Speeches by Hinds.

“I have heard that suggestion; it is interesting and something to be explored, but I do not think it is a substitute, particularly for elderly and infirm people who need that contact at home. My focus today, however, is not only on the elderly, infirm and the vulnerable; it is on anyone, because anyone can be vulnerable…”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right to identify the importance of network resilience as well as individual household connectivity—and, in a more general sense, to keep reminding us of the linkage between landline and mobile telephony. For so much of the country there is an assumption that if someone cannot get on the ph…”

“Can we come back to distribution of your content through different channels? Talk me through the economics, relatively, of something being streamed on an owned platform versus a third party, most obviously YouTube?”

“My last question is on a slightly different theme. I pay tribute to what Channel 4 does on social mobility, which I think is a great example, but when you say you are going to employ more working-class people, how can you do that unless you mean you are going to have more manual labour jobs?”

“From the point of view of your P&L, what matters is the amount of revenue per half-hour presumably, not per ad?”

“Is it done on a revenue share basis, then, with YouTube?”

“I said that was my last question—I forgot I had one more. What is the future of Channel 4 FactCheck? In the fact-checking space, it is one of the few proper brands that pre-existed fact checking, which can itself be occasionally questionable. How are you going to bolster that sub-brand if that is part of your strategy?”

“Has anybody answered your call?”

“I wanted to ask you the same question that I asked the BBC when we had them two or three weeks ago. Is it really a stable equilibrium to have in tele a situation where every what we used to call broadcaster tries to have its own owned distribution channel, unlike in music, where there is not a Sony, a BMG or this, that…”

“Okay, and who else has that kind of arrangement?”

“You say that is within 10% to 20%, so for a like-for-like, let’s say, half-hour, full-programme stream—”

“And the same number of ads or the same number of minutes per half hour?”

“Forgive me, I am asking about not the distinction between digital and linear but the distinction between one type of digital and third-party digital.”

“YouTube is only one third party. You also have all manner of social media platforms. I am particularly interested in factual content and news content. There is this issue about brand flattening, where people say, “Well, I saw it on my phone,” not, “I saw it on Channel 4 on my phone.” If you do see that as an issue, how…”

“I hope you will keep this Committee updated as those conversations progress. Thank you.”

“You surprise me, Alex.”

“You mentioned earlier, I think, 14% growth in the year on total streaming minutes. Did you hold constant on your owned platforms, and the increment is all third parties? What is the mix? What would the number be if you just talked about owned platforms?”

“It was good to hear the Minister confirm that the scheme will be kept under review. Two definitional matters will certainly need to be kept under review: first, what counts as being “at the direction” of a foreign power or specified entity, and secondly, in respect of the political tier, what is the extent of the defin…”

“I want to make a short contribution to this Report stage debate, particularly in favour of new clause 4 and amendment 6. On the train coming up to Westminster, I typed into my tablet “Short IfATE speech”, and every time I did so, it kept changing it to “Short irate speech”. Unfortunately, I am not very good at irate sp…”

“Would the hon. Gentleman extend that principle to the academic route? I have asked the Minister this question a number of times now. I do not think we would stand for anyone saying that the standard and specification for A-levels should be set in Sanctuary Buildings by the Department for Education. If we would not do i…”