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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Dec 2017
Russian Interference in UK Politics

"It is unfortunate that the Chairman of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee has left us. I served on the Committee and I believe that it would have been very helpful if he had informed the House about the organisation, in which he had a leading role during the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Attorney General does not seem to get the point. Our role in human rights in Europe has been to set the gold standard and to show an example. The Council of Europe has experienced recent cases of corruption, with a man called Luca Volontè who took a bribe. The …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Sep 2017
Sky/Fox Merger

"We are all beneficiaries of decisions taken nearly 100 years ago in this Chamber to impose on broadcasters a statutory duty of political balance. Is that not now threatened by what has been described as the “Foxidation” of news, which is taking news away from journalists of integrity and transferring …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Jul 2017
Passchendaele

"I rise because of the description of Passchendaele as a “wonderful battle.” For many who were there, including my father, it was a terrible tragedy that resulted from the misjudgment of generals and others. We cannot look at it without remembering that many of those who lost their lives—they did …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Jul 2017
Passchendaele

"Each time we have these debates, they get nearer to the reality of the first world war. My hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan) quoted Eisteddfod y Gadair Ddu, which is renowned in Wales as commemorating Hedd Wyn and that touching symbol he used:

“A’u gwaed yn …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Jul 2017
Passchendaele

"I think it is entirely true to say that there is a nobility in the soldier’s craft and the soldier’s sacrifice, and we are grateful for that to this day. We see in Kosovo and Sierra Leone, with the humanitarian work that was done there, acts that are absolutely defensible …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Jul 2017
Passchendaele

"There really is no difference between us. I never suggested that there were not entirely justifiable wars.

We should be recalling what lessons we have learned from Passchendaele and the rest of the first world war in the decisions we take in this House now. I once had five weeks’ …..."
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Written Question
Internet: Regulation
Wednesday 5th July 2017

Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to regulate the internet.

Answered by Matt Hancock

As announced in the Queen's Speech, we will put forward proposals for a Digital Charter which will set out a framework for how businesses, individuals and wider society should act online. This will ensure we get the right balance between freedom and security in the digital age, so that we can harness the power of new technology for good, and mitigate the new threats it presents.

Written Question
Kids Company
Monday 28th November 2016

Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2016 to Question 53524, on Kid's Company, if she will publish the evaluation of the independent third party.

Answered by Rob Wilson

For the grants awarded in the financial year 2015/16, delivery of the grant conditions, were monitored by Cabinet Office officials. A summary of progress can be found on Parliament’s website:

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/public-administration-and-constitutional-affairs-committee/kids-company/written/23362.html

Written Question
Kids Company
Monday 28th November 2016

Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2016 to Question 53524, on Kid's Company, what information her Department holds on the independent third party.

Answered by Rob Wilson

A summary of the reporting process can be found in NAO’s review of Government’s funding of Kids Company:

https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Investigation-the-governments-funding-of-Kids-Company.pdf.