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HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman will know, shortly before taking office the Foreign Secretary not only had all his interests properly reviewed by the propriety and ethics team in my…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is an important question. We are doing exactly that. Extreme heat is something that we have to increasingly plan against. That is why last year, for the first time, we…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman has been around this place long enough to know that he is delivering a non-answer on Labour’s support for defence spending. The whole House will have…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman will know, any criminal allegations are properly a matter for the courts, and he would not expect a Minister to comment on them from this Dispatch Box. If he…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Labour party keep on pushing on this point, but I refer the hon. Gentleman to the latest list of ministerial interests, which was published in December and provides details of…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is a good question; it is something the Government continue to keep open and under review. The argument against doing so is that it could discourage companies that are…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. I know that he has also written to me regarding that topic. I can assure him that we will be working with the National Cyber…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am afraid that I completely disagree with the hon. Lady about having an elected second Chamber. This is the democratic Chamber for our nation. It is the principal voice of the…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Cabinet Office continues to play a central co-ordinating role in protecting our national and economic security. Last week, we published the response to the call for evidence…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCyber Threats to Public Institutions and ServicesSpecifically in relation to the hon. Gentleman’s local authority, I have been briefed by the National Cyber Security Centre on that incident. He is totally right to say it is a…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCyber Threats to Public Institutions and ServicesThis is an important issue, which is why we established the National Cyber Security Centre. It brings together Government Communications Headquarters expertise with that of the…25 Apr 2024HANSARDNational SecurityProtecting national security is the Government’s first duty. On Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced a fully funded plan to increase our defence spending by £75 billion over the…25 Apr 2024HANSARDNational SecurityI have considerable concerns about deepfakes being used in the upcoming elections. We have seen hack and leak being used as a tactic by hostile states in previous elections, and…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCyber Threats to Public Institutions and ServicesThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise this issue. We have tremendous strengths in national cyber-security, and there are many relevant institutions around the country. I…25 Apr 2024HANSARDNational SecurityI totally disagree with the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation. We dealt explicitly with this in both the integrated review and the integrated review refresh, which set out a…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCyber Threats to Public Institutions and ServicesThe cyber threat facing the United Kingdom is intensifying. State and non-state actors have targeted our critical national infrastructure, our businesses and even our democratic…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt may have escaped the hon. Gentleman’s attention, but Russia has invaded Ukraine and Iran’s proxies are attacking our allies in the middle east. That demands a response from the…25 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsTo begin with, it is a pleasure to have another exchange with the right hon. Lady in this House—our fifth in 12 months. Any more of these and she will be claiming it as her…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsI pay tribute to all unpaid carers. Indeed, I met some of them over the weekend and know how hard they work. They keep our society functioning through their commitment to us. That…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid that what my hon. Friend has described is the Grinch in action. That Christmas market, in the home of Magna Carta, was beloved by local residents, but the council has…24 Apr 2024