Speeches by Williams.

“The essential issue here is that the official concerned believed that they were emailing out a very narrow subset of data, but there was a hidden or embedded spreadsheet behind the information that was provided to them. Nobody within the team or within the Department spotted that that embedded data had been emailed out…”

“I am David Williams, Permanent Secretary and accounting officer at the Ministry of Defence.”

“There was a two-week period between us becoming aware of the breach—on day one, that was of nine names—and the super-injunction being put in place by the courts. During that period, we were looking to understand the scale of the breach. We notified the ICO within the required 72 hours. We were looking to understand the…”

“Back in the early 2000s, I worked for Labour’s incredible Sure Start children’s centres in my constituency of Stoke-on-Trent North and Kidsgrove. With Labour back in office, we have the roll-out of breakfast clubs at Greenways and Milton primary academies, a new school-based nursery at Smallthorne, extended family hubs…”

“Kidsgrove post office has been closed for over six months now, and residents have been left without vital services. The Post Office will not tell residents why it was closed so suddenly or when it may reopen. Does the Leader of the House agree that the Post Office must be more open with residents about what is happenin…”

“It is an absolute honour to speak in my first Sir David Amess Adjournment debate. Sir David, as we all know, worked tirelessly for his constituents. He set the right example for us all by demonstrating that politics at its best is about service, not spectacle. It remains the honour of my life to speak up for the good p…”

“My friend Denise Deakin campaigned to get more Changing Places toilets 20 years ago, so it would be remiss of me not to mention her in this debate. Over the weekend, I spoke to Faye from Talke and Jane from Burslem, in my constituency, and they told me that the difference such toilets make is life-changing. One said, “…”

“In 1942, 57 men and boys were killed in the Sneyd colliery disaster while serving King and country. Their work helped to power our country and the war effort. I recently spoke at a memorial service led by Father Andrew Swift at the Holy Trinity church in Burslem, in my constituency of Stok-on-Trent North and Kidsgrove.…”

“I welcome and echo my hon. Friend’s comments. I have supported citizenship over many years—certainly from when I worked for the YMCA locally. The Conservatives unforgivably turned their backs on our children and young people when they needed our support the most. I am so proud to be a Labour MP, working alongside a Lab…”

“I completely agree with that sentiment. My hon. Friend and I often discuss this issue, so I welcome his comments.”

“I could not agree more with my hon. Friend’s comments about furniture poverty. In Stoke-on-Trent, we have Emmaus—it is based in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell)—which has a “beds for kids” project, because so many kids in Stoke-on-Trent do not even have a bed to sl…”

“I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee).”

“The Minister rightly identified that voluntary sector groups are in the mix. Many of those organisations have been rooted within their communities for many years, and they continued to deliver high-quality services even when the cuts came along. Can we please look to ensure that the work of those groups really forms pa…”

“Every child, no matter where they are born, deserves the very best start in life. The first 1,000 days of a child’s life are absolutely critical, paving the way for the rest of their lives. That time has a direct impact on how they perform in school and in their work life; it affects all their life stages. My first job…”

“Today is a really proud moment for me, because 20 years ago I worked for our brilliant Sure Start centres in Stoke-on-Trent. I saw at first hand the way they completely transformed the lives of families in my area. I then saw the terrible removal of family support by the Conservatives in the austerity years—they left m…”

“There have been briefings on the specific incident at Brize Norton. On how we have been approaching the issue, I think the focus in the strategic defence review on the importance of the strategic base, on the threats that we face and on the importance of resilience means that our risk appetite is not in the same place …”

“It is a combination of the right person, the team, and where the priorities are. You can imagine a NAD that spends quite a lot of time trying to run the combination of organisation with 30,000 people. That is not what we are after. We want somebody who makes sure that the leadership team around them is delivering, but …”

“We have elements of cost growth or variation in individual programmes, but the content of the equipment programme overall, how much we want to invest on which capabilities, and the sequencing of that investment, not least against NATO targets, is a matter for the defence investment plan over the next few weeks. We have…”

“Just before we move on, Chair, I apologise to you and the Committee for the bits of follow-up that have been stuck in the system rather than with the Secretary of State. It is not good enough and you should expect better. It is not consistent with the clear direction from the Secretary of State and ministerial team abo…”

“Both sides of this equation—the content of the programme and what we are spending—are changing. The shortfall that we previously identified was a programme that then existed against a budget that we had. The budget has changed, and the SDR says that we need to change the capabilities that we are investing in, so both s…”