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HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 43, in clause 9, page 8, line 2, after “work” insert— “including the retention and disclosure of digital records including messages relevant to their…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)Does the hon. Member agree that, when someone is in that position of power over a public body, they have a huge responsibility, not just for the culture but for the training, the…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. These amendments do nothing more than fix something in the current draft of the Bill, which seems inadvertently to have…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)We spoke this morning about the issues dealt with by amendment 43, but to clarify, WhatsApp messages formed a big part of the evidence in the recent covid inquiry—it seemed to be…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 35, in schedule 1, page 25, line 23, leave out from “direction” to the end of the sub-paragraph and insert “should be given to a public official working…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. I am not sure whether this is the right time to ask, but on the amendment paper, amendment 34 is down as a Liberal Democrat amendment, but on the…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a follow-up to Ian’s question. The new offence of misleading of the public would not apply “for the purposes of journalism.” That is the wording in the Bill. As has been…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Great—thank you.27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q This question is about your profession as a journalist. Obviously, you rely on sources—you have talked about that—and there is a balance to be struck between relying on your…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q You have already mentioned the code of ethics and code of practice, and we have had a lot of people talking about potential codes of conduct. Can you describe how your various…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (First sitting)Q This is for Tom Guest. The new offence of misleading the public would not apply for the purposes of journalism. How clear do you think the meaning of that exception is? I will…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for your evidence so far, Pete. You touched just then on how this will be a deterrent, but for that to be needed, there needs to be a culture change in public…27 Nov 2025HANSARD Injury in Service AwardI beg to move, That this House acknowledges the extreme risks faced by police officers, firefighters, paramedics and other emergency service personnel in the line of duty; further…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Injury in Service AwardI thank all Members across the House for engaging with this debate. We have heard so many stories of heroism, so many stories that have been inspirational and so many stories of…20 Nov 2025HANSARDMyalgic EncephalomyelitisOne of my constituents, Nick, has ME and has described feeling as though he is stuck in a well without anyone to pull him out. Does my hon. Friend agree that there needs to be…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Flood Risk and Flood Defence Infrastructure: North-west EnglandI appreciate my hon. Friend’s intervention, and yes, there is a question of flooding here. According to the EA’s March 2024 report, 3.2 million properties are at risk of surface…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Flood Risk and Flood Defence Infrastructure: North-west EnglandIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I thank the hon. Member for Warrington South (Sarah Hall) for bringing this issue to the House today. “Despite three…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Flood Risk and Flood Defence Infrastructure: North-west EnglandThe hon. Member makes a fantastic point, and that is the crux of the problem: we concentrate a lot on areas such as the Mersey, but we have a load of waterways and a load of…18 Nov 2025HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance ReductionsIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Edward Morello) for bringing this vital debate to Westminster Hall.…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillThat day in September 2012 remains vivid in my memory: the day the independent panel, chaired by Bishop James Jones, finally confirmed that public officials had hidden the truth…03 Nov 2025