Speeches by Collinge.

“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?”

“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…”

“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?”

“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…”

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

“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 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 …”

“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.”

“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?”

“But do you look at it to see what comes up?”

“Our session is all about building support for the energy transition, and I want to talk about the cost of electricity as part of that. From the previous evidence that you have both given to the Committee, I will take it as read that you think making electricity cheaper is important. Evidence from others has talked abou…”

“Are there any lessons for the Government from that knowledge about how we talk about this?”

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

“I have a particular interest in the accountability of public services due to the shocking treatment of some of my constituents by NHS trusts. I was pleased to sit on the Bill Committee, which was on the whole collegiate and comprehensive. I welcome the statement from the Leader of the House that we will be getting the …”

“I rise to speak to clauses 83 to 85 and schedule 13, which respectively outline: an increase in tax on online gaming, such as online slots or casino games; a new rate of general betting duty specifically for online betting, such as placing a bet on a football match; and, removing bingo duty. Online gambling has evolved…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for bringing attention to the persecution of people of different faiths and beliefs, and particularly the heinous murders of thousands of people. He knows about the case of Mubarak Bala, who was jailed for a Facebook post that was deemed to be blasphemous. After he left Islam, he was sent to a ps…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) for securing this important debate on the merits of a statutory duty of care in universities. The pain of losing a loved one to suicide is unquantifiable, and it stretches out further than we …”

“I cannot accept that it is okay for the Government to stay on X now, but I do welcome the strong action they are taking on online violence against women and girls. This is part of a wider problem of violent pornography that normalises and encourages violent sexual fantasies, so does the Secretary of State agree that Of…”

“I suspect that the hon. Gentleman missed the third paragraph of my speech, in which I talked about the asset-rich but cash-poor nature of farming. Land may be worth a lot of money according to most people’s standards, but it may not be possible to realise the value in cash terms unless the land is sold, especially for …”