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HANSARDMarket Towns: Cultural HeritageIf she can limit herself to one minute, I call Catherine Fookes.04 Mar 2025HANSARDMarket Towns: Cultural HeritageI am grateful for the exemplary time discipline so far.04 Mar 2025HANSARDMarket Towns: Cultural HeritageIn the spirit of working together, I will call the Front Benchers at 10.28 am. There are still eight people who want to speak, so I am afraid speeches will have to be less than…04 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategy and Policy StatementThe first and current strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission was published by the previous Government in February last year. The commission passed its report…27 Feb 2025HANSARDStrategy and Policy StatementI can tell the hon. Gentleman that that is the commission’s view. He will know that the commission remains opposed to the principle of a strategy and policy statement, and views…27 Feb 2025HANSARDStrategy and Policy StatementMy hon. Friend is right that more can always be done to ensure that all those eligible for the franchise, which now includes a substantial number of overseas voters, understand…27 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act: ImplementationThe hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. We have to balance two things, though. We want consistency, as he suggests, but we also want platforms to respond to the…26 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act: ImplementationI beg to move, That this House has considered the implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, and I am…26 Feb 2025HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryThe right hon. Lady is absolutely entitled to explain the Government’s position, but if her argument is that there is legal uncertainty, she had better get used to it, because…26 Feb 2025HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryDoes my right hon. Friend agree that those who are led by lawyers—there is nothing wrong with that—should at least get the law right? If there is legal jeopardy here, does she…26 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act: ImplementationI am grateful to everyone who has spoken in the debate. We have talked about the consensus there was in the passage of the Online Safety Bill. I think it is fair to say that that…26 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act: ImplementationThe Minister might be about to come to the point I want to raise with her, which is about proportionality. Will she say something about that? I am keen to understand whether the…26 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act: ImplementationThe hon. Gentleman identifies a real risk in this space: we are always playing catch-up, and so are the regulators. That is why we have tried—perhaps not entirely successfully—to…26 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]There is a great deal in this Bill that we can all support, but some difficult concepts lurk within it, as I know the Secretary of State will recognise. He is talking about data…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]The Secretary of State is very generous in giving way. Before he finishes, may I ask him about the situation we are creating with this Bill and the Online Safety Act 2023 of…12 Feb 2025HANSARDAI Growth ZonesThe Minister will be well aware that the growth of AI across the country depends on a ready supply of data and other content on which models can be trained. She will recognise…12 Feb 2025HANSARDChagos IslandsI have asked the Minister this question before, but if he will forgive me for saying so, his answer could have benefited from additional clarity, so, with your permission, Mr…05 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025It would not be right for either of us to ask the Minister to disclose legal advice—that clearly would not be appropriate—but I am grateful for the Minister’s offer to share a…04 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025I am extremely grateful to the Minister for giving way, and I have sympathy with her position, especially in relation to legal advice, having both received it and given it. I…04 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025It is a great and unexpected pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I want to take this opportunity to say something about why I think these regulations are a…04 Feb 2025