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HANSARDDigital Skills: Older PeopleI certainly congratulate the South East LEP on gaining this initiative. We have now launched six local digital skills partnerships, and they will match provision to the very local…23 May 2019HANSARDDigital Skills: Older PeopleI congratulate everyone behind Young At Heart in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency; it sounds like an excellent initiative. NHS Digital has the widening digital participation…23 May 2019HANSARDCommercial Radio: WalesWe continue to support the growth of radio services in Wales. A number of new community and digital stations have launched in recent years, including those offering programmes in…23 May 2019HANSARDCommercial Radio: WalesWe are very committed to programmes in minority languages. We have launched a new audio content fund and we expect 5% of that fund to be devoted to Welsh and Gaelic programming. I…23 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachI agree with the hon. Lady that on hearing about this—it is ironic that people have to hear about it through traditional print media and television—they really should update…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachI agree with my hon. Friend that such attacks undermine the confidence of users, which is why it is in the interests of manufacturers to make sure that security is much more…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachI am grateful to my hon. Friend for reminding the House of the significant powers that the ICO now has. Of course, the powers are there to enforce and protect the privacy of UK…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachI cannot give the hon. Gentleman that assurance, but I can say that the early investigations point to this being a highly targeted attack. As I said earlier, the NCSC is…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachMy hon. Friend is right that the threat is evolving all the time and morphing from one aspect to another. It is therefore important that we keep business and citizens informed of…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachI share the shadow Secretary of State’s outrage and shock at this latest development and I agree that such transgressions happen far too frequently. At the Paris summit, the…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachI congratulate my right hon. Friend on his previous work. I strongly agree with his thesis that a voluntary approach of asking companies for their co-operation has not produced…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachI will answer the questions that I can answer. I cannot speak for what Facebook and WhatsApp are doing, but I can assure my hon. Friend that, as part of the general data…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachIn relation to our membership of the European Union and impending Brexit, as long as Britain leaves with a deal, preferably the deal that the Prime Minister has negotiated, we…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachI thank the hon. Gentleman for quite rightly raising the role of Ofcom. I have regular meetings with the chief executive of Ofcom, and I will certainly raise the matter the hon.…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachI am responding to this question from the shadow Secretary of State because the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is in Paris for the G7 Digital Ministers…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachI think that that is precisely the content of the discussion my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has had with Facebook just this morning. I agree with the hon. Gentleman:…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachThe hon. Gentleman raises a subject that is top of my priority list at the moment. My Department works with the Cabinet Office on making our electoral laws fit for the internet…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachIt is vital that we hold platforms—in this case, WhatsApp—to account for breaches that have occurred. If these breaches have resulted in UK users’ data being compromised, the ICO…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachI reassure the hon. Lady that we already have robust legislation in place through the introduction of GDPR. We also have competition law and a number of agencies. Indeed,…15 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sMy right hon. Friend the Member for Maldon has just reminded me that it is a decision for the BBC to make. I am sure that the BBC has listened to the hon. Lady and others across…08 May 2019