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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]The Minister is right—there is not much difference between us now. We are getting to a place where we are beginning to agree about the way forward, but we are dealing with this…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]It is an absolute pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stirling and Strathallan (Chris Kane). He was spot on in reminding us that data has always existed in various forms…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I have listened very carefully to the hon. Gentleman, as I did during the debate on the creative industries a few weeks ago. During that debate, Members on the Conservative…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Will the Minister give way?12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]If only the right hon. Gentleman were on the Conservative Front Bench on these issues, we would have a little bit of clarity, but he is absolutely spot on. There is no issue with…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]This is where the right hon. Gentleman and I do profoundly disagree. I look at this arrangement and the partnership across the European Union as a positive—it is a good thing. We…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Absolutely—the hon. Lady is spot on. I know that several Members across the House are looking just now at some of those who took part in the debates we had on the European…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Yes, at this stage it is definitely what I would like, because we have got them—they are in a Bill that we will decide and vote on and look at in Committee. They are a security…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]If the Minister is going to say something positive about ensuring that we respect our copyright regime—that it will stay intact and continue to do the job it has been doing so…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Again, I am grateful to the Minister for intervening in such a helpful manner. I am not particularly averse to secondary legislation—it has its place and purpose, and if it helps…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the Chair of the Select Committee. She is absolutely right. Her Committee has a central role in looking at these issues and I wish her well in any of the…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI think Scottish Labour also supports it, as the hon. Gentleman will probably clarify.10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThat is fair enough, and I am grateful to the Home Secretary for giving way. She talks about how much the whole of the UK wants this Bill, but my little part of the UK has…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI do not think the hon. Gentleman understands the scale of the problem in our nation of Scotland. Twenty-two per cent of our population is over 65, compared with 19% in England.…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWell, here we go again—another Government with the same old, tired, failed approach to asylum and immigration. Other than getting rid of the truly bizarre Rwanda Bill, this Bill…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Billrose—10 Feb 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Local GovernmentI am one of the few Scots who are big fans of English devolution. I sort of believe that England can just about survive without the input of Scots like me. The right hon. Lady…05 Feb 2025HANSARDExtremism ReviewWe have to tread very carefully when we enter into this territory. The leaking of this report has already raised alarm bells with a number of different groups, and has given the…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesIt is encouraging that there is real positivity to the Minister’s comments, and I understand that he is trying his hardest to resolve a tricky question. He has heard the creative…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesI see the Minister shaking his head, but perhaps he will clarify all this when he gets to his feet. I know that the Government think they have a solution that somehow supports…27 Jan 2025