Oral Answers to Questions

Barry Sheerman Excerpts

Thursday 22nd March 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

They are light years behind Arsenal.

[Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (Lab/Co-op)]

While thinking of the victims of the terrorist outrage last year, all of us on these Benches hope that the families of those who were tragically killed have been looked after.

Can the sports Minister assure us that there will be coverage of the World cup, and will she give an honest answer to this question: does she believe that what the Foreign Secretary said to a Select Committee the other day is good advice?

[Mr Speaker]

Needless to say, all the Minister’s answers are honest; whether they satisfy the palate of the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr Sheerman) is uncertain, but they are all honest.

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[The Attorney General]

Yes, I can. The UN charter applies in its entirety to cyber-space, including the general prohibition on the use of force and the ability of states to defend themselves.

[Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (Lab/Co-op)]

rose—

[Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I want to get down the Order Paper, so I will take each of the two hon. Members on condition that they give a short sentence each, not two, three, or four sentences.

[Mr Sheerman]

What is the Attorney General going to do about the horrendous breach of cyber-security by Cambridge Analytica, and who are the right people to prosecute?