Speeches by Narayan.

“On the question about cross-border compliance and making sure that we have a proportionate and effective regime, we have had a series of engagements at ministerial and official level with representatives of techUK, the industry body. The NCSC has convened a series of organisations—not least managed service providers, b…”

“Clause 3 makes important distinctions as to which organisations can and cannot be considered operators of essential services for the purposes of the NIS regulations. It clarifies that a person—in practice, an organisation or business—can be an operator of an essential service regardless of whether that person is establ…”

“I welcome some of the Opposition spokesperson’s comments. Let me briefly address his questions about definitions and public sector inclusion. It is customary for the Opposition to oppose for the sake of opposition, at times, and I am afraid that this is one of those times; I have so far set out only two clauses, which …”

“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. The Bill will make crucial updates that build on the NIS regulations, which are the UK’s only cross-sector cyber-security regulations. As clause 1 sets out, “NIS regulations” refers to the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 506). Clau…”

“I welcome you, Ms McVey, to the most exciting event in Parliament this week.”

“I thank the hon. Lady for raising that important point. I have engaged deeply and frequently with the Molly Rose Foundation on this issue and wider concerns. We continue to ensure that the monitoring and evaluation of the Online Safety Act’s implementation is in progress—I am engaging regularly on that, and I am happy …”

“We are looking very closely at that. Of course, under the Online Safety Act, platforms already have a responsibility to make sure that young people are not able to access harmful content. In relation to wider access methods—whether virtual private networks or others—we are looking very closely at patterns of behaviour.…”

“With the groundbreaking steps in the Online Safety Act 2023, we are protecting children from illegal and harmful content online. The Secretary of State’s first step was to ensure that self-harm and suicide content were made priority offences. We have legislated to criminalise both the depiction of strangulation in porn…”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right: regulation is one part of this issue, but we are also focused on the fundamental aspects of media literacy and education. We are engaging very closely with the Department for Education on a media literacy aspect of the national curriculum to ensure that our young people can spot misi…”

“I first pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the depth and breadth of her advocacy for the people of Derby. I can confirm that I would be delighted to ensure that we continue the conversation with young people. I was at a school last week, and I will be in a school this week. I commit to the House that the Secretary of St…”

“Q One of the things that we have heard over the course of the day is that the Bill is just one of a range of different ways in which public authorities engage with companies on cyber-security and resilience. I am interested in hearing about the impact the Police CyberAlarm programme has had on the cyber-security and re…”

“Q Thank you very much to both of you for your insights today. The question on my mind is related, in part, to the point that Jen raised. There are a range of levers at the Government’s disposal in thinking about and acting on cyber-security. I am interested in your thoughts on which parts of the economy ought to be in …”

“Q One of the themes already emerging in the conversation and in the wider public debate is that, on one line of thought, the right framework is that the law should focus on outcomes, principles and responsibilities, and then delegate specificity to both agile definition over time and specific expertise in sectors. An a…”

“Q Thank you all very much for making time. I have an implementation-focused question, perhaps directed at Stuart, but open to all. In practice, it would be helpful to understand how frequent is the case that a single company might provide multiple of the possible services in scope: MSP services, cloud hosting, data cen…”

“I thank the hon. Member for making that point, and I am very happy to engage with him both individually and with my colleague, the Minister for Digital Economy, on the particular experience of his constituents. The contributions we have heard today from across the House again highlight just how essential connectivity h…”

“Openreach has not made that representation to me. The Government are squarely focused on reaching the 99% target, and we are doing all we can to make sure that all providers are in a place to do so. I am happy to engage with Openreach if it wants to make a representation to me. To ensure that the commercial market can …”

“I know my hon. Friend is a deeply committed champion for his constituency, so I would be very happy to meet him—both on my own and with my colleague, the Minister for Digital Economy—to look at the issues in his constituency. We are making good progress on delivering these contracts. We have already celebrated the comp…”

“I am happy to give way briefly.”

“It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Murrison. First and foremost, I thank the hon. Member for Bridgwater (Sir Ashley Fox) for securing today’s debate on the impact of the time taken to install gigabit-capable broadband in rural communities, and for once again drawing to the attention of the House the im…”

“First and foremost, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Telford (Shaun Davies) for securing this Adjournment debate. Throughout his entire tenure as the local MP, he has been a relentless champion for the people of Telford on the question of 5G and mobile coverage. He has listened closely to those he represents in pe…”