85% manifesto target. That was not the target was it? Catherine Colloms: That is the current…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)The manifesto target was for full gigabit by 2025, but that was dropped to 85% in November 2020, wasn’t it? Catherine Colloms: I think you are right.15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Ms Wallace, you said earlier that your companies were “over-enthusiastic” in the early years after 2017. I suspect that it is not really enthusiasm that you are referring to,…15 Mar 2022