Speeches by Morello.

“Yesterday, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy was taking evidence on crypto, foreign donations and crypto donations. It became clear through the evidence that an ecosystem is required in order to scrutinise this—you touched on some of it, such as the FCA or the potential for only using UK-regist…”

“To take a development that has happened in the US, if a politician—it would not be me because I would not know how to do it—or a political party set up a memecoin, for example, how would that sit within the existing regulatory framework? If anyone could purchase that, then am I having to look at where those purchases a…”

“When the Committee was in Moldova and Romania, we heard quite a lot of evidence about concerted efforts to undermine confidence in Government institutions, not just during the election, but in the run-up and years beforehand. A lot of that was focused on the electoral commission and electoral process. Could you talk a …”

“I also do not want us to have to get to a point where we have a suspended election in order to decide that now is the time to start acting. This is what has happened in other countries.”

“We visited your opposite number in Romania, and they took us through in great detail—probably too much detail—the process that they had established during the election to deal with predominantly TikTok accounts. Something was flagged to them, which was the first thing. It was entirely passive. What you are talking abou…”

“NHS dentistry in West Dorset is in crisis. We have just 15 practices offering any kind of NHS care, and only half of young people have seen a dentist in the last two years. Residents are writing to me about elderly people removing their own teeth and children in A&E with preventable tooth decay. What consideration …”

“We also heard from colleagues of yours in Moldova about quite sophisticated vote-buying efforts and the use of illicit finance, especially funnelling through cryptocurrency. Could you give us some more details of how that played out in Moldova?”

“To follow up on that, the Committee has seen or heard evidence of foreign actors deliberately amplifying messages designed to break down social cohesion. Sometimes those are messages by political individuals or political parties. From the point of view of the Electoral Commission, if a foreign actor is deliberately usi…”

“4. What steps his Department is taking to ensure the accessibility of regular NHS dental check-up appointments in West Dorset constituency.”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this important debate, and I commend him on his speech. He has listed a large number of instances across Europe of hybrid warfare and, in many cases, physical attacks by Russia. In the UK, we have also seen Russian-sponsored attacks on Ukrainian drone suppliers. On his broader po…”

“I thank the hon. Member for the opportunity to clarify my point. It is not about whether the consumer pays; it is about whether the airports are using the revenue they claim they are generating to support climate policies for that purpose, or whether it is simply another revenue stream for them. Airports and providers …”

“When the Committee was in Moldova and Romania, we heard quite a lot of evidence about concerted efforts to undermine confidence in Government institutions, not just during the election, but in the run-up and years beforehand. A lot of that was focused on the electoral commission and electoral process. Could you talk a …”

“But they might not be permissible.”

“To take a development that has happened in the US, if a politician—it would not be me because I would not know how to do it—or a political party set up a memecoin, for example, how would that sit within the existing regulatory framework? If anyone could purchase that, then am I having to look at where those purchases a…”

“Yesterday, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy was taking evidence on crypto, foreign donations and crypto donations. It became clear through the evidence that an ecosystem is required in order to scrutinise this—you touched on some of it, such as the FCA or the potential for only using UK-regist…”

“We visited your opposite number in Romania, and they took us through in great detail—probably too much detail—the process that they had established during the election to deal with predominantly TikTok accounts. Something was flagged to them, which was the first thing. It was entirely passive. What you are talking abou…”

“I also do not want us to have to get to a point where we have a suspended election in order to decide that now is the time to start acting. This is what has happened in other countries.”

“To follow up on that, the Committee has seen or heard evidence of foreign actors deliberately amplifying messages designed to break down social cohesion. Sometimes those are messages by political individuals or political parties. From the point of view of the Electoral Commission, if a foreign actor is deliberately usi…”

“We also heard from colleagues of yours in Moldova about quite sophisticated vote-buying efforts and the use of illicit finance, especially funnelling through cryptocurrency. Could you give us some more details of how that played out in Moldova?”

“When the Committee was in Moldova and Romania, we heard quite a lot of evidence about concerted efforts to undermine confidence in Government institutions, not just during the election, but in the run-up and years beforehand. A lot of that was focused on the electoral commission and electoral process. Could you talk a …”