Speeches by Hinds.
Every Hansard contribution by Damian Hinds this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 321–340 of 1,319 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “Yes, but in a broader sense we know that RT and Sputnik have been growing. They buy share. We know that CGTN buys share. The fact that you may be reaching more people for a minute a week on social media, interspersed with other things, is a good thing but it doesn’t tell us we’re winning any battle.” | 58 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “You have to have dwell time.” | 6 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “You are advertising—” | 3 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “Got it.” | 2 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “You may!” | 2 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “Okay. Thank you.” | 3 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “Okay. I am not sure that I quite followed that answer in its full majesty. I am trying to understand. There has been this huge increase in audience, and you would expect—with the growth of social media, YouTube and all the rest of it—that people are going to be exposed, or can be exposed, to a much wider range of media…” | 95 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “So that counts as having engaged with the BBC once a week. Would another individual, who was a regular listener to World Service news, count the same?” | 27 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “Is the simple answer to my question “yes”?” | 8 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “That is a one-to-one equivalent.” | 5 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “So there is a sliding scale. You have an amazingly valuable asset that only maintains its value by being used. I would suggest that, for the long-term benefit to UK plc and the world, you have to maintain that brand equity. The swings in audience reach over a 10-year period that you were talking about are enormous—some…” | 101 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “Well, it depends what the user sees, right?” | 8 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “To be clear, on the non-attributed content—” | 7 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “So that is not one thing.” | 6 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “Sorry—you have just done it again. Digital is the biggest—what does that mean? Do you mean being on YouTube and Facebook? Do you mean your own, owned digital channels?” | 29 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “The NAO Report says in paragraph 2.15 that some teams were not clear what good looked like in that strategy. What does it look like?” | 25 |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1299) “So, all, in other words.” | 5 |
| 6 Jan 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 594) “Would it be right to say that “one public estate”is a phrase? Is it anything more than a phrase?” | 19 |
| 6 Jan 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 594) “Yes, so if you can’t do it by cutting the VAT rates on conversion, what else could you do instead to level the field between the two?” | 27 |
| 6 Jan 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 594) “I will come back quickly to the VAT question. This VAT on new build versus conversion has been around in public policy for literally as long as I can remember and there will probably be a Committee sitting in this room in 30 years’ time having the same conversation. By the way, we also have conversations with lots of o…” | 147 |