Speeches by Jones.

“I can start, although it is more a Home Office issue. My understanding of how it will be helpful is that by digitalising the right to work checks, from an intelligence perspective, you then have more clarity about where you might need to go with enforcement officers. At the moment, if an employer does all of it with pa…”

“I am happy to. For people who are online, there will obviously be the online form; for those who are not, we will be making a consultation pack available to all Members of Parliament, should you wish to run something in your own constituency, which can formally report into the consultation. We will also be announcing f…”

“There are lots, actually. Britain is falling quite far behind lots of our competitors in delivering modern public services. Estonia is often the one that people talk about. It had very unique circumstances after the fall of Soviet Russia that explain why it built this technology; it is clearly different for us. If you …”

“I am sure that we will in some way. The Government Digital Service already has people building the One Login system technology. My hope is that we either already have, or will be able to recruit, some civil servants to come in and help us to build this. We should have external challenge on that process, because that wi…”

“My sense on the technological build—“How do you do this?”—is that these companies, as you say, have been doing it for 17 years because 17 years ago we had no idea how to do it. Now we know how to do it. We have been building a lot of the foundational technology in Government that we can build on. We can benefit from th…”

“No, we will provide a digital ID that will be free for people to have but only if they want to have it and use it. If they still want to use their physical passport and non-Government providers of ID verification, they are perfectly entitled to do so.”

“Yes, and I went to a roundtable with them to talk about this when I was given responsibility for it. I was very clear to them at that stage—it was the first meeting we had—that I did not want to undermine their businesses and that I wanted to work in partnership with them.”

“First, it will not be £1.8 billion. It definitely will not be £1.8 billion to build the technology. You have the option of a private sector company having your login details to access your private information in public services. My sense is that the public would rather have a login to their public sector data without i…”

“At the moment, lots of companies use digital ID verification. Other providers exist, but if you are applying for a Barclays loan to get a new iPhone, you will get taken to prove your identity, often by scanning your passport and face, as part of a quick decision to get the loan agreement through for your handset. All t…”

“It is an interesting question. Digital ID is not just a login, as I say; it will be equivalent to a passport-level verification of your legal identity. At the moment, it does not exist, so we cannot put it in the list of things that will be available for the polling centre. Given the level of verification, however, it …”

“We will keep the NHS app separate from the gov.uk app, not just because it is already really quite well developed, especially after the covid pandemic, but also because it has a very clear and strong brand that people trust. People often think differently about their health data in comparison with their tax, passport o…”

“Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I understand that the Chief Whip spoke to the Minister in question this morning to inform him that the Prime Minister had decided to refer the matter to the independent adviser, but I can confirm that the propriety and ethics team will not have made a judgment one way or anot…”

“I can confirm that those documents will be made available, subject, I am afraid, to the exclusion of one particular item, in which No. 10 asked Peter Mandelson a number of questions. The Met police have asked that to be held back, subject to their investigations, as I have said. That item will therefore have to be publ…”

“The shadow Minister asked a number of questions, which I will take in turn. He asked if the appointment of the new Cabinet Secretary had resulted in any delay or change to the process. The answer is no; the process is being led by the permanent secretary in the Cabinet Office. It was delegated to her by the former and …”

“With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement regarding the Government’s response to the Humble Address laid before the House on 4 February. I committed to keeping the House updated. This is now my third statement on this issue, and I will continue to update the House throughout the process. I will firs…”

“Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I am happy to answer that point. As the hon. Member for Normanton and Hemsworth (Jon Trickett) pointed out, I have not received one pound in cash from Labour Together, which was the suggestion from some Members in the House. Instead, I received while in opposition some hours …”

“I think the right hon. Member is referring to 2023, which is of course before this Government were in office. I confirm that we are in the middle of negotiations with the committee on a number of issues, partly in relation to its headcount. We have increased the budget available to the committee for staffing. We are co…”

“Documents that are published as part of the Humble Address will of course comply with the terms of the Humble Address. As I have said to hon. Members before, if there are particular suggestions or concerns about specific Palantir contracts, those representations—with our assistance, if helpful—should be made to the Dep…”

“We are working with relevant advisers and Departments to scope the Bill, and the measures that need to be brought forward for that to be effective. The legislation raises a number of constitutional questions, which have taken some time for the Government to consider. The last time peerages were removed, I think, was in…”

“My experience of the civil servants in the propriety and ethics team is unquestionably that they work extremely hard, comply with the civil service code and seek to ensure that the Government uphold all the ethics and integrity rules that we are subject to. I have not seen one instance or any suggestion of poor perform…”