Speeches by Lewin.

“I could not agree more on the power of cricket in bringing communities together. I am pleased to hear that the hon. Member has such a thriving club in his community. As in all good teams, complacency is not an option. We are in a good place, but when we reflect on grassroots participation in our game, and who has acces…”

“I strongly agree, and will talk a little more about the protections we can offer clubs and what more we can do to build and establish clubs of the future. Cricket clubs set a new record for participation in the England and Wales Cricket Board’s All Stars and Dynamos youth programmes this year, with more than 105,000 ch…”

“Of course, Mr Turner, but I hope we can make an exception for a teammate. I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I have played at some of the clubs that do so much for his community. I know that that is true of many hon. Members who will take part in the debate. As for future call-ups, there are still three test…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for grassroots cricket clubs. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. There is something quintessentially English about amateur cricket: the thud of the bat on ball, the awkward silence after a catch goes down—I know, I have been the…”

“Three years ago, the role of the OBR came into sharp focus after the delivery of another Budget, which became known as the mini-Budget, by which the markets were sent spiralling and the Bank of England was forced to take emergency action. Does my right hon. Friend agree that, while the events of this last week have bee…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sure the best is yet to come. I am pleased to address the House on a day with bond yields falling, growth figures for the year revised upwards, and an opportunity to reflect on the announcements made yesterday and what they mean for people in Welwyn Hatfield. I want to try to addre…”

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“The right hon. Gentleman is a respected Member of the House, but I think it is really important that we reflect on the facts. Both the Chancellor and the OBR announced today that growth is up from 1% to 1.5% this year. The right hon. Gentleman talks about having a plan on planning reform—a subject I am very interested …”

“Yes.”

“Are we going to have a full house?”

“Thank you. I appreciate that. I am sorry I pushed you all, but it was important because it is a contentious and much-debated topic. Moving on to mortgage guarantees and increasing the LTV rate for first-time buyers—which has been the focus of this Government—I read that the target was to benefit around 35,000 to 36,000…”

“It is really important that every Government has a policy to help people who cannot rely on the wealth of the bank of mum and dad to get on the housing ladder. Governments of many different colours have tried lots of different approaches. I am going to come to a question about mortgage guarantees because that was in th…”

“Robin said it was a qualified success. Can I push you on whether it was a success or a failure? What would you say?”

“First, I realise that I have an additional declaration of interest to make. Probably two years ago, I was at a meeting representing Clarion when we kicked this all off. It was not the Code at that point but I should put it on the record and well done on getting to this stage. This feels like a significant moment. Last …”

“Good morning. I am MP for Welwyn Hatfield.”

“Would you use the same language, that it was a qualified success?”

“I recognise that improvements were made by the last Government, but if the right hon. Gentleman is listening carefully—I am sure he is—he will hear that that is the theme of my speech, and of comments from Government Members. It is so sad to see the Conservative party walk away from the Climate Acts and from being a pa…”

“As I will go on to say, I am telling them that investing in a decarbonisation scheme and having warm homes is exactly the way that we get bills down. Just last week, I met Tina in Hatfield. Tina is a council house resident, and she benefited from the social housing decarbonisation scheme. Her home was retrofitted last …”

“I agree entirely with my hon. Friend, and I will go on to talk more about why investment now is good for us, in both the short term and the long term. We have a genuinely sad state of affairs. There have been Conservatives who have taken the climate very seriously, from Lord Deben, with his leadership of the Climate Ch…”

“I am pleased to have the opportunity to discuss energy and climate change, although I am still reeling from the speech made by the shadow Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho). By my count, she talked more about mushrooms than about climate change. The debate comes just weeks after…”