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1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) Carnival committees in Somerset have attempted to adapt by introducing QR codes and digital donations - Speech Link
2: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) At my roundtable, people told me about the vital practical, teamworking and social skills they gained - Speech Link
3: Dan Aldridge (Lab - Weston-super-Mare) Those are exactly the skills that our future economy needs, and they are forged in coastal and rural - Speech Link
4: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) She made an important point about skills and volunteering, which I will touch on later.The hon. - Speech Link
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1: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) When we seek growth, as we should, we need to find other, real levers: investment, skills and productivity—to - Speech Link
2: Lord Wilson of Sedgefield (Lab - Life peer) for scaling firms to get timely responses and expert support; commissioning the Financial Services Skills - Speech Link
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1: None skills,(ii) investigative skills,(iii) trauma awareness and conflict management, and(iv) processes by - Speech Link
2: Baroness Doocey (LD - Life peer) The Government’s White Paper admits that 90% of crime now has a digital element and that policing has - Speech Link
3: None Such cases frequently require specialist skills and can involve rarer types of criminal offences. - Speech Link
4: None Currently, there is no statutory guidance for police to follow regarding investigating digital harm. - Speech Link
5: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) We cannot treat the digital environment as secondary to the physical. - Speech Link
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1: Peter Fortune (Con - Bromley and Biggin Hill) , we have already legislated for stronger digital competition, but slow implementation and weak early - Speech Link
2: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) its digital companies. - Speech Link
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1: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) paragraph 14 or 15 of Schedule A1 to the Taxes Management Act 1970 can access support through non-digital - Speech Link
2: Henry Tufnell (Lab - Mid and South Pembrokeshire) is incumbent on this Labour Government to manage this energy transition by protecting the jobs and skills - Speech Link
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1: Josh MacAlister (Lab - Whitehaven and Workington) In October 2025, we published the post-16 education and skills White Paper, which set out our reforms - Speech Link
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1: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West) Security, safety and resilience are all parts of that, and the digital spending controls that DSIT puts - Speech Link
2: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West) It rules out digital independence and says that our goal should be intelligent dependence. - Speech Link
3: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West) I support the push for digital integration as we transition the NHS from analogue to digital, with interoperability - Speech Link
4: Victoria Collins (LD - Harpenden and Berkhamsted) This is where digital sovereignty meets supply chain resilience.”The hon. - Speech Link
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1: Olivia Bailey (Lab - Reading West and Mid Berkshire) I extend my thanks to my colleague and friend, Baroness Smith of Malvern, the Minister for Skills, for - Speech Link
2: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) support robust measures to protect children from social media harms, including raising the age of digital - Speech Link
3: Freddie van Mierlo (LD - Henley and Thame) The Government already had an opportunity to raise the age of digital consent from 13 to 16 with the - Speech Link
4: Lola McEvoy (Lab - Darlington) We owe it to the next generation and the generation currently using the digital world to get it right - Speech Link
5: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) I am incredibly pleased to speak in support of Lords amendment 38, which seeks to raise the digital age - Speech Link
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1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) Bringing skills into the Department for Work and Pensions gives us the chance to bring skills policy - Speech Link
2: John Milne (LD - Horsham) Jobseekers urgently need the new “jobcentre in your pocket” digital service. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) This helps to address persistent skills shortages. - Speech Link
4: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) I appreciate the value of skills bootcamps. - Speech Link
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1: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) I will start with digital inclusion and the tech sector. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Linforth (Lab - Life peer) They end up working part-time, often in low-paid jobs and below their skills level, hence we still have - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con - Life peer) The porn industry is among the least regulated digital industries in the world. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD - Life peer) We are the ones who understand and have special skills in abundance—empathy, et cetera—that will make - Speech Link