Speeches by Edwards.

“Can I just check, is the current model from the Government, where they almost give you that pro forma saying, “This is how you procure services or goods and things,” quite restrictive, or are you able to almost create your own? Are they starting to reformulate that approach, or is it something that you have just done s…”

“Are you using different pieces of AI in different places, here and in Germany, or are you using the same tools globally? How do you approach it: in a very niche way, or a blanket roll-out?”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mrs Barker. I pay tribute to all those who signed this petition and to Brain Cancer Justice. I have been invited to speak this evening by one of my constituents, Owen Sutton, who currently lives with a brain tumour. He was diagnosed at university and is now an ambassador f…”

“You have probably answered a lot of what I was going to ask about additional measures, but I will ask anyway. I just want to add a caveat: sometimes there is an assumption in these conversations that all Chinese students who come over to study are somehow directly linked to the state or to espionage. I do not think you…”

“Did you want to add anything, Mr Parton?”

“Do you think that you could do that through guidelines or best practice? Or does it have to be through regulation, given your example that, if you see that there is a malign actor trying to control something, you do not currently have to contact the cyber-security team in Government?”

“Picking up on that point about regulation, we have the product security and telecommunications infrastructure regulations that govern this type of thing at the moment, and we have the Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill coming through, which will add a few layers. What is the panel’s view of those pieces of legislation, …”

“Tor, do you want to come in on which parts of the data we might think is okay to send back, and which parts we do not? How do we think the Government are doing on being able to assess that, alongside some of the other mitigations? Do they have enough tools, or do they need more?”

“Can I check on that? We understand there is an adequacy test that the UK uses and has a list of jurisdictions that comply with that, but China is not on the UK list. Is it specific types of data? You said there might be things that can go back. Is there a way of deciding which bits of data are and are definitely not be…”

“This has been fascinating and terrifying in equal measure. What struck me is that the 2010 Stuxnet cyber-weapon, widely considered to be the first cyber-weapon, is so associated with defence and the MOD. We know that they regularly assess supply chains and they think about that, but what we have been talking about is t…”

“That is fine. We have been in touch with Energy UK about the charter, so it is disappointing that that is not higher up the agenda. Arjan, do you have anything that you would like to comment on? You represent a lot of industry bodies as well, which I am sure have a similar challenge and may have to buy through third-pa…”

“I wanted to pick up on the problem that the ceramics industry is currently having. As a Staffordshire MP, I know that the potteries have been very important there. The GMB general secretary has said that there has been a complete lack of support for these businesses, and Ceramics UK has called for an entire rethink of …”

“We have been talking a lot about the cost of energy and non-commodity costs making up 62% of a bill and the rest being commodity costs and a few other bits and pieces. One thing I have been campaigning on is this challenge around business energy and how you bring that down. I recently launched a charter, alongside lots…”

“The point on critical minerals, which the Select Committee has been looking into, is really important. One piece of evidence we heard was on the slight concern about the size of the UK and our ability to do this alone, which meant that our emphasis would be on friendshoring and the throughput of material we would need …”

“My hon. Friend is correct that we had a wonderful trip to India as part of the Business and Trade Committee’s work. One thing we looked at was the joint value of the free trade agreement that we have recently signed, which sends a powerful signal about the future and how our countries can benefit each other.”

“One of the interesting things that we learned on the trip was that India’s approach is also about how it uses Government procurement. With careful consideration, that could be used to make sure that UK tech companies can grow and benefit from having a revenue stream and contract. There may be things we can learn from I…”

“What a wonderful speech my hon. Friend is making about this important connection that our two countries can have! Similarly, I pay tribute to my constituency; it might not be associated with a huge Indian community, but it does have one, and they contribute a lot to the UK, and certainly to our medical professions and …”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his compelling point about the role of parliamentarians and how we can engage with our constituents and other organisations. I also pay tribute to the British high commission, which did a lot of work to make sure that our trip went well and is hugely important in engaging our businesses right…”

“Rick, can I come back to what you were talking about a moment ago? If you are investing in green and renewable solutions on-site to help bring down energy costs, do you think there are enough tax incentives or ways of accounting for that in a particular way or could there be more such measures? Is that something that y…”

“We have covered off skills and the jobs plans as part of your remit to advise the Government. The term “economic dynamism” has been suggested as something that you should have a look at. Perhaps that is about supporting the ability of markets to evolve, innovate and support high-growth businesses. I just wondered what …”