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HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillI am always flexible on the date, providing there is an intent and commitment to eradicate the involvement of high-risk vendors in our system across the board, full stop. I think…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillYou know what, I think that is almost the most powerful point. We have a leadership role in this, and many countries look to us. The reason why it is so important, I believe, that…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillI agree with my hon. Friend. This is the other sad part of what has been going on for over a decade. We have watched quietly—it does not matter which party has been in power—as…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy right hon. Friend is correct. I will quote what happened in the debate we held in Westminster Hall, because we heard a really significant final statement. The Under-Secretary…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillI am trying to help my right hon. Friend, believe it or not. I understood from the discussions that our position was clear. I accept that the engagement of the Five Eyes is a new…10 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GI completely agree. I think the figure of 35% has been plucked from thin air. I will come on to the reasons why it does not work. Imagine that in 1939 we had been developing our…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GMy right hon. Friend is right. He also comes to a point that I will make shortly. My concern is that there are other logical reasons in play, which I want to talk about in a…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right and I will come back to that point in a short while. Although the Government claim that 5G will increase network capacity, there are…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GI am really grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. He is absolutely right; at the end of it all, our point is that defence of the realm comes first.04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GI agree with my right hon. Friend and he will see that in the course of my remarks I will point out that we—alone, it appears—are taking an enormous gamble. The second reason the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GThat is the point. Each time, we are told that they will reduce, but, in fact, we get more and more addicted to them and are unable to change. When the Government announced the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GThat is shocking. If true, it is an absolute indictment. The British Government and other western Governments must speak up more about this and say that what is going on there is…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GThere is no question that the US Administration are very exercised by the UK’s decision to go ahead with 5G and Huawei. In fact, I cannot think of any other time when we have been…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GIndeed. We are all neighbours in the global environment, as the dreadful coronavirus shows us. The problem is compounded—this is not really spoken of in these debates, and the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GThis is a very important point. I want to know, and I think the rest of the House would like to know, whether it is now Government policy to drive to 0% involvement by Huawei and…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GI beg to move, That this House has considered the security implications of including Huawei in 5G. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I am pleased to…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GI agree. That is exactly the point I was making.04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GIt is either absurd or I will have to review my purchase from John Lewis. My socks might even be bugged! My right hon. Friend is exactly right. I want to make this point, which…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GI do not think John Lewis is in the market, but we can check that. I have not been there for any telecommunications. I say to my colleagues and to you, Mr Paisley, that the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GThe point I am making is that the systems and everything else that is being used are making things very vulnerable. The right hon. Gentleman makes my point exactly. I am worried…04 Mar 2020