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Business of the House (19 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: The announcement that Ordnance Survey's mapping data will be available free to the many thousands of digital industries and community groups in Britain is very welcome. However, there is much more public sector information sitting around in departmental hard drives, such as Land Registry data and transport times. May we have a debate on how public sector information can increase the UK...

Business, Innovation and Skills: High-Speed Broadband (12 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: Internet service providers will lose income from people who are cut off as a result of allegations of illicit file-sharing, yet the figures used by my hon. Friend's Department to assess the scale of internet piracy are provided by the music industry and are based on a poor sample—fewer than 200—and have been soundly ridiculed by the BBC. Will he give me a guarantee that he will...

Olympics: Energy National Policy Statements (9 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: My right hon. Friend has made a big call today and I commend him. On his proposals for the management of radioactive waste, can he comment on proposals for the deep waste repository, and what date does he think that it might be constructed, as it is important to building a public consensus around nuclear rebuild?

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Byron Review (9 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: I have seen the content of the video game. It is unpleasant, although no worse than in many films and books. The game carries a content warning. It is an 18-plus game, and carries the British Board of Film Classification 18-plus rating as well. Does the Minister agree that it would be better for Members of the House to support the many thousands of game designers and coders, and the many...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (9 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: Following on from the question asked by the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart), can the Secretary of State guarantee that if the additional income generated by his measures to cut off illegal file sharers does not exceed the cost of the regulatory burden, he will shelve his plans?

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): Clause 3 — Management of the civil service (3 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: I have the highest regard for the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart). His humility goes before him. I admire his talents—his musical talents more than his political talents. As he knows, I represent a midlands seat in England, but when I look from afar at the amendment, I begin to think that he is selling out. He might be selling Scotland down the river with the...

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): Clause 3 — Management of the civil service (3 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: Hey, I am on the Back Benches. It might be my party policy but I can say what I want now. The hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire is selling Scotland down the river with that amendment. It is a pathetic piece of symbolism to score points in a by-election. He has spoken eloquently, but the amendment would not fundamentally change the relationship between London and Edinburgh, and he...

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): Clause 3 — Management of the civil service (3 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: The hon. Gentleman is turning into a real London luvvie, defending this amendment, which would hand no power to Scotland. He should be ashamed of himself, and apologise to his constituents and to his party.

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: I am enjoying the rocket that the hon. Gentleman is giving all three Front Benches, but does he not think that a total ban would drive people to the unregulated black market, and that more unsafe fireworks would be available as a result?

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: I am grateful to the hon. Lady for allowing me to intervene on noise reduction. I am trying to work out the position of all three parties on this subject. Is what the hon. Lady said a Lib Dem policy or is she just questioning the Minister?

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: Does the hon. Gentleman see any merit in regulations that would allow slightly quieter fireworks for domestic use, but louder fireworks for commercial display?

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: The hon. Gentleman and I share an obsession with data, so will he confirm whether he is saying that he would bring back data collection, and if so, whether he has costed it?

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: The legislation as it stands has made the use of fireworks more enjoyable for many Sandwell residents. If they have one question for the Minister, it is this: could he make them just a little bit quieter? What measures does the Department take to monitor complaints about noise?

Business of the House (29 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: Arts Council England is facing its second major reorganisation in a decade. A debate would allow us to examine the scope of that, the number of staff being made redundant and the number who have been rehired as consultants.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: Some 250 Members from both sides of the House today joined 100,000 petition signers to Ofcom. Phone companies BT and 3UK have joined unions Unite and Amicus and the Royal College of Nursing in support of early-day motion 1531. Consumers are being ripped off. Does my right hon. Friend think that phone companies that have hidden charges for connecting from one network to another should cut...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Territorial Army (26 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: Given that the cuts were proposed by General Sir Richard Dannatt, has my hon. Friend announced the first Tory U-turn? Will he accept my reassurance that he will have our full support if he is to keep this policy under constant review?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Tasers (26 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: Tasers are effective at incapacitating potentially violent individuals at a distance, but the vice-president, training, for Taser, Mr. Rick Gilbault, has recently advised that a Taser should not be aimed at the chest area when incapacitating an individual. Will my right hon. Friend assure me that those views will be reflected in any future guidance?

Business of the House (22 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: A debate on the social impact of the internet and on digital rights would allow hon. Members to consider the profound changes to how UK citizens access goods and services online. For many people, the internet is now an essential service. Does my right hon. and learned Friend consider proposals to cut people off from their internet connection a challenge for the Government? Should the people...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Rail Services (22 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: To travel on a bank holiday, British citizens need to know the train operators' timetables, but the data are licensed as the companies' intellectual property. Does not my hon. Friend think that the timetable data belong to the people, and that we should make them available for free?

Women and Equality: Parental Leave (22 Oct 2009) has video

Tom Watson: The right-leaning think-tank Reform has today published a report calling for the abolition of so-called middle-class benefits. Has my hon. and learned Friend been able to consider that report, and does she know the impact on working mothers if we were to abolish maternity benefits?