Speeches by Swallow.

“Russia is in our seas and undermining our North sea cables. It is on social media spreading myths and disinformation. It is even in our politics: we must remember that the former Reform leader in Wales is currently serving time in prison for accepting Russian bribes. Members across the House recognise the ever-present …”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“I recently hosted an open meeting with parents on these reforms. Although there was widespread welcoming of much of what is in the White Paper, they urged that real, sustained change should happen. One concern was about the enforceability and accountability for ISPs, what would happen if a school was not delivering wha…”

“The hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) may call me Pothole Pete after this question. Residents in Bracknell Forest are frustrated about potholes, so I welcome the fact that Bracknell Forest council has committed over £7 million to fixing local roads in this year’s budget, backed by millions of pounds of support…”

“I genuinely welcome the fact that my hon. Friend stresses the need for locally led decision making. She will know that there is widespread support across the Thames valley for a foundation strategic authority for Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Swindon, and that a bid along those lines is with her ministerial colleagues at …”

“I am privileged to have seen the service and sacrifice of the Gurkhas to the British Army at first hand during my visit to Brunei last year, where I had the honour of being hosted by the First Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles as part of the armed forces parliamentary scheme—a scheme that I know the Minister is a firm…”

“I thank the Minister for all that he has said so far. We have had an incredibly harmonious debate, with views shared by Members from across the House on this important issue. I note that a Member of Reform UK, the hon. Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell), has now entered the Chamber, but does the Minister share my co…”

“I thank Sir Philip Rycroft for his important work. In his review, he notes: “The online environment has created a cheap and relatively simple means of getting anonymised content in front of ordinary people in a way that seeks to undermine their trust in the political process.” He notes that this activity is “strategic,…”

“The Minister mentioned energy security. Of course, that is fundamentally the most important issue facing us as a country at the moment, not only because of the conflict in the middle east, but wider conflicts, including that in Ukraine. Is it not the case that we must stop taking short-term decisions and instead look t…”

“So the best way to have a long-term impact on addressing child poverty is to invest in public services.”

“Last year you said there was an almost Dickensian level of poverty facing children today. Do you feel that the child poverty strategy contains the right policies to begin to address that and to solve the problem of child poverty?”

“So the best way to have a long-term impact on addressing child poverty is to invest in public services.”

“Last year you said there was an almost Dickensian level of poverty facing children today. Do you feel that the child poverty strategy contains the right policies to begin to address that and to solve the problem of child poverty?”

“T2. Last week, I visited Estonia with the Education Committee to learn about early-years education, and I heard that even nursery-aged children are taught to spot fake news. What conversations has the Minister had with colleagues across Government about taking a whole-of-society approach to misinformation and disinform…”

“Thank you all so much for coming here today and sharing your testimonies. Both of your organisations have spoken about the importance of co-authoring an apology with the Government. What would that look like for you?”

“That is so important because, as we have heard in evidence, an apology alone is not enough. Apologies given when there is no follow-up action are almost worse in some ways. In our last evidence session, we took evidence from an organisation who had nominally apologised for their role in this only for the witness in fro…”

“We are going to come on to the mitigations. Diana, what is your view of what a co-authored apology would look like?”

“Thank you.”

“Thank you all so much for coming here today and sharing your testimonies. Both of your organisations have spoken about the importance of co-authoring an apology with the Government. What would that look like for you?”

“We are going to come on to the mitigations. Diana, what is your view of what a co-authored apology would look like?”