Speeches by Fookes.

“I thank the hon. Member for allowing the intervention. His mention of that store brought to mind a wonderful store in my constituency called Handyman House, which still serves people with all the different things that he mentioned. Is the hon. Member concerned also about libraries—the fact that we must keep our librari…”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“Welcome Sara, it is lovely to meet you, thank you for coming in. A very broad question to begin with: what is your assessment of the state of cohesion in the UK both at a national and local level?”

“Yes, you are right. You paint a very worrying picture, but it is good to hear where you think the lay of the land is right now. You have called for improvements in how cohesion is measured. It would be great to hear a little about the standardised framework that you are suggesting and what it would look like. I read wi…”

“I want to take you back just briefly to what factors can make some areas more prone to unrest than others, including the riots that we saw in the summer. In Wales—I am a Welsh MP—we did not have any riots. Obviously, I am really pleased about that, but do we know if there is any reason for that?”

“I know there is no silver bullet, Sara.”

“In Monmouthshire, domestic abuse victims and survivors tell me that their voices still are not heard by the police. They stress the need for those on the ground to be better trained in early intervention, which can prevent escalation and reduce violent behaviour and domestic abuse overall. What steps can be taken with …”

“3. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support crime prevention in Wales.”

“I thank my hon. Friend for all her work on this Bill. Does she agree that we have made much more progress on banning bosses’ bonuses in the six months that we have been in office than the Conservatives did in 14 years?”

“I thank the Minister for bringing forward the Bill so fast in the first six months of the Government. It was an honour to sit on the Bill Committee and to engage in constructive discussion with hon. Members from across the House. However, I must take issue with the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) …”

“I thank the Minister for her response. We all know that 2.5% of the population are considered to be problem gamblers, and 44% of that population is at high risk of suicidal behaviour, according to the excellent charity Gambling with Lives. Of course, the loss of any life to gambling addiction is deeply saddening, and I…”

“I thank the Minister for her response. We all know that 2.5% of the population are considered to be problem gamblers, and 44% of that population is at high risk of suicidal behaviour, according to the excellent charity Gambling with Lives. Of course, the loss of any life to gambling addiction is deeply saddening, and I…”

“6. What steps her Department is taking with the gambling and gaming industries to support responsible gambling.”

“6. What steps her Department is taking with the gambling and gaming industries to support responsible gambling.”

“I would like to give the hon. Member a practical example of where the absolute opposite has happened in Wales. In my constituency of Monmouthshire, Welsh Water was very clear that, because of the phosphate levels in the River Wye, there could be no development whatsoever in my area of the constituency—Monmouth—for seve…”

“Thank you, Mr Dowd. To continue with diffuse pollution, Lancaster University estimates that around 83% of phosphates in the Wye come from diffuse agricultural sources, and only 15% or so from Dŵr Cymru—Welsh Water—assets. Indeed, Dŵr Cymru’s £80 million investment in AMP 7—an AMP is an asset management period, or the i…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered water quality in rivers, lakes and seas. Bore da—good morning. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I grew up in the countryside on a farm, and one of my favourite memories was having a friend round, going for a walk and sploshing through the streams at …”

“I salute some of the work that the right hon. Gentleman has tried to do locally on the Wye in Herefordshire, even though he is an Opposition Member, but with all due respect, the River Wye action plan was roundly discounted and felt to be not worth the paper it was written on by the non-governmental organisations in th…”

“I agree entirely. The Government’s mission is growth. We need to see the cleaning-up of our waterways as an integral part of our growth mission. We know that tackling diffuse pollution from agriculture will be a hard nut to crack, with farmers already under pressure, but we have examples of good practice in the Wye. Fo…”

“We have touched on this already when we talked a bit about reporting Islamophobia, and we have talked about how people may be too scared, they do not trust the police and there is no definition. Those are three barriers to reporting that we have already discussed. Are there any others?”