Speeches by Huq.

“Indeed—reflections of you. Will Ministers meet me to discuss the solution? My meticulously researched, widely backed ballot Bill from 2024 is ready-made and ready to go. It deals with this issue by among other things banning the bots that hog tickets for resale, so that we can stop this rip-off without delay.”

“2. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the role of the Competition and Markets Authority in the resale of tickets for sporting and cultural events. [R]”

“Ending ticketing scandals was a manifesto pledge prompted by the Oasis surge-pricing scandal, but it appears only in draft form in the King’s Speech. Peak gig-going season is upon us—maybe even for you, Mr Speaker, with your Motown habit—as is a cost of living crisis. [Interruption.] We all know about it and love you f…”

“My hon. Friend is making a powerful case for how investing in our armed forces and defence, after 14 years of Tory neglect, is imperative to get Britain growing and for our defence preparedness, but does he agree that these capabilities must always be exercised in the right way? Thirty UK arms licences to Israel were s…”

“I also have fond memories of Cheryl Gillan, who I stood against in 2005. The hon. Lady knows my seat well, and the things she describes have a lot of resonance with Wells House Road, NW10, which I think is the most blighted road in England. An email from a resident there today said: “We were told to expect six years of…”

“I welcome the honesty and clarity, after years of sitting opposite the Conservatives and not knowing whether HS2 was happening at all, or where it would start and stop—it was going to be a Y-shape in the beginning. This is good news, in a way. I echo the praise for Mark Wild, who has met with my residents, and for Lord…”

“It is really great that Ministers have rapidly set about reforming the ministerial code so that never again will the public purse be forced to pay out £253,720 for ex-Ministers who were in post for less than six months, as happened in 2022 under the Tories. Now that we hear about Peter Mandelson, the payoff he wanted a…”

“I thank the Prime Minister for his heartfelt statement and—if we are judging parties on actions, not words—for reviving the post of anti-corruption tsar. It was vacant for years and years under three of his predecessors, starting with Boris Johnson’s lockdown breaches. Now that we have the heavyweight Margaret Hodge in…”

“Thankfully, the BBC is nothing like the public service broadcaster in Hungary—I was there monitoring elections; the winner, Péter Magyar, said that it is like North Korean propaganda. To protect Auntie Beeb, will my right hon. Friend reconsider the anomaly that, despite being a fixed-income public body—I am ex-staff my…”

“Order. I will call Natasha Irons to move the motion and then I will call the Minister to respond. Other Members can make a speech with prior permission from the mover of the motion, which I think on this occasion has already been secured. As this is one of those 30-minute wonders, there is no time for a winding-up spee…”

“Order. Can everyone who wants to speak stand so that we can calculate the time limit? It is going to be three-minutes, I am afraid. I call Ed Argar to set an exemplary example.”

“Order. One of the displays is defunct, so it may be difficult for Members to see when their three minutes have ended. I will signal 30 seconds before their time runs out.”

“Order. Let us not have chuntering from a sedentary position.”

“Would there be something to help the traditional broadcasters? We have been led to believe—and the Children’s Media Foundation put it in their evidence—that it is not just in America; you have done something similar in Australia. Does Skip Ahead in Australia mean anything to you?”

“It is not you making the programmes; it is the ecosystem, as you say. Why can’t we have an equivalent to what you are doing in America?”

“True. So that is for the US market. Can we have an equivalent for the UK? For example, the 2016 legislation that stopped unhealthy foods being advertised on commercial channels at the time kids’ eyeballs were watching now means that the things that we grew up with—such as “How”, which Dame Caroline’s father presented f…”

“That is the interest that I should have said. My sister was a “Blue Peter” presenter for over a decade.”

“The 2019 figures that came out showed a quite substantial drop in ad revenue for under-13 content, which you recognised at the time would have a significant business impact. A $100 million dollar fund was set up in the US to support thoughtful, original children’s content. You have acknowledged that there is a shrivell…”

“You put it in your own evidence to us. “We are also going to continue”—okay, maybe it has not come on stream but it is happening—“investing in the future of quality kids, family and educational content. We are establishing a $100 million fund, disbursed over three years”.”

“What about Skip Ahead in Australia, an initiative between Screen Australia and YouTube that includes funding for production. That is another example from the other side of the planet.”