Speeches by Dinenage.

“You will almost be bored with hearing me say, Madam Deputy Speaker—as will the Secretary of State—that I represent Gosport, which has one of the highest proportions of veterans in the UK, but we also have fantastic servicemen and women at sites such as HMS Collingwood, HMS Sultan, the Institute of Naval Medicine and, a…”

“When is the plan going to happen? I represent the constituency with the highest proportion of veterans in the UK. They take a keen interest in what goes on in our armed forces. We look across Portsmouth harbour to ships that are sat stationary, not going anywhere, and see a defence industry that is being undermined at …”

“I hope that schools in South Dorset and—crucially—the Minister will have read the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport’s “Game On” report, which was published today. It makes the case for increased physical activity in schools and the positive impact it has on a pupil’s ability to learn. However, recent reports…”

“Many of our Commonwealth hopefuls started their careers in community events like parkruns and local sports clubs, and yet the sport and recreation sector is in a state of utter confusion because of the Government’s chaotic roll-out of the new rules on medical provision. The Government have said that they do not want sm…”

“That is interesting. Rachael, we have been banging on in my Committee about having a freelance champion. We first raised it well over a year ago when we did a report into film and high-end TV. We then reiterated it when we did our work on live comedy. Do you think it would make any difference to have someone like that …”

“Do not do that face.”

“I am going to ask my shortest question first. Would you like to see greater support for comedy by the Government and the Arts Council? If so, what would that support look like and what would its priorities be?”

“Yes.”

“I was born in St Mary’s hospital.”

“Maybe by taking on some of the battles that Ola mentioned around the transparency of pay and the gender pay gap.”

“Thank you so much for joining us; it is great to see you all. As my declaration of interest, I should say that I am a political patron of CRAFT and I am the Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee. We did a bit of work on live comedy around May last year. Some of the evidence we heard talked a lot about the fin…”

“Already a number of either existing or emerging national bodies are being set up to support comedy and the creative industries more widely, such as the Live Comedy Association, CRAFT, which I have already mentioned, and CIISA, the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority. How much confidence, Ola, do you hav…”

“To what extent do you think people have heard of CIISA and understand what it does?”

“My constituency is Gosport, which is just across the harbour.”

“I think that is probably right.”

“I don’t mean to bang on about this, but the fact is that the Government’s approach is too narrow. It is focused on taking down illegal content when it should be the responsibility of the company to prevent harms in the first place, rather than to deal with them after the event. We do not design any other sector’s regul…”

“I am very grateful to the Minister for giving way on that point. I am not sure whether she will come on to this, but the Government have tabled amendments on online safety, and have identified that the next frontline in this war is artificial intelligence. As she knows, we have already seen children taking their own li…”

“Gosport is not a rural area, but it is reportedly the largest town in the UK without a railway, so people rely on their cars to get around. We all know that the Chancellor cannot control events in the middle east, but being in government is about making choices. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the choice is whethe…”

“It is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. At the risk of dangerous levels of cross-party agreement breaking out, I echo what the Minister said about the important role that the Churches Conservation Trust plays in protecting some of our nation’s most significant historical churches. This debate is ti…”

“My constituents will welcome some of these headlines, such as clinically urgent cases being seen on the same day and more GPs, but what is being done to help accommodate them? Stubbington surgery in my constituency has excellent staff, delivering really great patient satisfaction, but they are hampered by really subopt…”