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HANSARDCovid-19Millions of Britons live in remote rural places, including here in Lincolnshire. The Prime Minister will know that isolation fuels fear, which exacerbates disadvantage, and that…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthSupporting businesses as they endeavour to cope with covid and its multiple challenges has rightly been among the Government’s primary priorities. A comprehensive package of…06 Jan 2021HANSARDNational Trust: 125th AnniversaryOn that point, has not the National Trust become preoccupied by the political polemic and flirted with a number of ideological causes that are far from its core mission of…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthMy right hon. Friend is, of course, right to say that measured controls and restrictions are necessary to defeat this disease, but will he confirm that these tiers are not set in…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillIt is wonderful that the strategy has emerged, but will my hon. Friend be just as clear about legislative change associated with that strategy? I understand that a further Bill…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillThe real point about Ofcom is whether it acquires those skills or what the processes will be for it to access them from the intelligence community and the National Cyber Security…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillMy hon. Friend is painting a picture of a strategic view of China and other powers that has prevailed under successive Governments. It is born of a kind of determinism: “We can’t…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillThe Government have acknowledged the need to protect critical communication infrastructure and that is welcome, particularly as it comes on the heels of the National Security and…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillNot only is that typical of your generosity, Madam Deputy Speaker, but for me it is what amounts to nirvana, and for the House something similar, I hope. All those aspects of risk…30 Nov 2020HANSARDOnline HarmsYou may have noticed, Mr Deputy Speaker, that I am ostentatiously wearing purple. I have been missionised to do so because it is World Pancreatic Cancer Day. We have been asked to…19 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillThat is an excellent suggestion from another member of the Intelligence and Security Committee. My goodness, we are here in force and working as a team, as you can see, Madam…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillYes, the Minister needs to explain how the Government’s arrangements for the new investment security remit interface and interact with the national security structures that…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillThe right hon. Gentleman made that point in his contribution earlier and it seems to me to be a profound one. In establishing the new processes and the new governance associated…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillDoes not the coronavirus provide us with another lesson, which is that Government historically have not been terribly good at assessing risk and modelling the response to it? I…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillAs deep as you want!17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI had not intended to intervene again in the debate, except that I want to emphasise, and perhaps amplify, the point that the hon. Gentleman has just made. The legislation brings…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillThe coincidence, as I described it, between national interests and national security is profound and is proven. When a company is taken over and technology transfer takes place,…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI am extremely grateful to the Minister for his comments about the members of the ISC who have contributed to the debate. Given the range of questions posed to him by ISC members,…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillThis Bill is welcome, necessary, important and, it has to be said, overdue. In making a few remarks about it, I draw the Minister’s attention to the fact that the Chairman of the…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI do, but the challenge in a democratic polity is ensuring sufficient accountability while maintaining that degree of flexibility. It is all much easier in less democratic…17 Nov 2020