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HANSARD Local Enterprise PartnershipsI completely agree with my hon. Friend. The commerciality of the minds in the LEP adds to the local authorities, giving that broad cross-section of expertise. In the past year…16 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Very briefly, Professor Carr, if the security threat as regards connected products were substantially to change over the next few years, will the Bill cover those changes, or…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q This question is for Catherine Colloms and Simon Holden to start with. My constituency, Hastings and Rye, has urban and rural areas—we have small Rye—and pre-existing 2017…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)The visual impact is going to be minimal. Catherine Colloms: It is minimal. You often need a very small box that just sits on the top of someone’s door and you effectively put…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)On the telegraph pole. Catherine Colloms: On the telegraph pole, but not every pole. It will be only on a few of the access poles, but we try to minimise the impact and keep it as…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Why do you think the Bill does not cover infrastructure that was there before 2017? Catherine Colloms: At the moment, the way that clauses 59 and 60 are drafted, they talk about…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. I have one more question for you, if I may. In Hastings and Rye, with rural and urban areas, and levels of deprivation, we do not want digital exclusion. Are there…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. I have one question for Mr Bartlett. We heard this morning from a colleague who is not here this afternoon that one possible reason for the increase in costs that…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon to you both. It is clear that in the Bill the onus is on the manufacturers to meet the product security and safety requirements. Clearly, consumers also need to…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Where would a woman go as a first point of call if she discovered that something in her house was monitoring or stalking her? Jessica Eagleton: The national domestic abuse…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Thank you. I have no further questions.15 Mar 2022HANSARDMulti-hospital NHS Trusts: TransportationI am sure the Minister will join me in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne (Caroline Ansell) on her well-presented and organised argument. Will the Minister…09 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsThe vast majority of Russian people are like us. They want to earn money, provide for their families and be happy, but their President, Mr Putin, has taken them down a very dark…28 Feb 2022HANSARDPension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier) on successfully bringing forward this well-considered Bill and for so excellently and…25 Feb 2022HANSARDLocal Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillI apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker.25 Feb 2022HANSARDLocal Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillMy hon. Friend will agree that democracy is a process, not a state, and it evolves. Winston Churchill said: “democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms…25 Feb 2022HANSARDMarriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) BillTo go back to the forced marriage unit, it set out additional information on the cases it dealt with in 2020. Of the cases that it provided advice or support to in 2020, 26%…25 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI want to voice condemnation of Mr Putin on behalf of the residents of Hastings and Rye, and their support of and prayers for the Ukrainians. Ukraine President Zelensky gave a…25 Feb 2022HANSARDMarriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) BillI welcome the Bill, which is to: “Make provision about the minimum age for marriage and civil partnership, and for connected purposes.” When I was researching the Bill to write…25 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.21 Feb 2022