Debates between Chi Onwurah and Ben Wallace during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Chi Onwurah and Ben Wallace
Monday 6th March 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ben Wallace Portrait Mr Wallace
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I ask my hon. Friend to reflect on the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary, but I put on record our appreciation of the extra efforts of forces across the country in delivering the extra £144 million armed uplift that, as my right hon. Friend has said, will see an extra 1,000 armed officers and additional round-the-clock specialist teams operating across the whole country.

Chi Onwurah Portrait Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)
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12. How many non-UK EU nationals have applied to regularise their status since the EU referendum took place; and what application fee is charged by her Department for such regularisation.

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Chi Onwurah Portrait Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)
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T2. In October, baby monitors were hijacked by organised crime for cyber-attacks. Last week, the secrets that children whisper to their teddy bears were to be found online. This Government have ensured that responsibility for cyber-security is literally all over the place. Does the Home Secretary realise that when there is a devastating attack by an internet-connected device—and there will be—she will be the one we blame?

Ben Wallace Portrait The Minister for Security (Mr Ben Wallace)
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The hon. Lady makes an interesting point—and a few wild allegations. It is this Government who set up the National Cyber Security Centre to ensure that we correctly align our response to cyber-attacks, getting it out through Cyber Aware and a range of cyber awareness campaigns to ensure that people are properly protected, working alongside manufacturers, and using the full weight and expertise of GCHQ to counter cybercrime. That is making a difference, and I hope that people are more aware, rather than scared by her allegations.