Speeches by Darlington.

“I am not going to revisit the Crick case but just remind you that it was actually about a replacement for Mill Hill, which was already based in London. Having been involved in the building of the case and getting it funded by the Treasury, there is a lot more to it than you are describing and the decisions that were ma…”

“I know.”

“Paul was not even involved in the beginning; right? I don’t think he was even back in the UK at the point when it was first conceived. Let’s talk about how Government should be making decisions about science infrastructure. Should they be making decisions on the basis that there is low economic growth and low wages in …”

“Can I challenge that point about research intensive? Research-intensive institutions are what we tend to talk about as Russell Group institutions, but when you look at the innovation at the old red brick in terms of their impact on innovation spin-outs, some of them have a much better success record than the research i…”

“As Steve would tell you, the south-west has some great institutions.”

“UWE Bristol is fantastic but often not considered within that. We have Coventry and what goes on there. Again, it is not necessarily listed under research intensive. I guess what I am trying to get to is that I absolutely take your point about breaking the biases, but, actually, do we need to challenge some of the bias…”

“I pay tribute to all the amazing speeches we have heard from Labour Members. It can be seen from how many of us are still here, hours into the debate—in contrast to the Opposition—how seriously the Government and the Labour party take law and order. I absolutely agree with all those speeches, but because of time I will…”

“Does the shadow Home Secretary recognise that the number of reported crimes involving sexual violence went up by 300% under his Government? When he talks about police numbers, would he also like to mention how many police officers left because of conditions in their police force and because of mental health and physica…”

“I know my hon. Friend’s absolute passion and the experience in this area, particularly on international development, that he gained under the last Labour Government. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on aid match, can I ask whether he sees a role for the generosity of the UK public in ensuring that they can…”

“rose—”

“Thank you to the Committee for asking me to come and present. Those of you that are aware of the UK’s long history in both developing and leading the very innovative Gavi Vaccine Alliance and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will know that we are now at the point in the cycle where we talk about …”

“Yes, or FCDO. It could be either, but it is my understanding that it is the overseas development assistance money through the Department of Health and Social Care that has the most interaction. But the Department may decide to handle it differently.”

“I am happy to pass these to you. They took me about 10 minutes to pull together; literally, that is how quick it was. Let’s talk to one that was reported and what action was actually taken, or not.”

“Right. You have an algorithm that onboards people. Is that algorithm that chooses and selects available for the public to see, for academic researchers to test and analyse, and can you share it with the Committee?”

“We will start with some blue-tick accounts during the riots: “Illegal immigrants moved into the Dragonfly Hotel, Peterborough,” with a video identifying exactly where they were and where protesters were to go. That was a blue-tick account. “The Embassy Hotel in Gateshead houses hundreds of illegal immigrants in hotel n…”

“They didn’t.”

“Let’s stick with some of the stuff that blue-tick accounts, with the algorithm, therefore boost. Let’s start with one we talked about earlier, Mr Andrew Tate’s blue-tick account—wanting to make sure many people see them: “Labour cover up rape because they are rapists.” Is that true?”

“Do you also give that access to your advertising space and processes?”

“A final question just to understand how the community note process works. Is the list of your community note people who you have selected to become community—”

“Within the Data (Use and Access) Bill that is going through the House, section 123 is about ensuring that researchers, non-profit companies and others can hold companies like yours to account. It is about ensuring that they can access the information necessary for academics and researchers to evaluate and hold you to a…”