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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is a running theme here, with the fan-led review delayed, the gambling White Paper delayed, the data Bill delayed, the Online Safety Bill delayed, the media Bill delayed…01 Dec 2022HANSARDChild Protection OnlineI welcome the new Secretary of State to her post. She and I have worked together before and I look forward to working with her again in future. Molly Russell’s death was an…20 Oct 2022HANSARDChild Protection OnlineI very much welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment and look forward to working together. To be fair to the previous Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for Mid…20 Oct 2022HANSARDGambling Review White PaperWell, we now know from the former gambling Minister, the hon. Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp), that the White Paper is with No. 10 for sign-off—good luck with that. We have…07 Jul 2022HANSARDGambling Review White PaperI am not at all surprised to see the Secretary of State still in her place; I had no doubt that she would be the last woman standing in support of the Prime Minister while all…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationWhat about “The Word”?14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI beg to move, That this House supports the UK’s much loved cultural institutions, which are celebrated around the world while creating jobs and growth across the country; in the…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationWe have a very plural system. The argument that I am making is that private and public play different roles in that important ecosystem, but I hope that the House will today agree…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI could not agree more. My hon. Friend makes some excellent points, some of which I will turn to later in my speech.14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI do not know why the right hon. Gentleman thinks that large American media companies are more innovative than small, British-made institutions such as Channel 4, which has been…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationMy hon. Friend makes a really good point. I will come on to some examples in my speech. Secondly, Channel 4 unashamedly supports British jobs and the British economy. The UK’s…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationSo the hon. Gentleman now thinks that Channel 4 is not important to Leeds. Perhaps he might want to take up the issue with Leeds MPs and Leeds constituents, who take a very…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationNo, I do not. This year, it is the most profitable and successful that it has ever been, so I think the right hon. Gentleman’s figures are wrong.14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationPerhaps the Secretary of State will give way on that point, then, Madam Deputy Speaker.14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is no guarantee whatever.14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationCardiff is another hub for the media, so I give way to my hon. Friend.14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationMy hon. Friend makes an incredibly powerful point that I fully support. Film4 is also a global success story that costs the taxpayer nothing. It invests £25 million each year in…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationAbsolutely, because it’s great up north, isn’t it? It is not godforsaken. I think that was the word somebody else used.14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI am not going to give way any more. I think the hon. Gentleman is down to speak later anyway. The Government seem to think that the year-on-year investment Channel 4 makes across…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationOkay, if the hon. Gentleman wants to come in on that point. This is my final giving way.14 Jun 2022