Speeches by White.

“Last December, Donald Trump’s media and technology group purchased a Californian-based fusion energy company, putting his son Donald Jr. on the board in a $6 billion deal. The race is on for fusion energy production at scale. Will the Minister join me in welcoming the appointment of ILIOS consortium, led by Kier and Nu…”

“5. What steps he is taking to attract private sector investment for a fusion reactor.”

“The hon. Gentleman talks about green carbon-neutral schemes coming forward. I welcome yesterday’s announcement of a construction partner for the STEP Fusion plant at West Burton in Nottinghamshire: the consortium known as ILIOS, which is led by a joint venture between Kier and Nuvia, supported by AECOM, A_AL Architects…”

“The state holds vast amounts of data on all of us from the moment we are born, some of which we never see, are never able to correct and never know who has been looking at it. Does the Minister agree that digital ID provides the opportunity for residents in my constituency and beyond to take back control over their per…”

“As a way of feeding it in directly—good. Has the Home Office explored where digital ID will be beneficial in other areas?”

“The Association of Digital Verification Professionals has told us that it is not able to share intelligence on fraud with the Home Office effectively. How will the Government make better use of intelligence generated by digital identity providers?”

“I think we are digressing. Mike, what calculations has the Home Office made on the potential of reducing fraud using digital ID?”

“You will have records of those companies because they are set up as a sole trader or they are registered with Companies House. You will be looking at those particular organisations.”

“I really enjoyed using that, but for the lost passport there were still barriers. I had to make phone calls.”

“There is enforcement on those businesses that fail to do the right to work check when there is intelligence or information that is sent in the system. How will digital ID flush out those employers in future?”

“The idea that Big Brother is watching you is something that colleagues across all parties have a view on, but I have also had to counter it in my constituency. There is a huge sense of fear that this is the Government doing things to people. You will have to do more consultation to break through that and give people th…”

“Yes.”

“Will the Government’s consultation on digital ID consider the issue of function creep?”

“The Companies House experience was a brand-new experience, but it was very, very good.”

“How are the Government going to set objectives for the programme? Do you think they are realistic?”

“I can see you have been experiencing personal pain.”

“This is a similar question for you, Darren. Are there any other services that you believe should be accessed by digital ID?”

“Are you introducing the One Login programme as a process of osmosis? I have had to log in twice in the past two weeks. The first time was on behalf of my husband, who is a company director. Given the new ID checks for Companies House, he had to go through the whole process of taking a photograph of his passport and the…”

“We recently met Greater Manchester police, and they talked about the new phenomenon of auditors in protests. Is this something you are having to deal with in London, and is it requiring a new policing method?”

“You said that, on average, you police over 500 protests a year. How does the law on public order provide your officers with the powers they need to keep Londoners safe?”