Speeches by Race.

“I just want to touch on public trust. You have touched on it already about bringing people with us. It is incredibly important that we bring people along with us in terms of both scientific advances and support for spending, which remains high at the moment, which is good. As to actual deployment of technology like vac…”

“Just a final point on that scale-up financing, I think I am right in saying that you are more likely to get foreign direct investment through venture capital and private equity into the regions than you are UK-based, which is really interesting—from America and elsewhere. They are more interested in the regions.”

“The south-west is only two hours away.”

“They are quicker.”

“You have mentioned the Met Office already, which is based in Exeter, and we have the University of Exeter, and they work very closely together. We have a great spin-out culture developing because of that. Your letter did not reference regional scale-up funding and financing. According to the BVCA, the south-west in tot…”

“Could I ask a follow-up on that question?”

“MOD.”

“Do sovereign capabilities and then we will move on.”

“You should try to get on TikTok, except we are probably not allowed on TikTok, which is where lots of people are.”

“I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s visit to a malnutrition clinic on the border of Chad and Sudan and the additional funding for the region. Sudan has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world. He says he has had discussions with regional actors, but can he go further and update us on where those discussions…”

“The real advertisers have a problem, but there is also quite a lot of fake advertising using trusted brands. I want to bring it back to Marianna. My feed at the moment on X in particular is littered with ads that claim to be from the BBC and have BBC branding, but clearly are not. X is clearly allowing quite a lot of m…”

“Kelly, from a local government perspective, how well do you think local authorities are equipped to monitor and deal with online misinformation and disinformation, given that often you will be at the forefront of dealing with it first and foremost as you see it coming?”

“Can I follow up very quickly on that, before I move on to Kelly? You have quite a nuanced view, I think rightly, about whether social media is just the newest incarnation of the mass media and about interaction with society. Do you think it is more important to regulate social media content, or is it more important—or …”

“Ravishaan, this is a similar question to do with the migrant community in the UK. What do you think are the patterns of the impact of social media, hate speech and violence? Looking to protections under the law, do you think that protections, particularly under the Online Safety Act, go far enough? Where is the line be…”

“I thank the Foreign Secretary for the statement. Exeter’s large and vibrant Ukrainian heritage community will welcome this further strengthening of our cultural, security and economic ties. Going back to sanctions, will he confirm that the UK will continue to keep up the pace and pressure of sanctions on Russia and, in…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Tracy Gilbert) on bringing in the Bill. Does my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) agree that the Bill demonstrates that Scotland’s Labour MPs are ensuring that both of Scotland’s Governments are working effectively for them?”

“Does my hon. Friend believe that the Bill will benefit the older voters we speak to on the doorstep, many of whom are digital natives and actively use online technology? Older voters in Scotland and Wales would, I am sure, like to use technology in the same way as older voters in England.”

“I thank the Minister for the level of engagement that he has given both me and my colleagues on this process since the English devolution White Paper was published. He will know that I have a high level of enthusiasm for local communities being given the ability to take more control of services in their area. Does he a…”

“Great, thank you. I think at least two of our panel are covered by mayoral devolution in particular. Before we go on to the English devolution White Paper that was published before Christmas, it would be great to hear from you all about how you perceive mayoral devolution in particular as being beneficial or not, or co…”

“Can my right hon. Friend set out what role he envisages the digital centre of Government will play in driving AI adoption across public services and Departments to benefit my residents in Exeter?”