Speeches by Thomas.

“To regulate that area, yes. Giles, would you agree with that?”

“What does that mean to you?”

“The safeguards that you have in place, though, are there for a reason, right?”

“Do you think they should be in place across the board?”

“If she had not done so, who else ought to have stepped in to ensure that that environment was regulated?”

“Any thoughts on that, Louise?”

“What is the best way to ensure that that doesn’t happen and children are not exposed to more damaging material on whatever platform?”

“The safeguards that you have in place, though, are there for a reason, right?”

“Two of my constituents, Tom and Emily—they are brother and sister—got EHCPs after tribunal fairly early, because their parents were so robust. They then only got suitable schools after tribunal, against the will of the local authority, because their parents were so robust. Does the right hon. Gentleman agree with me th…”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way once more. He is treading this compassionate tightrope very delicately. I have an organisation in my constituency called Children Lead The Way, which takes children who are struggling in the traditional setting outdoors, and some of those children are later able to go bac…”

“I thank the hon. Member for his well-timed contribution. I fully agree, and I will further state that Gurkha veterans, as well as all veterans and members of our armed forces, are lucky to have him as the Chair of the Defence Committee.”

“As always, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his meaningful contribution, and I fully agree with him. It gives me an opportunity to recognise that the Gurkhas’ service boosts the morale of all our armed forces. My prevailing memory of serving with the Gurkhas is that they were constantly smiling, which always lifted the m…”

“I thank everybody who has contributed to the debate. We have seen very well-mannered contributions from Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and DUP Members, including the hon. Member for Rochester and Strood (Lauren Edwards) and my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Minehead (Rachel Gilmour), with her ode to th…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury) for securing the debate. I have several constituents with EDS, one of whom is a young lady who has suffered from malnutrition, regular hospital visits and frequent misdiagnoses. She now lives in a hospital bed in her parents’ living room, fed through a tube. She …”

“A constituent of mine experienced several instances of sexual harassment within the Church of England’s diocese of London between 2017 and 2020. Within that timeline, she was also raped by a church worker after she was coerced by the Church to report historical abuse. Through a series of written questions, I learned re…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered support for Gurkha veterans. I rise to speak on the subject of support for Gurkha veterans and their dependants. As I speak, Ghanendra Limbu is in hospital, where for two weeks, he has helped me put together this story in a manner that I hope will be befitting. I hope the H…”

“Good morning. Following on from the last question before pushing on with mine, to what extent does VisitScotland collaborate with neighbouring groups in England and Wales?”

“Is there a collective appetite to draw those large international events across the UK?”

“From an EventScotland perspective, what are the main things you would like to see covered in a UK Government major events strategy?”

“Can I jump in on that? You made a point about how people going to and from this event need to be considered as they are until the point that they are some distance from that event. In the case of Tottenham Hotspur, it has the largest stadium in North London and you have over 60,000 people moving between Tottenham Hotsp…”