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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I was thinking of Laurence Fox.04 Jul 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Twelfth sitting)There is no answer in that as to the timespan.04 Jul 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Will the Minister give way?04 Jul 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way; he has been very generous. To be clear, is it the Government’s expectation that a subscription could be cancelled through a single…04 Jul 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Eleventh sitting)I wonder whether the Minister could pinpoint where in the Bill’s impact assessment documents the estimates are for the number of cases that the Government expect under this…29 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Eleventh sitting)I did not intend to speak, but I want to press the Minister on the approach that the Government are choosing to adopt in this group of clauses. What the Bill intends is welcome,…29 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Eleventh sitting)Within clause 181 there is the option for someone who is potentially identified as selling rogue or dangerous products to use a reasonable excuse. Can the Minister better define…29 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Eleventh sitting)To be clear, I am not looking for a list of what companies or individuals might use as an excuse for selling dangerous goods; I wondered whether the Minister would set out the…29 Jun 2023HANSARD Mental Health In-patient Services: Improving SafetySouth London and Maudsley is the mental health trust that covers my constituency. This year, as a direct result of the Secretary of State’s wider policies, SLaM is cutting £45…28 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Tenth sitting)Perhaps rather than chapter and verse, just one sentence would be fine. Will the Government resource Citizens Advice to provide the new information on a whole new legislative…27 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Tenth sitting)When witnesses from trading standards sat here two weeks ago, John Herriman and David MacKenzie told us that there needed to be an awareness-raising campaign about the changes.…27 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Tenth sitting)Is there a reason why trading standards is not on this list? It would be the go-to for a consumer or business under existing law, so why is it absent from this list?27 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Tenth sitting)Apologies for coming back on this, but that is not an answer. Citizens Advice came to the Work and Pensions Committee just a few weeks ago to say that its advisers, many of whom…27 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Tenth sitting)If a consumer believes that they have been sold something that is counterfeit or damaging, which might meet the “detrimental effects” test, where would they go to find out how to…27 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Tenth sitting)There is an alternative. There was a suggestion from trading standards representatives of a take-down power, which would bypass the longer route that adds an administrative burden…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentExcessive cost for nil result—does not that assessment sum up not just the Minister’s flawed Home Office plans, but the incompetence at the heart of the whole sinking Government?27 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister will have heard the witnesses last week, including witnesses from trading standards. Will the amendments in this grouping be replicated to address the concerns of…22 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Seventh sitting)Is the Minister suggesting that the equivalent powers to access information, which were specifically addressed last week by trading standards representatives, will be covered by…22 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Seventh sitting)I am hoping for clarity. I think there were attempts to get information to the Minister when I intervened before. Last week, trading standards specifically asked for the powers…22 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Fifth sitting)My hon. Friend the shadow Minister has been accused of repetition, but she made a point about resources. The Minister is making further comments about the capacity and tasks of…20 Jun 2023