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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 10 November 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Bridget Phillipson. The answering member was Lord Vaizey of Didcot.

UK Software Industry

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the UK computer software industry.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
518 c75-98WH 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
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Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c95WH (Link to this contribution) As to promises, the hon. Gentleman's party said in, I think, the 2001 election manifesto, that they ...
Jim McGovern | 518 c95WH (Link to this contribution) On the subject of promises, prior to the general election, the Minister was quoted—I shall have to p...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c95WH (Link to this contribution) I will take the intervention of the more senior Member first.
Speaker | 518 c95WH (Link to this contribution) It seems to me that that is a matter for debate, not for the Chair.
Ian Lucas | 518 c95WH (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr Weir. Is it in order for a Minister to misrepresent the stated policy of Her...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c95WH (Link to this contribution) Let me develop the policy. Then the hon. Gentleman can come in. He does not have a broadband policy,...
Justin Tomlinson | 518 c96WH (Link to this contribution) On new developments, are there any thoughts about treating broadband in the same way as utilities su...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c95-6WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Weir, for reminding the hon. Gentleman that he has plenty of opportunities to make his...
Ian Lucas | 518 c96WH (Link to this contribution) I want to correct the Minister simply on a point of fact. The change to 2-megabit broadband was to b...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c96WH (Link to this contribution) That is certainly a very important element of the question. I hope that we shall shortly be able, wi...
Jim McGovern | 518 c97WH (Link to this contribution) I resent the Minister's comment that Labour Members are jumping on a bandwagon. I have supported the...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c96-7WH (Link to this contribution) I have read that report, and I am happy to stand corrected. We are in a similar position, except for...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c97-8WH (Link to this contribution) Dundee is an incredibly important part of the video games sector in the UK. We have invested £2 mill...
Baroness Berger | 518 c87WH (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that the Red Book cites the amount involved in not introducing the video gam...
Justin Tomlinson | 518 c86WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman clarify whether it is still Opposition policy to support those tax incentive...
John Pugh | 518 c85WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will recall that he voted for tuition fees in the last Parliament and I did not. ...
Ian Lucas | 518 c85-6WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is wrong to state that I voted in favour of tuition fees—I did not. I have always...
Ian Lucas | 518 c85WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once more, Mr Weir, and to have listened to the va...
Mike Weatherley | 518 c83-4WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his intervention. Commercialisation and project management support will al...
Justin Tomlinson | 518 c84WH (Link to this contribution) I rise to support the principle of this excellent debate secured by the hon. Member for Houghton and...
Jim McGovern | 518 c83WH (Link to this contribution) When will a member of the coalition Government visit Abertay university?
Jim McGovern | 518 c83WH (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State for Scotland has visited, but no Conservative Member has done so.
John Pugh | 518 c80-1WH (Link to this contribution) The second answer that the hon. Gentleman was provided with seems to possess greater clarity than th...
Jim McGovern | 518 c82WH (Link to this contribution) Before the general election, the Conservative and Lib Dem spokesmen on this subject both said unequi...
John Pugh | 518 c82WH (Link to this contribution) I am not party to the discussions that have led to that change. Clearly, there were opportunities fo...
Mike Weatherley | 518 c82-3WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South (Bridget Phillipson) on securing th...
John Pugh | 518 c79-80WH (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that the causal chain is as emphatic and clear-cut as the hon. Lady represents it, but...
Jim McGovern | 518 c80WH (Link to this contribution) I think the Chancellor actually said that the tax breaks were poorly targeted, rather than not well ...
Jim McGovern | 518 c90WH (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister accept that ““video games”” is perhaps the wrong title for the subject? Anyone who...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c91WH (Link to this contribution) Obviously, the software industry is far wider than simply video games. We tend to call it the video ...
Ian Lucas | 518 c92WH (Link to this contribution) I would be delighted to intervene. I made it absolutely clear to the Minister, who clearly was not l...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c92-3WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman might as well say that the fact that we are having this debate in Westminster ind...
Jim McGovern | 518 c91WH (Link to this contribution) Let me say in response that I might be the first, but I will certainly not be the last, to split thi...
Bridget Phillipson | 518 c93WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister may be aware that the Select Committee on Home Affairs, of which I am a member, gave ca...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c93-5WH (Link to this contribution) I should love the hon. Lady to point out what party political point I made. I was simply setting out...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c93WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman shakes his head. We all know the Labour party's record on talking about immigrati...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c89-90WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful, Mr Weir, to be serving under your chairmanship today, instead of serving with you on ...
Ian Lucas | 518 c87-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to my hon. Friend. That sounds like a good deal to me, so perhaps such an approac...
John Pugh | 518 c88WH (Link to this contribution) We all need to be cautious about such things, and I must add to that the fact that my right hon. Fri...
Jim McGovern | 518 c88WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for giving way; I went to my usual seat in the Chamber over here, so I seem t...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c88WH (Link to this contribution) Just the Secretary of State for Scotland.
Jim McGovern | 518 c88WH (Link to this contribution) Prior to the withdrawal of tax breaks for the computer games industry, not one Minister visited Dund...
Ian Lucas | 518 c88-9WH (Link to this contribution) We all benefit from close contact with not only our constituents but, for example, universities. I a...
Justin Tomlinson | 518 c89WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman clarify what speed he would classify as high-speed broadband?
Ian Lucas | 518 c89WH (Link to this contribution) Speeds of 10 megabits-plus are commonly perceived as high speed, although figures of up to 50 megabi...
Baroness Berger | 518 c79WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we should introduce some kind of domestic tax incentives and supp...
Speaker | 518 c79WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind the hon. Lady that interventions should be brief.
Bridget Phillipson | 518 c75-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Weir. I am grateful for the...
John Pugh | 518 c78-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Weir. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hough...
Ian Lucas | 518 c86-7WH (Link to this contribution) Let me give the hon. Gentleman one example of what the Government whom he supports have chosen to do...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c91-2WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman indicates that he is simply acting as a buffer between Conservative and Liberal D...
Ian Lucas | 518 c88WH (Link to this contribution) We do indeed, but the hon. Gentleman raised the issue initially—specifically in connection with the ...
Subjects
Software Finance Expenditure Training Small businesses Tax allowances Research Video games
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