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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Mar 2020
British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Bill

"That is a very good question. My under- standing is that the monitoring will be, first, whether the library pays back the money on time, because by paying back on time we show that we are satisfying the terms of our debt and upholding our end of the bargain. More …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Mar 2020
British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Bill

"The answer is that some would be charged for and some would not. I repeat the example I gave a few minutes ago about membership. If there were a members’ area in the British Library—it has one at the St Pancras site but if it wanted to extend that model …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Mar 2020
British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Bill

"I agree so strongly, as somebody who owns well over a thousand books. My wife is always complaining that I buy more books than I can read.

The philosopher/hedge fund manager Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote a famous book called “The Black Swan”, but in his book “Antifragile” he makes the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Mar 2020
British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Bill

"With the leave of the House, I very much thank all hon. Members who contributed to the debate, and I thank the British Library, its leadership, and all its staff for their work. My plea is that they reach out to me and other Members of this House, so that …..."
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Written Question
World War II: Anniversaries
Tuesday 10th March 2020

Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of increasing the allocation of funding for (a) VE and (b) VJ day to be equal to that allocated to Remembrance Sunday.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

As for Remembrance Sunday, VE and VJ Day events are funded and delivered by a wide range of organisations. As well as central Government support for the National commemorations, local communities are delivering projects and events across the nation to commemorate both VE and VJ Day.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"The access to cash review recently published a report setting out that 17% of the adult population—about 8 million adults—would struggle to manage in a cashless society, with the majority of those people in rural areas. Will the Minister explain what the Department is doing to improve the situation for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 May 2019
TV Licences for Over-75s

"Does my right hon. Friend agree with the director-general of the BBC, Lord Hall, that the funding arrangements put in place with the BBC by my right hon. Friend and the previous Prime Minister, David Cameron, represented a fair deal?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"T6. Residents in my constituency who live in Gustard Wood near the village of Wheathampstead have continually complained to me about the lack of mobile and broadband access. What can the Minister say from the Dispatch Box that I can take back to them to let them know that this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Sep 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"What conversations have the Solicitor General or the Attorney General had across Government and with retailers about cutting down on the online sale of knives?..."
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