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HANSARD Business ConfidenceIt is a real privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for East Grinstead and Uckfield (Mims Davies) on securing this…15 Oct 2024HANSARDNHS Dental Contracting FrameworkLast month, the Secretary of State for Wales told the Labour party conference that this Labour Government will “take inspiration” from Labour-run Wales on dentistry. That is the…15 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsI want to say from the outset that this is clearly an attack on aspiration, an attack on opportunity. I say to the constituents of the hon. Member for Southampton Itchen (Darren…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsMy hon. Friend made an excellent speech about the practicalities of introducing this change in January, and she makes an excellent point now about the slippery slope involved. The…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Social SecurityI have already said that I will not give way. There could have been adequate scrutiny so that the House could analyse it and see the impact. Some 4,000 people are at risk of…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityI will not, because I am sure the hon. Lady can participate later. The Government might be fooling themselves, but they are not fooling the British public or my pensioners. If…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityI stand to speak on behalf of my 18,500 pensioners who will be affected by this measure. Before I do so, I commend the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) on a really…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityI will not give way, as I will make some progress in the limited time I have. Many Opposition Members are absolutely enraged that this is happening. The Labour party talked about…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Technology in Public ServicesI would like to start by paying tribute to all the Members who made their maiden speeches. I congratulate each and every one of them on that nerve-racking experience. We may not…02 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI welcome you to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Chancellor spoke about the need to lay the estimates. That is really important, and the legal duty is not just to lay them…29 Jul 2024HANSARDNHS Dental Contracting FrameworkI welcome the right hon. Member and his new team to their places in the Department. The shadow Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Louth and Horncastle…23 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesI start by wishing His Majesty the very best of health on behalf of myself and my constituents. As we welcome many new Members to the House, His Majesty sets a clear standard for…22 Jul 2024HANSARD AI Seoul SummitWith permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I shall make a statement on the AI Seoul summit, which the Government co-hosted with the Republic of Korea earlier this week. The AI Seoul…23 May 2024HANSARD AI Seoul SummitI share the sentiments that the hon. Gentleman expressed about my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill). It was a very sweet thing that he said—the only sweet…23 May 2024HANSARD AI Seoul SummitThere is no robust detail. I see that has exercised the hon. Member, who is chuntering from a sedentary position. The Opposition just have no serious plan for this. The results…23 May 2024HANSARD AI Seoul SummitI completely agree with my right hon. Friend. We recognise the risks and opportunities that AI presents. That is why we have tried to balance safety and innovation. I refer him to…23 May 2024HANSARD AI Seoul SummitThe hon. Lady makes some interesting points. The thing about AI is not just the large language models, but the speed and power of the computer systems and the processing power…23 May 2024HANSARD AI Seoul SummitI put on record my personal thanks to my right hon. Friend for all that he has done. We worked very closely together on the introduction of the integrated care board when he was…23 May 2024HANSARD AI Seoul SummitThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that AI will play a huge role in cyber-security. We recently launched our codes of practice for developers in the cyber-security…23 May 2024HANSARD AI Seoul SummitMy hon. Friend makes a hugely important point. I refer him to what I said earlier. It was insightful for me to see how transformative AI can be in health. When I visited Aival,…23 May 2024