Speeches by Collinge.

“I absolutely agree. Time and again, people have told me that it is the unexpected nature of fireworks that causes the most harm. Just giving people the opportunity to plan and prepare for fireworks would be an enormous step forward, and we can achieve that by introducing set days for displays. For example, they could b…”

“I absolutely agree that the Government should look at limits on the decibel levels of fireworks and other measures. As the hon. Lady set out, the impact on veterans can be severe. I was struck by the fact that even the people who are worst affected are not looking to ban fireworks. They understand that it is an enjoyab…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Kevin McKenna) for securing this important debate, and for outlining so eloquently the harms caused to the estimated 1.65 million children who live in a household with a problem gambler. Increasin…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. This week, in response to an intervention, I misspoke and I mistakenly attributed comments to James Dyson that he had not made. While he has been a prominent voice in the debate on agricultural property relief, as the owner of a large amount of land in England, he did not make…”

“I thank the Minister for his statement. It is really interesting to see the response from Opposition Members. Obviously they never have to wrestle with interacting with the state; perhaps they have people to do that for them. The Minister will remember that back in October, I asked the Secretary of State to consider ma…”

“Do you look at them, and at what will come up if consumers search for the sorts of things that you provide information and protection about?”

“You raised something interesting there about whether there is an ability to game—to ensure that the large language models pick up information, in the way that there used to be ways to game websites by using key search terms to ensure that they appeared at the top of Google. Sorry—YouTube and TikTok.”

“That is true but, with the greatest respect, let me give you an example. I was looking up to see if I could buy paracetamol in a supermarket in Germany. The large language model summary linked to a website and the summary said, “Yes, you can.” The truth is no, you can’t, and that is not what the link said either, so I …”

“I want to go back to the idea of where information comes from—the sources. You said that search engines that use large language models are pulling from your sources. How do you know that? How are you testing that? It is quite clear that in other arenas, LLMs, even if they link to a source, do not necessarily accurately…”

“That is very good to hear, Chair. I still am not convinced that the amount of data that is available to us is sufficient.”

“What I am hearing is that when we are talking about an individual instance or an individual complaint, you publish a certain amount of data about it. What we are not seeing is an ability for either us as elected representatives or members of the public to see what the trends are in what people are complaining about and…”

“Could you explain to the Committee what you do publish? You are saying you are transparent about how you regulate. Can you please tell the Committee what you put in the public domain that is therefore available to analyse?”

“Absolutely, the Committee understands the need to do that. We have heard that you understand the broad themes of the complaints that you receive as a regulator but Ofcom does not routinely publish an aggregated analysis of complaint trends relating specifically to climate or energy content. In fact, I do not know if yo…”

“I can see that there is a range of penalties and that seems perfectly appropriate. How many times has any regulatory enforcement action been taken about climate change or energy in the last year or five years?”

“How does it do that?”

“We have heard that Ofcom is a post-broadcast regulator and a complaints-led regulator. You have to wait until there have been complaints about broadcast media, and I think we understand that very clearly. Given that there have been complaints about content relating to climate change and energy but there has been very l…”

“From my perspective, I am not seeing an awful lot of deterrence for broadcasters from broadcasting whatever they like, whether it breaches the code or not, if there is not strong enforcement. So first, do you think the current complaints-led model provides that deterrence—yes or no?”

“From my perspective, I am not seeing an awful lot of deterrence for broadcasters from broadcasting whatever they like, whether it breaches the code or not, if there is not strong enforcement. So first, do you think the current complaints-led model provides that deterrence—yes or no?”

“How does it do that?”

“Chris, do you have any comments on the cost of electricity and its role in the energy transition?”