成人快手

Skip to main content
Loading…

Chamber and committees

Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

Filter your results Hide all filters

Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 15 August 2025
Select which types of business to include


Select level of detail in results

Displaying 2212 contributions

|

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Scotland鈥檚 Census

Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Graham Simpson

Mr Lowe, let us see whether I picked you up correctly. You said that, when you were considering whether to go ahead in 2021, you expected that, if you had gone ahead, you would have got a return rate of 60 to 70 per cent. Am I correct? Mr Lowe is nodding. Of course, the census went ahead in the rest of the UK and was more successful than the Scottish census, which was delayed by a year, has been. You got that wrong, didn鈥檛 you?

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Channel 4

Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Graham Simpson

No, I am quite comfortable.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Channel 4

Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Graham Simpson

Cumbernauld is in my region, so maybe that is the one that I should be visiting.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Channel 4

Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Graham Simpson

Those points were very well made. Have you spoken to Nadine Dorries about the issue? Will you invite her to your Glasgow hub?

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Channel 4

Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Graham Simpson

I am just watching the clock. I see that Mr Cameron does not have any questions, so I will ask mine.

I will just say from the outset that I have probably learned more about Channel 4 this morning than I ever knew because, frankly, I have just been a viewer of television rather than someone who pays any attention to who makes the programmes. It has been really interesting.

I have a question for each of you, and we only have about five minutes, so we need quick answers. Nicole Kleeman, listening to you this morning and looking at what we have in front of us, I see that your business is not entirely based on Channel 4, because you have made some very successful programmes for other people, which seems to me to be eminently sensible. If Channel 4 was to be privatised, how would it affect your business and, indeed, others? Is anyone completely reliant on Channel 4?

I will add a supplementary question. You mentioned the investigative programmes you made. Who comes up with the ideas? Is that you or does somebody approach you?

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Channel 4

Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Graham Simpson

But have you spoken to Nadine Dorries about this?

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Channel 4

Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Graham Simpson

Okay. I will be quick.

Alex, you mentioned working with schools. Can you say a bit more about that? Where are the schools?

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Channel 4

Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Graham Simpson

That is great.

You mentioned some figures that show that you have been doing well. We are trying to understand the motive of the UK Government. Is there any financial advantage to the UK Government of having Channel 4?

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Minister for Parliamentary Business

Meeting date: 21 June 2022

Graham Simpson

I was talking about not the UK Government, but you, Mr Adam.

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Minister for Parliamentary Business

Meeting date: 21 June 2022

Graham Simpson

You are right, convener: the number of made affirmatives has tailed off. Minister, you know this committee鈥檚 view: we think that the procedure should be used as a last resort and that you should use the affirmative procedure.

On that note, you will know that there are discussions about developing a protocol for using the affirmative procedure more speedily, so that the Parliament can consider instruments in a truncated timescale. Where are we with that?