Speeches by Atkinson.

“Thank you. That is really helpful. What role do you think poor bus connectivity plays in the context of mental health?”

“Access to health services by buses.”

“Continuing on social value, declining bus services can really impact on access to health services, particularly for those who are disabled and on low incomes. How do you think that we can address that?”

“We are seeing some really exciting investment in Derby city centre, with a new performance venue, a new business school and the reopening of our market hall, but like so many city and town centres, we struggle with too many empty shops. Does my hon. Friend agree that high street rental auctions could be a really import…”

“I am proud to be a Derby MP and to represent a city with incredible engineering, manufacturing and technological expertise and skills. We make things in Derby. Yes, we have industrial giants such as Rolls-Royce, Alstom and Toyota, but we also have the brilliant small and medium-sized companies in their supply chains an…”

“East Midlands has a lot of freight, so it is slightly different.”

“Is there already any thinking about how it fits with the wide transport strategy as it stands and how that will be impacted?”

“The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has stated that any aviation expansion has to take place within carbon budgets and within environmental limits. You have already talked about the fantastic work that Rolls-Royce is doing in pushing decarbonisation. What else can we do to achieve that? Can it be ac…”

“Thank you. Can I ask about the aviation strategy and how that fits into the Government’s wider transport strategy?”

“What is the Government’s vision for UK aviation?”

“I have been supporting parents in Derby North who currently face a wait of more than a year for their children’s SEND tribunals, causing agony as they are left in limbo. We know that the historical lack of funding for local authorities, suitable school places and educational psychologists has contributed to the delays.…”

“Does anybody else want to talk about the regional benefits?”

“I want to ask about regional airports as well. We have East Midlands very close to Derby. What role do regional airports play in their local economies?”

“After 14 years of Conservative government, 77% of people in Derby cannot access an NHS dentist. Can the Minister tell us what caused the rot to set in and how we can fill the cavities in provision?”

“I will not, because I am nearly finished—the right hon. Gentleman will then be able to speak about whatever he wants. Grabbing at headlines to call for an inquiry to address the same questions already asked in a national inquiry at the expense of a Bill that will protect children—”

“I will not. The hon. Gentleman will have every opportunity to speak. I am nearly finished. It is important to imagine the case had Conservative colleagues been successful—new clause 15 is a weak echo of that reckless shout for attention on Second Reading, and a shameful reminder. Alongside all the provisions in the Bil…”

“Can the right hon. Gentleman imagine if the wrecking amendment—”

“I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East for his incredible experience and work in this area. I rise to speak about new clause 15, and I hope I can be of service to the Committee, having spent the past seven years of my work as a barrister serving on a public inquiry. I went straight from that to…”

“Call me a lawyer—that increasingly seems to be a term of abuse in this place—but I want to be clear that voting for this new clause would be voting to enable the banning of adults, including staff, parents and visitors, from using and carrying mobile phones in schools. I thought that scrutinising line by line was liter…”

“Does the right hon. Member agree that when we are looking at proposed new clauses in Committee, it is absolutely fundamental that what is written is capable of making meaningful legislation?”