Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums
"I am interested in the hon. Gentleman’s points about repatriating, so to speak, various items from collections. Does he acknowledge that items sometimes need to be kept in particular conditions, and that support and extra investment are required for that?..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums
"To follow the hon. Gentleman’s train of thought, I wonder what his thoughts are on repatriating the Lewis chessmen from the British Museum up to the Western Isles...."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Main. It was interesting to hear the comments of the hon. Member for Stirling (Stephen Kerr). He spoke at length about local museums in his constituency, of course, and I particularly liked the mention of the many volunteers, who along …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums
"I am glad to take the opportunity to mention—and I am sure the hon. Gentleman will acknowledge—the work of Museums Galleries Scotland in providing funding for local museums in Scotland. He will be pleased to see that it is distributing nearly £750,000 in capital grants to small museums in this …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums
"Indeed. Thank you, Mrs Main. I will take your advice. It would be difficult to do so now, but we shall certainly continue that conversation outside this debate, I have no doubt.
To return to the Elgin marbles, should all those things be sent back where they came from, so …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"A recent witness at the Scottish Affairs Committee described the Government’s mobile infrastructure project as a disaster. What are the UK Government doing to address that failure?..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jan 2018
BBC Pay
"I, too, declare an interest as a member of the APPG on the BBC. As such, I, too, welcome the BBC’s commitment to publish gender pay gap data and its independent audit of pay for most of its staff. However, the problem is that the BBC is in breach of …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 8th January 2018
Asked by:
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to maintain net neutrality after the UK leaves the EU; whether she plans to retain UK membership of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications after the UK leaves the EU; and whether her Department plans to maintain compliance with Regulation EU 2015/2120 after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We will continue strongly to support a free and open internet, as the bedrock for a thriving and innovative digital economy. As such we strongly support our net neutrality rules, which work well to help ensure users, not internet companies, are in control.
As such, we are clear that users of internet services should be able to access the services they wish to, without unnecessary blocking or slowing down by providers. The UK is currently subject to net neutrality rules brought in through the EU Open Internet Access Regulation. In order to ensure the immediate continuity of legislation after we exit the EU, over the coming months the Government will be converting EU law into UK law through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. This means that EU Regulation 2015/2120, which concerns open internet access, will continue to be in place after we leave the EU.
EU Regulation 1211/2009 establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) is currently subject to review, as part of the recast of the EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications. The Government is seeking a deep and special future partnership with the EU, and and no decisions have yet been made. Future membership of the EU’s agencies and bodies, including BEREC, will be subject to negotiations.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Nov 2017
Dr Elsie Inglis and Women’s Contribution to World War One
"It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Mr Davies. I commend the hon. Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray) on bringing the debate forward today. I am particularly pleased to speak in it not only as a woman and an Edinburgh MP, but as someone who has …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Nov 2017
Rural Communities in Scotland: Broadband
"The hon. Gentleman is surely aware of the Ofcom report entitled “Connected Nations 2016”, which highlighted the fact that superfast broadband coverage in Scotland saw the largest increase in the UK over the previous 12 months...."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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