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HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I have said a few times this morning, reform is important, particularly when the taxpayer is being asked to put in extra investment. That is true in schools as well as in the…06 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the work that he did on public sector productivity. It was probably essential given that in the eight years between 2016 and 2024 the…06 Mar 2025HANSARDCyber-securityThe Government are taking action to strengthen our cyber-security and protect our digital economy. The Home Office has launched a public consultation on proposals to tackle…06 Mar 2025HANSARDCyber-security: Local Government ResilienceThe Government are working hard to improve the cyber resilience of the public sector, because cyber-attacks can be against central Government institutions, local authorities and,…06 Mar 2025HANSARDCyber-security: Local Government ResilienceMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: not all the systems used across central or local government are as up to date as they should be. This is a constant battle and a constant…06 Mar 2025HANSARDCyber-security: Local Government ResilienceWe are fully alive to the threat posed by Russian cyber-attacks. I mentioned in my previous answer the threat from state and non-state actors, and there is sometimes a threat from…06 Mar 2025HANSARDCyber-securityThe Government are helping Ukraine’s cyber-defenders to detect, disrupt and deter Russian cyber-attacks. The programme is back by £16 million of UK funding, using world-leading…06 Mar 2025HANSARDCyber-securityThere is a well-established process for transparency about meetings between Government Ministers and outside organisations, and TikTok will be treated in the same way as anyone…06 Mar 2025HANSARDChurch of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I am pleased to open the debate on this Bill, which I hope will have the House’s support. It is a simple, straightforward…04 Mar 2025HANSARD Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. Given the mood in the House, I do not intend to detain people for long. By now we know the purpose of the Bill: to allow…04 Mar 2025HANSARDChurch of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his support for the Bill. I will come on to the timetable that, by necessity, we have had to adopt. Legislation of this kind is not always…04 Mar 2025HANSARDMinisters' Gifts and Hospitality and Other Transparency DataMinisters’ Gifts and Hospitality As part of the Government’s commitment to transparency, the Prime Minister updated the ministerial code on 6 November 2024. This requires the…03 Feb 2025HANSARD Storm ÉowynI add my condolences to the family of the person the hon. and learned Gentleman referred to close to his constituency, and to the families of anyone who has lost their life as a…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Storm ÉowynI thank the hon. Gentleman for his response and, in particular, for his tribute to the emergency service workers and engineers who have worked so hard over recent days. He asked a…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Storm ÉowynWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the Government’s response to Storm Éowyn. On Thursday of last week, the Met Office issued two red weather…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Storm ÉowynI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his kind comments. Of course I take this seriously. As I said to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), we want to do everything we can…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Storm ÉowynIt is really important for our national solidarity that when the resilience review is published in the spring, it does exactly what my hon. Friend says: it must consider…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Storm ÉowynWe do not have plans to revise the Bellwin scheme right now, but we are working very hard to restore power to people in my hon. Friend’s area and in any other area where power has…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Storm ÉowynMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I echo her thanks to those who have extended premises or help to their neighbours in these difficult times. These events can be very…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Storm ÉowynThe right hon. Gentleman is quite right to say that contact with the elderly and the vulnerable is important. The priority services register is a pre-registration system for…27 Jan 2025