Speeches by Pakes.

“I thank my hon. Friend not only for her statement, but for the care and determination she has brought to this role to centre the discussion and action around victims and young girls, and to work in collaboration with others—not just in this House, but those who are directly affected. May I just add to the points that t…”

“Peterborough is a proud and generous place and has welcomed many people through its doors over generations. I pay tribute to the churches, mosques and community groups that are welcoming people and looking after them. But people are getting fed up with a system that is broken, and it was broken before my right hon. Fri…”

“Starting on a positive note, I thank the Foreign Secretary and the Minister for the Middle East for their work to secure an agreement to get students and young people out of Gaza to continue their studies. So many of our debates make us feel powerless, but we have demonstrated, at least in one part of this jigsaw, some…”

“Residents in Peterborough and across Anglian Water’s catchment area will welcome the statement and the bold action taken. They know all too well that the water system is broken. One of the issues we on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee have looked at is the need for water infrastructure. Can my right ho…”

“One of the first visits I undertook after the election was to my local branch of Nationwide, which for generations has been providing good financial advice and advice to first-time buyers in my seat, as have many other mutuals. In one of the previous periods of financial deregulation by the Conservative party, we saw a…”

“I want to follow up on Helena’s point about this now infamous telephone call. So you received this call, and you put it down. Your answer seems to be that you felt no emotion or rancour; you simply put the phone down as though someone was telling you they are coming to clean your windows at 10 am as opposed to 9 am. It…”

“Do you think the public might find the responses here quite strange? Whenever we discuss bonuses or discuss decisions that the public may find strange or customers may find strange, you all turn into Sir Humphrey and talk as though you are passengers in this whole decision-making process. I find it extraordinary that y…”

“Josh has covered most of it, but just to recap; there is a plan around an £18.5 million pot, which is covering up to three times the base salary of the staff included in it.”

“Do you not understand how frustrated your customers and taxpayers feel with the language you use, given that you are one of the most talked about companies in the country for all the wrong reasons? In the documents it says that one of the justifications for the MRP is that there is genuine concern for the welfare of em…”

“In Adrian’s words, part of the justification is that these are staff who are critical to the company. That is his description. Who do your customers think are critical to the work of Thames Water? Would it be the top 21 executives, or would it be the person knocking on the door saying they have turned up to fix a leak?”

“Mine will be quite short because Josh has asked most of that section just now. I am keen to get into the Afghan statement at 12.30 pm, so I am trying to think what questions I would like to ask.”

“Is there a plan to give up to three times salary for staff at other levels if they have welfare or stress concerns?”

“I have been contacted by more than 300 residents in Peterborough about problems relating to FirstPort’s leasehold and management service charges. They face unfair charges, a lack of transparency, bad communication and poor services. Residents in, for example, Hammonds Drive and Manor Drive are fed up with getting a sec…”

“1. What steps she is taking to reform the leasehold system.”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. He makes a powerful case for why our job today is to fix the Bill, not kill it. We should be passionate about the centrality and dignity of work. Unemployed young people in my constituency, and those who are disabled, are frustrated by a system that does not work, and they want …”

“I rise to support the removal of clause 5 and the associated amendments, and to comment on a few other amendments, based on what I have read and learned. Many things have been said in this debate, in the Chamber and outside, but it is undeniable that the system is not working for far too many people. We see a welfare b…”

“I put on record my thanks to the Secretary of State for his statement today, and to the Chancellor for the financial and economic work she has put in. Labour Members know that governing well is a team sport, and it is when people in government work together that we succeed best for the people we seek to serve. Despite …”

“Like most of us in this House, I am incredibly proud of the rich mix of communities that I represent. It was an absolute privilege last week to attend a meeting at the Faizan-e-Madina mosque alongside representatives from our cathedral, our chief of police, our fire services, the mosques and other faith and community l…”

“Thank you—you have saved me the embarrassment. It is a great privilege to speak in this debate alongside so many passionate advocates who want to get this reform right. I think all of us on the Government Benches, whatever our differences of opinion on a point of policy, came into this House to make a difference and fi…”

“As a member of a party that often debates clause IV, I welcome today’s news about clause 5, which I think addresses many of the concerns that hon. Members across the House, particularly on the Government Benches, have raised. There is an urgency to moving forward with the Bill and with change. Today’s system is broken.…”