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HANSARDEngagementsLabour Members like to pretend the pandemic did not happen, and they like— [ Interruption. ] That is the cause of the biggest pressure on the NHS. They complain about NHS…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsI know what an important piece of work this is, and I know my hon. Friend’s commitment to campaigning for it. We have already provided substantial sums, and I am sure we will…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsI know how important this matter is to my hon. Friend—I am sure she will be remembering her late husband Neil on that day. It is important that we all recognise the sacrifices…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend is right; it is not just in the Calder Valley, but in communities up and down the country. The Government are investing billions in infrastructure across the…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, I have been asked to reply. I know that Members across the House will wish to join me in offering condolences to the family and friends of Lord Frank Field. He was an…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsAs ever, my right hon. Friend is absolutely correct to highlight the record of Labour’s police and crime commissioner, and West Midlands police has actually been put in special…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic SecurityToday, I am setting out a series of new steps to boost the UK’s economic defences and enhance the capabilities of the Government to respond to economic security threats. The…18 Apr 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyI trust and hope that we will achieve that outcome. I would like to assure Members that we have every confidence in the integrity of the elections. Through the defending democracy…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyThat too is an important point. Obviously, any new technology or cars put on the UK market will have to meet our safety standards, and that will include an assessment of the…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyMy right hon. Friend is right to highlight that issue. It is precisely because of those concerns that we have ensured that the Electoral Commission is working closely with the…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyMy right hon. Friend’s views are well known to me, I genuinely welcome the constructive, at most times, debate that I have with him, but nobody should be in any doubt about the…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyI pay tribute to my right hon. and learned Friend for the work that she did—she and I worked closely together on many of those things. There is a strong case, and my right hon.…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyThe Foreign Secretary has provided a full declaration of all his interests—25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyMy hon. Friend may be aware that we are currently in the process of collective Government agreement in relation to the enhanced tier of the foreign interference registration…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyFirst, in relation to briefings, I can categorically assure you, Mr Speaker, and Members of this House that there has been no briefing whatsoever from me or my Department in…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyWith permission, I will make a statement about malicious cyber-activity targeting the United Kingdom by actors that we assess are affiliated to the Chinese state. I want to update…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyAs the hon. Lady is aware, we currently ban Hikvision, and indeed any other Chinese technology relating to CCTV. We continue to keep that under review. I do not rule out a further…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyI will take lectures from Labour Members on action in relation to security threats with a pinch of salt. It was this Government who introduced the National Security and Investment…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his questions. I shall seek to address as many of them as I can. When it comes to Chinese motivations, ultimately, it is a matter for the…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyThe work is pretty much complete, and as soon as parliamentary time allows we will be bringing forward those measures.25 Mar 2024