Russia
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share this contribution 21. Does my right hon. Friend share the widespread concern about Nord Stream 2, the proposed Russian gas pipeline? Does he agree that there appears to be no economic justification for it? It is instead a political project, designed to increase European dependence on Russian gas […]
Data Protection Bill
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share this contribution Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will take heed of your reminder about the time limit. It is now over 10 years since the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, of which I was Chair at the time, first conducted an inquiry into phone hacking. We conducted […]
Brexit
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share this contribution Will my right hon. Friend confirm that when the so-called WAIB—withdrawal agreement and implementation Bill—becomes law, we will be committing ourselves to a financial settlement that will be binding in international law? Does he therefore agree that we should seek to obtain as much detail as possible […]
Televising court proceedings
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share this contribution T10. My right hon. Friend will be aware that last year a pilot project allowed television cameras into courts to film and broadcast sentencing procedure. Will he say what assessment he has made of that pilot and what plans he now has to extend it further? [904928] […]
Update on the Salisbury Incident
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share this contribution Does my right hon. Friend agree that one of our best assets against Russian disinformation and propaganda is the BBC World Service, and will she consider ways of extending its reach, perhaps by incorporating world television? Does she also agree that we need to be very […]
Salisbury Incident
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share this contribution Is it not increasingly clear that we are engaged in hybrid warfare with Russia that includes disinformation, political interference, cyber-attacks and now very possibly this act of attempted murder? In considering how to respond, will my right hon. Friend also look at what additional help we […]
Government Policy on Russia
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share this contribution It is almost exactly four years since the annexation of the sovereign territory of Ukraine in Crimea by Russia. It is two years since the public inquiry concluded that President Putin almost certainly approved the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. Is it not clear therefore that existing […]
Leveson
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share this contribution I strongly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Does he agree that, now more than ever, newspapers play a vital role in holding both the Government and the Opposition to account? He is absolutely right that, rather than looking backwards at the events of 10 years […]
Norther Ireland Border
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share this contribution Has my right hon. Friend seen the report prepared by the European Parliament’s policy department for citizens’ rights and constitutional affairs, which concludes that a technical solution allowing free movement of persons under a common travel arrangement and a low-friction border for the movement of goods […]
Digital Economy Bill
John Whittingdale, Conservative, Maldon It is a pleasure to welcome the Digital Economy Bill, not least because it still has my name on the front of it. Indeed, my right hon. Friend the Member for Wantage (Mr Vaizey) and I can claim a degree of joint paternity on this particular measure. The Bill is something […]