Speeches by Frith.

“On the issue of workforce development for the athletes, what role do teachers and volunteers and coaches have, and what did they play in your own development and the relationship that you had with each of your sports? Anna, if you want to finish your contribution and let Alistair and Montell come in after.”

“Do you think that that could be changed as a model? You make the point about your own team’s expectations of availability, and team sport relies on the collective commitment of the individual members. Could you see a shift or a change that could be adopted to perhaps recognise the value in playing other sports as one o…”

“Why did you have to give up the others? Was it simply a time constraint with how long you are expected to be in the pool and therefore there is no time or energy to do other sports, or was it a predetermined expectation that it is all eyes on swimming?”

“What were those other sports?”

“Thanks very much for your contributions. Anna, I was very taken by that account of your falling in and out of love with swimming. It makes your achievements that much more impressive that you had so much time out from it all. Were you active elsewhere in between? Did you go off and pursue other sports? Were you natural…”

“No—Bury, Manchester.”

“I thank the Minister; as ever, he has been very generous and is making excellent remarks. Away from the emergency—the toxicity and the worst aspects of this—the mundane sapping of hour after hour after hour is just as dangerous when we consider social media use and our ineffective guardrails for smartphone use. Yes, we…”

“My wife and I regret ever getting a smartphone for our two eldest children. We have four, and we are wondering what to do when the third expects access to the same rights. Smartphone management is something we continually get wrong. My hon. Friend has talked about screen time. It cannot be beyond the wit of our smartph…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to contribute further on this important Bill. I thank Ministers, particularly the Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms, for their ongoing attention and for being in listening mode, particularly on the copyright matters that have been so dominant so far. The Bill rightly mod…”

“I know the hon. Member fancies himself as a bit of a tech bro, but he should recognise that much of the anxiety in the creative industries sector is caused by the dither and delay of the Conservatives’ time in Government and their failure to grasp the issue. As ever, we on the Government Benches are doing the hard work…”

“The Minister got the memo. AI is giving the creative sector indigestion, frankly, and this is the problem we are facing, so aiming for a smoother future through collaboration is absolutely right. As with previous technological shifts, such as the introduction of the internet or indeed the printing press, laws should be…”

“And cassettes.”

“I agree with everything my hon. Friend says, and I suspect he is a better musician than I am.”

“The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful case, as ever, and I agree with much of what he is saying. Does he agree with me that we should be ready to point out where those who contribute to this debate are proxies or funded by tech companies not appearing in public to make the case, but instead making arguments through s…”

“I am a great admirer of the Secretary of State, and I admire his belief in his cause today. The creative sector will have heard his commitment to listen, and I thank him for ensuring the openness and engagement of his Ministers on this issue. In the spirit of listening, will he agree from the Dispatch Box today to meet…”

“Matt, what is your view on the EU now considering whether central registry opt-out is feasible? It sounds like a limited library model, almost. How do you take it?”

“What do we need to do differently to the EU?”

“You referred to the distinctions between sectors. Do you think that the Government should consider sectoral opt-outs—that is unfortunate phrasing—or sectoral alternatives to opting out? Should we have a distinction between sectors because the creatives have not run out of ideas?”

“Thank you, Max. Matt said something before about acknowledging copyright as is but adding transparency to it. With that in mind, I will ask you, Max, for your views on copyright protection for AI-generated work. Do you think that the status quo is correct that such work should have copyright protection, or do you agree…”