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HANSARDFull-fibre and Gigabit-capable Broadband4. What steps her Department is taking to deliver full-fibre and gigabit-capable broadband by 2025.07 Jul 2022HANSARDFull-fibre and Gigabit-capable BroadbandIn 2011, Ofcom estimated that only 3% of homes and businesses in East Sussex had access to superfast broadband, putting the county in the fourth quintile nationally. Now the…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)Q You mentioned that restrictions to legal aid could be counterproductive and could harm rehabilitation efforts. Can you please expand on that? Jonathan Hall: Not all terrorists…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)Sir Alex? Sir Alex Younger: I do not have anything to add to that.07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)Q I want to pick up on the foreign interference point in clause 13 of the Bill: “A person commits an offence if…the person engages in conduct intending that the conduct, or a…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)So you do not think that it should be included in clause 13? Professor Sir David Omand : No, I had not concluded that.07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)Q We heard from the previous witnesses about the challenges of online harm—sabotage and dis, mis and malinformation—and the Bill seeks to modernise the espionage regime to meet…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)But that is not to do with this Bill, is it? Carl Miller: Sorry, I thought you asked me— Would you like to hear what I think?07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Yes, carry on. Carl Miller: Partly it is to do with changing our national knowledge of where these threats are and who is doing them, so the integration of intelligence. Then, as…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q I have two questions, if there is time. First, Mr Miller, you mentioned people who are employed online and you said that you do not think those people have any idea who is…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q On that point and the concerns you mentioned earlier about enforcement and deployment, and that the Bill is not enough alone, what would you propose? Will you expand on that…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q Can anyone answer that? Rich Owen: Well, those provisions are modelled on terrorism legislation, when they concern a serious risk to the public, and there are suitable…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q You said earlier, looking at the increasing concerns about China and cyber-espionage, that the Bill will be useful against the threat from China, but do you think that the Bill…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q I just want to look at the provisions relating to arrests without warrant, which is in clause 21 and schedule 3. The provisions relating to that include the ability to delay…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q Okay, thank you. I would just pick up, Mr Owen, on something that Mr Hinds mentioned about the FIR scheme and legal professional privilege. I was a bit confused; can you clarify…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q I only ask that because I know that with the sanctions against Russian oligarchs there was a bit of confusion over that generally. Rich Owen: Yes. There has to be access to…07 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund7. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of the UK shared prosperity fund for Wales.06 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundThe priority of the UK shared prosperity fund is to empower local communities, business and people, with the funding for delivery going directly to local authorities in Wales. Can…06 Jul 2022HANSARDReoffending RatesSussex prisoners’ families have highlighted how important families of offenders, particularly prisoners, are in reducing offending. Prisoners’ families are often forgotten about…05 Jul 2022HANSARDReoffending Rates19. What steps he is taking to reduce reoffending.05 Jul 2022