Speeches by Dinenage.

“Is that something your civil society covenant might be looking at?”

“Everything we can—like what?”

“Not just in your constituency but across the country, what can we do to encourage corporations and individuals to support charities a bit more?”

“Have you got a plan to promote philanthropy?”

“I know. It is great, right? Do you know which are the three least generous? The three least generous Kensington and Bayswater, Chelsea and Fulham, and Holborn and St Pancras, Prime Minister, each at around about 0.5% of their income—about half the average of the country as a whole. We know that you and your colleagues …”

“It is Sheffield Hallam—1.9% of the income of the average constituent in Sheffield Hallam.”

“On the back of children’s hospices. Charities also depend upon individuals giving generously. Do you know which is the most generous constituency in the country?”

“I want to talk about charities, and you are basically balancing the books on the back of things like children’s hospices.”

“Yes, but you are now attempting to break our charities. Just this month, Marie Curie hospice in Liverpool closed its in-patient unit permanently. Your civil society covenant will not put charities on a good financial footing by itself. You need to offer them a carve-out for this national insurance rise. Quite simply, i…”

“You say that half of charities have been exempted from the national insurance contributions, but there are 44,000 registered charities with an income over £100,000. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations reckons that the NICs increase is going to put their payments at £1.4 billion. When you came into this roo…”

“Is that it?”

“Good afternoon, Prime Minister. Some 86% of charities say that they are seeing an increased demand for their services. Meanwhile, fewer people and fewer corporations are donating to charity, and their overheads are going up. What will your Government do to support charities?”

“My hon. Friend talks about tough choices. Does she agree that families that are in work make tough choices every single day, about what they can afford and how they spend their money, and that those who receive benefits should really have to make the same tough choices?”

“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the regulation of online providers of fertility and certain ancillary services by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; and for connected purposes. Having a child is variously viewed as one of the most life-changing, exhausting, e…”

“The hon. Gentleman makes such an important point. We have remarkable skills around the UK, but when we go into sixth forms in any of our constituencies and speak to the young people there, we find few who are considering a career in film and TV. Yet if we look at the things they are studying, we see that the film and T…”

“My hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. This is one of the big questions underlining our whole inquiry. The cost of making content has risen so much, it is pricing so many of our British PSBs out of the market. We heard from Peter Kosminsky, the director of “Wolf Hall”, that it simply could not be made today and that…”

“I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for making time for this statement. In April, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which I am very honoured to chair, published its report on British film and high-end television, and this sector is absolutely thriving. We have world-class facilities at Pinewood and …”

“I 100% back the words of the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) and send all our best wishes to the Lionesses as they start their competition shortly. The Secretary of State will know that Royal Ascot last week attracted a viewing population of tens of millions, and “Glorious Goodwood” is about to do the same. Ho…”

“The hon. Lady is making a powerful speech. What she says reflects some of the conversations I have had with WASPI women in my constituency about not only the distress this has caused them, but how so many of them simply did not receive the correspondence that they have been told they did receive over the years about th…”

“The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The Northern Ireland film and TV sectors have been hugely successful, notably for “Game of Thrones” and I think that “Line of Duty” was shot there, too. It has had phenomenal success, again based on remarkable skills. I have not had the opportunity to speak to the Northern Irelan…”