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we have questions to the secretary
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and sport, Matt Hancock and his
ministers which will come up any | 0:00:03 | 0:00:06 | |
minute now. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:16 | |
Order, order. Questions to the
Secretary of State for digital | 0:00:20 | 0:00:26 | |
Order, order. Questions to the
Secretary of State for digital, | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
culture, media and sport. Alistair
Carmichael. Secretary Matt Hancock. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:36 | |
Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I
have held discussions with the | 0:00:36 | 0:00:41 | |
Environment Secretary on reducing
plastics including at sports venues | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
and further work is ongoing as part
of our ongoing wider environmental | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
agenda. Alistair Carmichael. I think
the Secretary of State for that | 0:00:47 | 0:00:54 | |
answer, you go to any sporting venue
and see an enormous amount of single | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
use plastics. This is a place for
there is not only opportunity for | 0:00:58 | 0:01:04 | |
improving recycling but also raising
awareness. Though the Secretary of | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
State could team you to use his
office to that end? I strongly | 0:01:07 | 0:01:14 | |
support the work the Environment
Secretary is doing on reducing | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
single use plastics, he was in
Scotland this weekend including | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
going to Pittodrie and I believe the
right honourable member is a | 0:01:20 | 0:01:25 | |
graduate of Aberdeen University and
sodium Barrowman secretary is | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
talking to then use about how they
can reduce plastic waste. Of course | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
the Olympics in 2012 in London was
an exemplar that there is clearly | 0:01:33 | 0:01:37 | |
more to do. Thank you Mr Speaker. In
2012 as we just heard the country | 0:01:37 | 0:01:44 | |
said new high in Barry Mendel
standard is Hummer does my right | 0:01:44 | 0:01:48 | |
honourable friend agree it's vital
we continue to show Barrowman | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
leadership, not just sporting
leadership at other nature events | 0:01:51 | 0:01:56 | |
including the Commonwealth Games in
Birmingham in 2022? Yes, Mr Speaker | 0:01:56 | 0:02:01 | |
I do, she is absolutely right. The
continuing improvement must be seen | 0:02:01 | 0:02:06 | |
and filed the Olympics and
Paralympics games in 2012 set a new | 0:02:06 | 0:02:12 | |
standard then we've got to make sure
these standards keep advancing and I | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
hope to see that as part of the
Commonwealth Games. Stephen Timms. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:22 | |
Question two. Thank you very much. I
have held discussions with the | 0:02:22 | 0:02:28 | |
Chancellor of the Exchequer on the
issue of gambling and the government | 0:02:28 | 0:02:33 | |
consultation on the gambling review"
the 2nd of January and we are | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
considering the responses. Stephen
Timms. While machines aren't | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
clinically structured by a
responsible come, it's in the | 0:02:41 | 0:02:47 | |
poorest communities where they
destroy hard-working families, they | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
are a magnet for crime, the longer
the proceeds of crime, they are a | 0:02:49 | 0:02:55 | |
tawdry and soulless high Street
outlets trading in decent shots away | 0:02:55 | 0:03:00 | |
and repel family shoppers. Both the
Secretary of State called time on | 0:03:00 | 0:03:04 | |
this ragged with its one and a half
early in a year welfare burden and | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
cup maximum stake to two pounds. I
note this issue about fixed odds | 0:03:07 | 0:03:15 | |
betting terminals raise emotions in
the House and around the country and | 0:03:15 | 0:03:20 | |
we approach it properly. Especially
coming from him, widely respected | 0:03:20 | 0:03:26 | |
across the House and I think was a
member of the government at the time | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
when the expense and of these
terminals happened, I think it's a | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
telling statement. It's not like the
right honourable member for East Ham | 0:03:33 | 0:03:38 | |
to give it an ill informed speech to
the House but that's what we heard. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:44 | |
I notice the Secretary of State did
not answer the question on the order | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
paper which was the cost to the
public of the reduction. Could he | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
give some indication for the cost to
the Exchequer would be, like a tax | 0:03:52 | 0:03:57 | |
receipts, what it might do in terms
of the increased unemployment | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
benefit with all the people put out
of work and the lack of business | 0:04:00 | 0:04:04 | |
rates? Could he told up those
amounts and tell us how much it | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
would cost to the government if they
went for a drastic reduction? Impact | 0:04:08 | 0:04:14 | |
assessment on these terminals were
published alongside the government | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
consultation in October and all of
the consequences of any change in | 0:04:17 | 0:04:23 | |
this area and we are committed to
reducing the stake on these | 0:04:23 | 0:04:28 | |
terminals, all the consequences of
course will be worked through and | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
that's part of the work we are doing
right now to determine what is the | 0:04:30 | 0:04:35 | |
appropriate response. The honourable
member for East Ham, I thank him for | 0:04:35 | 0:04:44 | |
his points, with the consultation
now complete its time to get on with | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
it. My colleagues have continually
called for a two pounds maximum, can | 0:04:47 | 0:04:53 | |
he confirm this will finally happen,
if not can he dub of these powers to | 0:04:53 | 0:04:57 | |
Scotland so we can take charge? I
will confirm we will respond to the | 0:04:57 | 0:05:02 | |
consultation in due course and I
said in answer to the first | 0:05:02 | 0:05:07 | |
question, this raises high emotions
and we've seen a demonstration of | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
that today. Thank you, Mr Speaker.
We would like to send our best | 0:05:09 | 0:05:15 | |
wishes across the country to our
Winter Olympic Games Paralympic | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
athletes. With the gambling review
just two wicks away we need the | 0:05:18 | 0:05:24 | |
Secretary of State to ensure this
government takes action against | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
fixed odds betting is terminals. The
government has to intervene to stop | 0:05:27 | 0:05:32 | |
these machines ruining lives and
herring family apart. My honourable | 0:05:32 | 0:05:37 | |
friend is right, can the Secretary
of State today answer my simple | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
question? Will he today commit to
reducing the maximum terminal stakes | 0:05:41 | 0:05:47 | |
to two pounds a spin? What I will do
is committed to reducing the maximum | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
terminal stake and responding to the
consultation in due course, in the | 0:05:51 | 0:05:58 | |
proper way and make sure we come to
the right answer on this question. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
Question number three, Mr Speaker.
Minister of State. With your | 0:06:02 | 0:06:09 | |
permission I will answer this
question number five. Our ambition | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
is for the UK to have better digital
connectivity for people live work | 0:06:12 | 0:06:17 | |
and travel very much including in
rural areas. Super-fast broadband is | 0:06:17 | 0:06:21 | |
now available to 95% of UK premises
and roll out will continue to cover | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
the majority of remaining premises.
By 2020 the universal service | 0:06:25 | 0:06:30 | |
obligation will give everyone the
legal right to high-speed broadband | 0:06:30 | 0:06:36 | |
at 10 megabits per second or faster.
I thank the Minister for her | 0:06:36 | 0:06:43 | |
response however in my rural
constituency of Copeland, around 33% | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
are still not covered by fast
Internet which is holding back our | 0:06:47 | 0:06:52 | |
villages and holding back families
and services. These can the Minister | 0:06:52 | 0:06:57 | |
tell me what is being done as soon
as possible to help these businesses | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
and communities? We are doing a
great deal to help businesses and | 0:07:00 | 0:07:07 | |
people in role areas. My honourable
friend might like to campaign for | 0:07:07 | 0:07:13 | |
greater awareness of the access that
people in her constituency to have | 0:07:13 | 0:07:18 | |
because it is at 93% now but very
much the case with many other | 0:07:18 | 0:07:23 | |
constituencies, people are not
taking it up and I would urge | 0:07:23 | 0:07:28 | |
constituents in her rural areas for
the access is there for them to take | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
it up. Thank you Mr Speaker. I had a
meeting of the larger employers in | 0:07:31 | 0:07:37 | |
my constituency last week and it
became clear one of the things they | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
feel is holding them back is the
lack of Mobile signal between | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
junctions ten and 11 of the M40. The
Minister work with me to improve | 0:07:43 | 0:07:49 | |
this? Yes... I thank my honourable
friend for racing that problem. On | 0:07:49 | 0:08:01 | |
the M40 which I experience regularly
on my way to my constituency of | 0:08:01 | 0:08:07 | |
Stourbridge. The fact that present
coverage and UK motorways is made 7% | 0:08:07 | 0:08:14 | |
for telephone calls is of no comfort
to people travelling on the | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
stretcher she identifies and I will
work with her to bring about a | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
solution as swiftly as possible.
Chris Bryant. Can I urge the | 0:08:22 | 0:08:27 | |
Minister to be much more sceptical
about the figures given out by the | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
mobile phone companies and the
operators because in all honesty | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
when you look at our maps on the
ground, it's no fur near the figures | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
they boast. Minister asked. The
offer, connected nations report, | 0:08:37 | 0:08:48 | |
there is new measures that reflect
true consumer standards in there and | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
they are opening the 700 megahertz
spectrum bands which will be | 0:08:52 | 0:08:57 | |
suitable for wider area coverage. I
accept the point the honourable | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
gentleman makes and we are working
to get better consumer measures of | 0:08:59 | 0:09:03 | |
these matters. Bearing in mind
follows an improvement over the | 0:09:03 | 0:09:09 | |
years, 63,000 Northern Ireland homes
and offices or 8% remain unable to | 0:09:09 | 0:09:11 | |
sign up for broadband speeds can the
Minister indicate what discussions | 0:09:11 | 0:09:17 | |
have taken place with the Department
of Enterprise trade and investment | 0:09:17 | 0:09:21 | |
in Northern Ireland for money agreed
for rural areas through the | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
confidence and supply agreement?
Northern Ireland's outdoor | 0:09:23 | 0:09:28 | |
geographic coverage is actually
better than the UK average but | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
directed nice indoor coverage is
poor in Northern Ireland compared to | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
the rest of the country and the new
reforms will help alongside our | 0:09:35 | 0:09:41 | |
desire to extend geographic mobile
coverage to 95% of the entire United | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
Kingdom. Our 10 megabits enough? My
honourable friend refers to the | 0:09:44 | 0:09:56 | |
universal service obligation which
will guarantee 10 megabits per | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
second. According to offer, that is
enough for multiple usage in the | 0:10:00 | 0:10:06 | |
home and also the downloading of
film and video. Minister David | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
Hanson. Villagers in my constituency
are getting increasingly restricted | 0:10:10 | 0:10:19 | |
about the performance of open rage
in delivering broadband. Given the | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
government pledged years ago through
of common to deconstruct -- | 0:10:22 | 0:10:30 | |
deconstruct open rage through BT
what progress is being made on that? | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
I would encourage the honourable
gentleman to remember BT and open | 0:10:33 | 0:10:42 | |
rage are no longer a monopoly and I
would draw his attention to the | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
announcement by top talk that they
are cutting the dividend and | 0:10:45 | 0:10:49 | |
connecting more than 3 million homes
as a result to full five, building | 0:10:49 | 0:10:52 | |
Britain's full five future. Number
four, Mr Speaker. Thank you very | 0:10:52 | 0:11:01 | |
much. As we have heard improving
digital connectivity is a priority | 0:11:01 | 0:11:06 | |
and we reformed mobile planning laws
in England to provide new rights, | 0:11:06 | 0:11:10 | |
for example to build taller masts to
improve coverage. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:20 | |
Part of my central London community
have the lowest mobile Internet data | 0:11:20 | 0:11:25 | |
broadband speeds, deeply troubling
my constituents trying to get the | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
latest hanky up from the Secretary
of State's own provider. Can the | 0:11:29 | 0:11:36 | |
Secretary of State include these in
the roll-out of superfast broadband | 0:11:36 | 0:11:42 | |
and will he support that Bob
Rotherhithe? I will certainly look | 0:11:42 | 0:11:48 | |
at it. The areas are not all rural
that do not yet have superfast | 0:11:48 | 0:11:56 | |
broadband and there are issues to
access, especially to multi dwelling | 0:11:56 | 0:12:02 | |
access, and I will certainly look at
his bid for funding. The broadband | 0:12:02 | 0:12:06 | |
network and coverage in some of the
Blackdown Hills is absolutely | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
appalling and I think the key to
getting both are combined. We have | 0:12:09 | 0:12:17 | |
got to get more done. He is dead
right, Mr Speaker. A recent witness | 0:12:17 | 0:12:24 | |
to the Scottish affairs committee
described the mobile infrastructure | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
project as a disaster. Can the
Minister tell us what the UK | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
Government is doing to address that?
We have a commitment to reach 90% of | 0:12:30 | 0:12:35 | |
the UK landmass with mobile coverage
by the end of last year. Ofcom are | 0:12:35 | 0:12:40 | |
assessing whether that has been met.
We now have a commitment to get it | 0:12:40 | 0:12:44 | |
out to 95%. We are doing this
through commercial roll-out, | 0:12:44 | 0:12:49 | |
largely, and there is no doubt that
mobile phone coverage is going up, | 0:12:49 | 0:12:53 | |
it's just a question of whether it
is going up fast enough. Minister | 0:12:53 | 0:12:59 | |
Michael Ellis. With your permission,
I will answer this question with | 0:12:59 | 0:13:05 | |
number 14. The Government's tourism
plan outlined how we support | 0:13:05 | 0:13:10 | |
terrorism internationally and
throughout the UK. The £43 million | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
discover England supports projects
throughout England and aims the | 0:13:13 | 0:13:21 | |
visitors to spread out beyond London
and visit Britain and visit England | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
work hard to promote the United
Kingdom as both a national and | 0:13:23 | 0:13:30 | |
international destination. I am
grateful for that answer and I am | 0:13:30 | 0:13:32 | |
sure that no one in this chamber
will need persuading that Dorset is | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
a beautiful county, an excellent
place to live, work and visit, but | 0:13:35 | 0:13:39 | |
it is a significant journey from
London and the tourist attractions | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
there. What more can the Minister do
to ensure that Dorset and | 0:13:43 | 0:13:48 | |
constituencies like mine benefit
from the increasing tourist numbers. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
It is a beautiful county and one of
the key aims of the fund is to | 0:13:52 | 0:13:59 | |
encourage visitors to explore all
over England and experience the | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
wealth of attractions that we offer.
There are many projects in rural and | 0:14:02 | 0:14:07 | |
coastal destinations including the
seafood coast and the south-west | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
coastal plan. Patrick McLaughlin.
Bearing in mind what my honourable | 0:14:10 | 0:14:16 | |
friend has just said about Dorset,
can I also say that tourism is | 0:14:16 | 0:14:20 | |
incredibly important for the Peak
District and we get over 20 million | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
visitors each year. What is visit
England doing to support those | 0:14:23 | 0:14:27 | |
tourist attractions in those areas
to show what is available? The Peak | 0:14:27 | 0:14:33 | |
District and our other national
parks are real jewels in our tourism | 0:14:33 | 0:14:37 | |
crown and we are working closely
with visit Britain and the great | 0:14:37 | 0:14:42 | |
campaign to draw attention to our
amazing countryside. I mentioned the | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
discover England project a moment
ago and I know that in the | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
Derbyshire area, they are supporting
projects based around our great | 0:14:48 | 0:14:52 | |
walking trails and England's
national parks. As St Helens | 0:14:52 | 0:14:58 | |
celebrates as the -- its 150th
anniversary, I am sure many of you | 0:14:58 | 0:15:04 | |
would like to visitors this year,
but would you help us to use this | 0:15:04 | 0:15:09 | |
special year to show that when our
fantastic arts and culture | 0:15:09 | 0:15:11 | |
programmes, rugby league and horse
racing, historic sites and proud | 0:15:11 | 0:15:18 | |
industrial heritage, we are much
more than a place to pass by, we are | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
replaced to go to. I agree it is
very much a place to go to and I | 0:15:21 | 0:15:26 | |
wish him very well with a 150th
anniversary. The minister will know | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
that discover England do a wonderful
job and one of the best things they | 0:15:30 | 0:15:35 | |
could do is encourage people to
visit Northern Ireland. Given that | 0:15:35 | 0:15:40 | |
the question is about terrorism
across the United Kingdom, does he | 0:15:40 | 0:15:45 | |
recognise the unique attributes of
many parts of this United Kingdom | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
and would encourage people to go?
Indeed I do and Northern Ireland has | 0:15:47 | 0:15:53 | |
seen a great increase in attractions
with the game of brains attractions | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
there and be set there. There is
more to come. -- game of thrones | 0:15:56 | 0:16:02 | |
attractions. The UK film industry is
worth £4 billion a year to the UK | 0:16:02 | 0:16:10 | |
economy and the Government is
committed to supporting the industry | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
and is consulting with stakeholders
to ensure the sector continues to | 0:16:13 | 0:16:18 | |
thrive after we leave the EU. The
Prime Minister has made clear that | 0:16:18 | 0:16:22 | |
where possible we will continue to
participate in EU programmes where | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
there is mutual benefit to the UK
and the EU as there is in the cake | 0:16:26 | 0:16:32 | |
-- in the case of creative Europe,
for example. Blaenau Gwent makes us | 0:16:32 | 0:16:45 | |
-- had stunning scenery and it makes
us an ideal set for films and | 0:16:45 | 0:16:52 | |
filming. Well you guarantee our
continued progress in creative | 0:16:52 | 0:17:02 | |
Europe because it has been such a
success? I agree that creative | 0:17:02 | 0:17:07 | |
Europe has been a success and that
Blaenau Gwent is a wonderful | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
occasion and has been used for many
broadcast opportunities. We are | 0:17:10 | 0:17:15 | |
indeed very committed to our role in
creative Europe, we recognise its | 0:17:15 | 0:17:22 | |
positivity and the Treasury has
offered to match all applications, | 0:17:22 | 0:17:27 | |
even most likely to need funding
post-Brexit. We can be optimistic | 0:17:27 | 0:17:33 | |
although of course during
negotiations there can be no | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
guarantees. Amidst this tour of
Great Britain, can I remind people | 0:17:36 | 0:17:45 | |
that the County of Sutherland has
huge potential for tourism and | 0:17:45 | 0:17:56 | |
filming. Dunrobin Castle could do
for our area what Highclere did | 0:17:56 | 0:18:03 | |
without an abbey. The honourable
gentleman makes a good case for | 0:18:03 | 0:18:08 | |
Dunrobin Castle and I'm sure people
will build a trial -- beta trial to | 0:18:08 | 0:18:14 | |
his constituency. The United Kingdom
awaits the Minister and I'm sure she | 0:18:14 | 0:18:19 | |
looks forward to it with bated
breath. The Government is deeply | 0:18:19 | 0:18:28 | |
committed to our museum sector. The
recently were published review of | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
museums in England looked in-depth
that museums and the challenges and | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
opportunities they face. The review
found a thriving sector supported by | 0:18:35 | 0:18:40 | |
over £800 million of annual and
funding from a variety of sources. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:45 | |
South East Cornwall has wonderful
heritage and fascinating museums | 0:18:45 | 0:18:49 | |
supported by amazing staff and
volunteers. More visitors are always | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
welcome, so will my honourable
friend encourage loans of national | 0:18:53 | 0:18:58 | |
importance to smaller museums such
as those in Liskeard and Saltash in | 0:18:58 | 0:19:03 | |
my constituency? Mr Speaker, before
I do just that, can I take this | 0:19:03 | 0:19:09 | |
opportunity to congratulate my
honourable friend because I | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
understand she has just got engaged,
Mr Speaker, and she is to be | 0:19:11 | 0:19:16 | |
congratulated on that. I understand
that although her birthday this | 0:19:16 | 0:19:20 | |
week, their congratulations. To move
onto actually... Double | 0:19:20 | 0:19:25 | |
congratulations. It is Valentine's
Day next week as well, Mr Speaker. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:34 | |
To answer the question, National
museums have a strong track record | 0:19:34 | 0:19:38 | |
on this issue and last year the
national collection was lent out to | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
more than 1300 UK venues with
long-term loans and partnership | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
galleries to multi object
exhibitions to one-off star loans. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:51 | |
To helping carriage further loans,
arts Council has provided £3.6 | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
million to regional museums to
improve their galleries to protect | 0:19:54 | 0:19:58 | |
and display exhibits. I congratulate
the honourable lady and I say to | 0:19:58 | 0:20:06 | |
high engagement, birthday, and a
tribute from the honourable | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
gentleman! The honourable lady's cup
runneth over. It doesn't get any | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
better than this. Small towns in the
borough of Kettering or have | 0:20:12 | 0:20:21 | |
excellent local heritage centres run
by volunteers. In small communities | 0:20:21 | 0:20:26 | |
going through rapid change, isn't it
more important than ever that we | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
encourage such heritage centres? It
is absolutely important that we do | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
that and my honourable friend for
Kettering is a champion for his | 0:20:33 | 0:20:37 | |
constituency. He is absolutely right
about the importance of our | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
volunteers and the work they do to
encourage that. Thank you very much. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:49 | |
We are committed to making the UK
the safest place in the world to be | 0:20:49 | 0:20:53 | |
online. In October, we published the
Internet safety strategy green paper | 0:20:53 | 0:20:58 | |
and on Tuesday the Prime Minister
confirmed we will bring forward the | 0:20:58 | 0:21:00 | |
social media code of practice and an
annual Internet transparency report | 0:21:00 | 0:21:04 | |
as proposed in the green paper and
we will publish able response in the | 0:21:04 | 0:21:08 | |
spring. It is clear that teaching
Internet safety in schools will be a | 0:21:08 | 0:21:13 | |
crucial part of all that big of mint
is doing for the future. At the | 0:21:13 | 0:21:17 | |
moment, there are a huge number of
disparate endeavours from a range of | 0:21:17 | 0:21:21 | |
sources. It seems to me that they
are in some ways less than the sum | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
of their parts. I wonder if the
Government would consider backing a | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
body such as Internet batters to
really -- Internet matters to really | 0:21:27 | 0:21:33 | |
deliver gold standard education in
this. Last Friday, I visited a | 0:21:33 | 0:21:39 | |
primary school in my own
constituency and saw a brilliant | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
present age in teaching eight to
11-year-olds had to be safe online. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
There was a lot more to do in this
area so that young people grow up | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
resilient and able to use the
opportunities that the Internet | 0:21:48 | 0:21:52 | |
presents in a safe way. I pay
tribute to Internet matters for the | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
work that they do. The Secretary of
State proposed in the Internet | 0:21:55 | 0:22:02 | |
safety strategy that there would be
specific method -- measures to | 0:22:02 | 0:22:07 | |
protect children and yet there was a
hopeless deficit of any specific | 0:22:07 | 0:22:11 | |
measures to protect children when it
came to the Other Place. It fell to | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
the noble Baroness Kidron to mention
that. Would be Secretary of State | 0:22:14 | 0:22:19 | |
agree that he will work
constructively with us to ensure | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
there are proper digital rights for
children, who are a third of users, | 0:22:22 | 0:22:27 | |
written onto the face of the bill
like the very good five rights bill | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
proposed by the noble Baroness and
supported by us? It's an interesting | 0:22:30 | 0:22:36 | |
proposal. We supported the Baroness
Kidron amendment and I welcome it. I | 0:22:36 | 0:22:41 | |
think we have made some progress.
This issue is broader than just data | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
protection. We have got to get the
legislation right. That bill can | 0:22:45 | 0:22:50 | |
only cover data protection issues
which are not the whole part. Also, | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
if we end up in the bill giving the
impression that the generality of | 0:22:53 | 0:23:01 | |
measures don't apply to children
because we have specifics that do, | 0:23:01 | 0:23:05 | |
then that would be a backward step.
I am happy to speak to him further | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
and work on this because it's
clearly an area we need to make | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
progress on. £1.7 billion of public
funding is being invested to deliver | 0:23:11 | 0:23:21 | |
superfast broadband across the UK
and a further 1.1 billion to support | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
the next generation of digital
infrastructure including Baiji | 0:23:25 | 0:23:30 | |
test-beds and trials and
infrastructure Challenge Fund. We | 0:23:30 | 0:23:35 | |
have also reformed Mobile planning
laws in England and reformed the | 0:23:35 | 0:23:42 | |
code, removing barriers to deploying
infrastructure. Given the commitment | 0:23:42 | 0:23:47 | |
to deal directly with local
authorities in Scotland in the near | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
future over digital infrastructure,
would she agreed to meet with | 0:23:50 | 0:23:54 | |
myself, the local authority and more
importantly disrupted local | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
providers who may be able to give
answers to some of the problems that | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
face us? We do need to reduce
obstacles and costs to the | 0:24:00 | 0:24:07 | |
commercial deployment of digital
infrastructure and that's what the | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
reforms of the code were about. The
Scottish Government has introduced | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
the first stage of its planning
reforms and I hope that they can | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
build on this and introduce reforms
for their designated areas, albeit | 0:24:17 | 0:24:22 | |
that they have fallen behind in
Wales and England and indeed | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
Northern Ireland. I do agree to meet
with the honourable gentleman and | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
his local authorities. We take
problem gambling very seriously. We | 0:24:29 | 0:24:38 | |
consulted in the gambling review on
measures to strengthen protection | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
against problem gambling and we are
considering all of the responses. I | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
am grateful for that response will
stop in addition to that, I have | 0:24:44 | 0:24:49 | |
been approached by concerned lone
workers working in betting shops on | 0:24:49 | 0:24:53 | |
high streets in Halifax. I have been
a number of serious sexual assaults | 0:24:53 | 0:24:59 | |
and attacks committed against those
workers. Can he tell me what he is | 0:24:59 | 0:25:04 | |
doing to improve the safety of those
lone working staff? There is full | 0:25:04 | 0:25:08 | |
consideration of these issues in the
gambling review. It is very | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
important that all evidence is
brought to bear. It's something my | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
honourable friend the Minister for
sport and civil society, who | 0:25:14 | 0:25:19 | |
apologises for not being able to be
here, Mr Speaker, has been working | 0:25:19 | 0:25:23 | |
on very closely and I'm sure we
should take this evidence into | 0:25:23 | 0:25:29 | |
account. This Government is making
great strides towards ending the | 0:25:29 | 0:25:39 | |
gender pay gap. That is in
broadcasting and across the rest of | 0:25:39 | 0:25:41 | |
the economy. The new legal at
Worrilow -- the new legal | 0:25:41 | 0:25:45 | |
requirement for companies above a
certain size to publish their gender | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
pay gap reinforces rules set out by
our former Secretary of State for | 0:25:48 | 0:25:54 | |
the BBC to publish details of salary
for those earning over £150,000 a | 0:25:54 | 0:25:58 | |
year which I hope she will agree has
been very revealing in terms of the | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
gender pay gap. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:07 | |
I thank the Minister for about
response although it's clear pay in | 0:26:07 | 0:26:12 | |
the BBC has not managed. It's a
system which has been advantageous | 0:26:12 | 0:26:17 | |
to men at the expense of women
suffered for the Minister do to | 0:26:17 | 0:26:21 | |
ensure transparency and fairness in
the future? I very much agree with | 0:26:21 | 0:26:25 | |
the honourable lady's comments. But
I would draw her attention to the | 0:26:25 | 0:26:30 | |
fact that there is an independent
regulator, the Equality and Human | 0:26:30 | 0:26:35 | |
Rights Commission and I understand
they have already approached the BBC | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
following the many concerns raised
by journalists and broadcasters in | 0:26:39 | 0:26:43 | |
the Corporation. We do rely on the
BBC to set a lead in this matter and | 0:26:43 | 0:26:48 | |
I hope very much the EHRC will cold
them to account and real and lasting | 0:26:48 | 0:26:55 | |
change will be the result. Thank
you, Mr Speaker, question number 15 | 0:26:55 | 0:27:00 | |
please. The games industry makes a
crucial economic and cultural | 0:27:00 | 0:27:07 | |
contribution to the UK market for
games in 2016 was the third largest | 0:27:07 | 0:27:13 | |
in the world. We are committed to
supporting the video games industry | 0:27:13 | 0:27:17 | |
to continue to be able to recruit
and retain top talent from the UK | 0:27:17 | 0:27:23 | |
and internationally and we are
working closely with the sector to | 0:27:23 | 0:27:27 | |
understand the impact on and
opportunities to the sector as we | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
prepare to leave the EU. Thank you
Mr Speaker, I thank the Minister for | 0:27:30 | 0:27:36 | |
the response, what representations
has the Minister made to the Home | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
Office in regarding the impact on
the tax sector on tightening of visa | 0:27:39 | 0:27:44 | |
regulations? I can assure the
honourable gentleman that we have | 0:27:44 | 0:27:51 | |
asked the independent migration
advisory committee to advise on the | 0:27:51 | 0:27:55 | |
economic and social impact of the
exit from the EU. And we are also | 0:27:55 | 0:28:00 | |
speaking to the sector and its key
trade bodies such as UK ie as well | 0:28:00 | 0:28:05 | |
as individual businesses to make
sure that top talent continues to be | 0:28:05 | 0:28:13 | |
available to the sector. Question
16, sir. Always a pleasure to reach | 0:28:13 | 0:28:20 | |
the honourable gentleman. LAUGHTER
Channel Four do an amazing job and | 0:28:20 | 0:28:27 | |
we want to see them do even more to
reflect and provide for the country | 0:28:27 | 0:28:31 | |
as a whole and we are clear that
Channel Four must have a major | 0:28:31 | 0:28:36 | |
presence outside London and I'm
working with them to see that | 0:28:36 | 0:28:38 | |
happen. Michael fabricant. The mayor
of the West Midlands has cross-party | 0:28:38 | 0:28:44 | |
support in the region to try and
attract the Channel Four | 0:28:44 | 0:28:49 | |
headquarters to somewhere in the
West Midlands, could my right | 0:28:49 | 0:28:51 | |
honourable friend outline in more
detail how he thinks and when he | 0:28:51 | 0:28:56 | |
thinks more importantly, Channel
Four will move? Terrific! I know how | 0:28:56 | 0:29:07 | |
strongly my honourable friend feels
about this and I have seen the | 0:29:07 | 0:29:12 | |
campaigning with verve by the mayor
of the West Midlands for Channel | 0:29:12 | 0:29:16 | |
Four to move there. Our argument is
that Channel Four needs to do more | 0:29:16 | 0:29:22 | |
outside of London and I can
certainly see the argument for it | 0:29:22 | 0:29:25 | |
moving its headquarters. And you, Mr
Speaker. I'm sure the Secretary of | 0:29:25 | 0:29:30 | |
State will want to congratulate us
stuck on being designated UNESCO | 0:29:30 | 0:29:35 | |
city of film, another good reason
why Channel Four should choose to | 0:29:35 | 0:29:39 | |
relocate there but the sea agree
with me for ever Channel Four | 0:29:39 | 0:29:43 | |
relocates its about commissioning
and making sure there is a regional | 0:29:43 | 0:29:47 | |
spread of commissioning services
across the country? Yes, of course, | 0:29:47 | 0:29:51 | |
it's about, a lot of this is about
where the broadcast reduction is | 0:29:51 | 0:29:57 | |
commissioned but the location of the
commissioners will undoubtedly help | 0:29:57 | 0:30:02 | |
determine some of that. Topical
questions, David Hanson. Number one, | 0:30:02 | 0:30:08 | |
Mr Speaker. Thank you very much, Mr
Speaker. The... It's a pleasure to | 0:30:08 | 0:30:16 | |
take my first oral question as a
Secretary of State digital digital, | 0:30:16 | 0:30:22 | |
culture, media and sport, but make
things in life worth living. We | 0:30:22 | 0:30:26 | |
focus on the digital future, rowing
the nation's cultural life, backing | 0:30:26 | 0:30:32 | |
a free media that for the modern age
and supporting sport and with that | 0:30:32 | 0:30:35 | |
in mind I'm sure the entire house
will want to join me in wishing good | 0:30:35 | 0:30:39 | |
luck to Team GB at the Winter and
Paralympics in Jung Chang and I'm | 0:30:39 | 0:30:45 | |
sure our Olympic athletes will do us
proud and we wish them all the very | 0:30:45 | 0:30:49 | |
best of British. David Hanson. I
join the Secretary of State in that | 0:30:49 | 0:30:55 | |
wish but I hope Mr Speaker you don't
mind if I ask the question I asked | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
earlier because it was not answered
so could the Secretary of State or | 0:30:58 | 0:31:02 | |
Minister answered the simply, when
does he expect the split tween BT | 0:31:02 | 0:31:05 | |
and open reach to occur? Last year
off, agreed with BT and the outlines | 0:31:05 | 0:31:14 | |
of the legal separation and the work
to ensure that happens is ongoing. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:19 | |
The deadline set by off, was April
this year and the action is for BT | 0:31:19 | 0:31:26 | |
to take with the regulator? Sheryll
Murray? I give very much, Mr | 0:31:26 | 0:31:31 | |
Speaker, my cup doffed runneth over
today, a topical question as well! I | 0:31:31 | 0:31:38 | |
welcome the progress the government
is making an super-fast broadband | 0:31:38 | 0:31:43 | |
could my right honourable friend
assure me the remaining 17% of | 0:31:43 | 0:31:48 | |
premises in my constituency that do
not have access to fibre broadband | 0:31:48 | 0:31:52 | |
will do so as soon as possible? We
are all very happy for my honourable | 0:31:52 | 0:31:58 | |
friend. Progress has continued to
bring superfast broadband to | 0:31:58 | 0:32:05 | |
Cornwall, coverage is now 91% in
terms of access, a further 3% of | 0:32:05 | 0:32:10 | |
premises in Cornwall will be covered
why December 2019 through the | 0:32:10 | 0:32:16 | |
current broadband contract between
Cornwall Council and BT and I draw | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
her attention also to the rights of
her constituents under the universal | 0:32:19 | 0:32:24 | |
service obligation. Today the front
bench will have to be brief because | 0:32:24 | 0:32:29 | |
there is heavy pressure on time and
I am trying to accommodate | 0:32:29 | 0:32:32 | |
colleagues. What action does the
Secretary of State think should be | 0:32:32 | 0:32:36 | |
taken against an apt that reaches
key provisions of the Data | 0:32:36 | 0:32:40 | |
Protection Act and the privacy of
electronic communications regulator | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
and is not GBP our compliance? I
think all apps should be compliant | 0:32:43 | 0:32:50 | |
with the lot and I and alighted to
save the Matt Hancock apt is! | 0:32:50 | 0:32:56 | |
Exactly because the Appiah am
talking about doesn't does belong to | 0:32:56 | 0:33:00 | |
him it's named after him and the
general public need protecting Mr | 0:33:00 | 0:33:04 | |
Speaker from their privacy being
invaded by Matt Hancock, there are | 0:33:04 | 0:33:09 | |
personal information being shared
with third parties by Matt Hancock | 0:33:09 | 0:33:13 | |
and their private photos being
accessed by Matt Hancock. Will he | 0:33:13 | 0:33:16 | |
ensure Matt Hancock complies fully
with data protection regulations and | 0:33:16 | 0:33:22 | |
explains why he thinks of the people
should abide by their legal | 0:33:22 | 0:33:25 | |
obligations with regard to data
protection if Matt Hancock doesn't? | 0:33:25 | 0:33:28 | |
I must say I'm very surprised the
Secretary of State did not call his | 0:33:28 | 0:33:37 | |
Apple Hancock Disraeli! Very good,
Mr Speaker. Of course the Apple | 0:33:37 | 0:33:44 | |
complies but I think we should use
digital communications Mr Speaker to | 0:33:44 | 0:33:49 | |
communicate with her constituents in
all the modern forms and I'm frankly | 0:33:49 | 0:33:53 | |
delighted by the response the app
has had, far bigger than I could | 0:33:53 | 0:33:56 | |
have possibly imagined and I look
forward to the Munich heading with | 0:33:56 | 0:34:02 | |
my constituents over Matt Hancock
for many years to come! -- to | 0:34:02 | 0:34:07 | |
communicating with my constituents.
I congratulate the government on | 0:34:07 | 0:34:13 | |
passing the 95% target for broadband
but what message can my right | 0:34:13 | 0:34:17 | |
honourable friend give 2/2000
households in my constituency unable | 0:34:17 | 0:34:22 | |
to receive 10 megabits per second
and particularly over 10% of | 0:34:22 | 0:34:27 | |
households in the village of Purley
who cannot receive two megabits? Mr | 0:34:27 | 0:34:34 | |
Speaker, the message I can give him
is the cavalry is coming, this has | 0:34:34 | 0:34:37 | |
has legislated so that everybody
shall be able to get 10 megabits per | 0:34:37 | 0:34:42 | |
second as an absolute minimum by
2020 and by honourable friend the | 0:34:42 | 0:34:47 | |
Minister is driving secondary
legislation through necessary to | 0:34:47 | 0:34:48 | |
make that happen. Mr Speaker, or be
city is the single biggest event | 0:34:48 | 0:34:54 | |
double cause of cancer after
smoking. -- obesity. In my health | 0:34:54 | 0:35:02 | |
board area 26% of 4-5 -year-olds are
overweight or obese, junk food | 0:35:02 | 0:35:07 | |
advertising is the key driver, can
the Minister tell us what assessment | 0:35:07 | 0:35:11 | |
the government has made of the
financial impact of the 2007 of, | 0:35:11 | 0:35:14 | |
advertising stretch and is on
children's forecasters? The | 0:35:14 | 0:35:20 | |
honourable member makes a very
important point, of course making | 0:35:20 | 0:35:24 | |
sure we have a healthy and buoyant
advertising market is important in | 0:35:24 | 0:35:28 | |
the UK but it is absolutely critical
that we do what we can to reduce the | 0:35:28 | 0:35:35 | |
amount of obesity in the nation.
This is a matter of which I've had | 0:35:35 | 0:35:39 | |
discussions with the Secretary of
State for health and very happy to | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
talk to him in more detail. The
stress Speaker footsteps as a | 0:35:42 | 0:35:46 | |
department taking along with the
Department for Education to improve | 0:35:46 | 0:35:49 | |
access for sport during school hours
but also outside of them for our | 0:35:49 | 0:35:53 | |
young people given the health and
well-being benefits that flow from | 0:35:53 | 0:35:57 | |
that? There is a huge amount of work
on going, we've managed through the | 0:35:57 | 0:36:02 | |
sugar tax to double the amount of
funding going into school sports, I | 0:36:02 | 0:36:06 | |
pay tribute to the work the Minister
for Sport has done, she cannot be | 0:36:06 | 0:36:10 | |
here because she is flying to the
Winter Olympics and I am sure she is | 0:36:10 | 0:36:13 | |
happy to work with the honourable
member to see what more we can do. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:17 | |
Mr Speaker, the gambling industry
renewal makes 13 billion a year but | 0:36:17 | 0:36:25 | |
gambling where is only able to raise
a 6p, come on, Minister, we have to | 0:36:25 | 0:36:33 | |
do better. I will take that as
another consideration in the | 0:36:33 | 0:36:44 | |
gambling regulations which we are
considering now. To many users of | 0:36:44 | 0:36:49 | |
the android app have read Matt
Hancock has stopped. Can the | 0:36:49 | 0:36:57 | |
Secretary of State reassures that
for all the fun we have had this is | 0:36:57 | 0:37:00 | |
a meaningful attempt to get in touch
with constituents and as the owner | 0:37:00 | 0:37:04 | |
of the social network you will
continue to press on? I can assure | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
my friend I have not stopped and I
won't stop communicating with my | 0:37:08 | 0:37:13 | |
constituents come about is all
about. Mr Speaker, is the Minister | 0:37:13 | 0:37:17 | |
of where of the recent estimate why
the CBR research that there are | 0:37:17 | 0:37:25 | |
121,000 FOBTE users that could be
classed as problem gamblers and age | 0:37:25 | 0:37:29 | |
suppers and average annual loss and
welfare of nearly £10,000. I pay | 0:37:29 | 0:37:36 | |
tribute to the work she has done as
chair of the committee on FOBTEs and | 0:37:36 | 0:37:41 | |
I know she has raised this
repeatedly and I look forward to | 0:37:41 | 0:37:44 | |
working with her on this issue. As
to Speaker, the secretary Secretary | 0:37:44 | 0:37:49 | |
of State will no climbing will be a
new sport and I have a local group | 0:37:49 | 0:37:55 | |
encouraging young kids to get
involved but what can the government | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
do across the UK to ensure we have
enough facilities and coaches for | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
this sport? Climbing is a cracking
new sport, in fact, I went climbing | 0:38:02 | 0:38:11 | |
as we celebrated funding some of the
athletes including the world | 0:38:11 | 0:38:13 | |
champion female climber who is
British and am looking and is hoping | 0:38:13 | 0:38:22 | |
to compete and is looking forward to
competing in the Olympics. 95% | 0:38:22 | 0:38:28 | |
broadband target, the UK underfunded
the Scottish Government, when it | 0:38:28 | 0:38:34 | |
comes to 4G coverage England has 60%
land mass coverage and Scotland has | 0:38:34 | 0:38:39 | |
only 17%, what is the government
doing to make up this double | 0:38:39 | 0:38:43 | |
deficit? We have increased mobile
phone coverage in Scotland more as a | 0:38:43 | 0:38:48 | |
percentage than elsewhere in the UK.
When it comes to the fixed | 0:38:48 | 0:38:53 | |
broadband, I want take this from the
SNP. We gave the SNP £20 billion | 0:38:53 | 0:38:59 | |
over three years ago and they
haven't yet spent that so everybody | 0:38:59 | 0:39:04 | |
in Scotland, every single person who
does not have super-fast broadband | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
knows they could have got it if the
SNP had got on with it instead of | 0:39:07 | 0:39:11 | |
worrying about independence. Thank
you, Mr Speaker. On a similar topic | 0:39:11 | 0:39:16 | |
the Scottish Government report found
in 2012 over half of my constituency | 0:39:16 | 0:39:21 | |
and Angus did not proceed 3G
service, six years on I don't feel | 0:39:21 | 0:39:25 | |
enough regress has been made but can
my right honourable friend assures | 0:39:25 | 0:39:28 | |
me more is being done to ensure
constituents are not aimed at | 0:39:28 | 0:39:33 | |
behind? She is absolutely right, the
roll-out of mobile phone coverage | 0:39:33 | 0:39:37 | |
needs to go further, we've made good
progress but there is a lot more | 0:39:37 | 0:39:40 | |
needs to be done | 0:39:40 | 0:39:41 |