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HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyI am proud to have the British Library at Boston Spa in my constituency, and I will be meeting it in a week’s time to talk about the cyber-attack. That is just one aspect of what…25 Mar 2024HANSARDRail ServicesLong before I was elected, it had been identified that in the east direction, the Leeds to Selby railway line had only a footbridge, which restricted access for so many people.…21 Mar 2024HANSARDArmed Forces Readiness and Defence EquipmentI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Sir Jeremy Quin) for leading the debate with his report. On the first Thursday back in January 2022, six weeks before Russia…21 Mar 2024HANSARDArmed Forces Readiness and Defence EquipmentYou did.21 Mar 2024HANSARDArmed Forces Readiness and Defence EquipmentA recent meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly that I attended assessed that it would need to be an increase of 5% of GDP on top of current spend, were the Americans to pull…21 Mar 2024HANSARDArmed Forces Readiness and Defence EquipmentI am glad that my right hon. Friend has mentioned accommodation, on which I focused after succeeding him as Minister for Defence Procurement. Does he agree that accommodation is…21 Mar 2024HANSARDArmed Forces Readiness and Defence EquipmentI am listening carefully to what the hon. Lady is saying. I have not cast my eye over the report she is speaking about. She talks about the Government or the MOD trimming…21 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in Great BritainMy right hon. Friend mentioned Sizewell C. A huge environmental impact study was believed to have put back the planning process. Does she have any insight into what that may do to…19 Mar 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentLast week, in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly joint session in Brussels, top military leaders described to us their concern that the EU ethical banking laws are going to stop…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaHamas is a terrorist organisation full of rapists, murderers and repressors—that cannot be overlooked at any time in these conversations. The reality is that the Gaza area has had…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleWill my right hon. and learned Friend give way?27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleBefore we move on to the in-depth part of my right hon. and learned Friend’s speech, is not one of the problems with the BBC that it lays down rules then just ignores them? For…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell. I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Northampton North (Sir Michael Ellis), whose opening…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleI am grateful to my hon. Friend. He brings to the debate a unique perspective on what is actually happening to the Jewish population in this country; it is more than I could hope…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleThat is quite amusing. I was sat here wondering if we would actually make “Today in Parliament”; I think it may get a mention, but it will probably be quite well edited. The…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleWe often find the left screaming that the BBC is a Tory mouthpiece and the right screaming that the BBC is a left-wing mouthpiece—that is political opinion, and it probably means…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleI am grateful to the Minister for highlighting the fact that there will be a funding review, but how the BBC is funded is not the issue. The BBC has built a reputation as the…27 Feb 2024HANSARDEngagementsI put on the record my best wishes to His Majesty the King and to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Building on the question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for…07 Feb 2024HANSARDSituation in the Red SeaI thank my right hon. Friend for his in-depth statement, but there is concern about stretching the Royal Navy. It is a leading, world-class Navy, but it is suffering from…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDisability Action PlanI welcome my hon. Friend’s statement. I am particularly pleased about the aim to “help our businesses of all sizes and sectors to understand the needs of, and deliver improvements…05 Feb 2024