Speeches by West.

“I have written to my hon. Friend to inform him that I have a constituency interest in this urgent statement. I welcome what has already been done in bringing the Israelis in this morning to discuss the concerns of both the Government and this House. Will the Minister reassure me that the Government will consider all co…”

“I welcome the tone of yesterday’s announcement at the petrol pump and today’s announcement in the House. The Government are fighting for working people every day. Is ice skating included in the measures? Alexandra Palace has the most fantastic ice skating rink. I hope that ice skating is included, so that children visi…”

“Professor Miles, is the whole debate about the public finances too precise? Are we spending too much time on single-billion figures rather than perhaps greyer or less precise general trends?”

“How might that nuanced approach relate to reality?”

“On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The whole House will be very concerned to hear about the dreadful stabbings this morning in the borough of Barnet. As the Member for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, I am very worried about this repeated violence against the Jewish community. I want to reach out to the whole House to say that…”

“1. What fiscal steps she is taking to help reduce the level of food bank usage by families in Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency.”

“It is indeed a very exciting development to see the bold and vital steps taken to address child poverty, but runaway rental costs are driving hunger and hardship. Building council homes is obviously the right long-term approach, and Haringey council is the second biggest builder of council homes in the whole country. W…”

“You have a smile from Mr Grady, the Scottish MP here.”

“The Minister is making an excellent point about prevention. The other thing that Swim England always emphasises is the importance of 11-year-olds being able to swim when they leave primary school. As a former teacher, does he agree with that?”

“Ms Undy, you have a background in mental health. What are the wider areas of Government policy that are more likely to determine whether the strategy succeeds or fails?”

“Thank you, Dame Meg. What is the panel’s overall assessment of the strategy? What does it get right and where does it fall short?”

“When you talk about accountability and about when the market fails, the big question is what the role of Government is and what the role of the market is. During the covid years, when the then Prime Minister had to think about strategies for the tripartite attempt—trade unions plus the CBI, plus Government—to invent a …”

“We have a good snapshot there. Ms Undy, without repeating any of that, is there anything further to add?”

“That is a really good snapshot.”

“My hon. Friend mentions community. Does he agree with me that pool users’ groups are crucial to keeping up standards in our ageing facilities? Would he also agree that we must target younger children so that they can swim lifelong in what is often very cold water, and that school swimming is crucial?”

“Does growing consumer involvement in those retail markets that you have mentioned mean that the FCA must do more to educate new entrants to the market?”

“Changes to the UK EMIR infrastructure regulation and derivatives reporting regime came into effect last year. The FCA reported in September that not all counterparties are yet compliant. What is the progress on that metric?”

“Last year, the FCA changed the way it measures insider trading and concluded that, based on our insights, we have not seen an increase in market abuse over the last three years. Was the FCA measuring it wrongly before that, or is market abuse now under control in the UK?”

“You have mentioned prosecutions twice in this session, so I will not go over that. In terms of trying to create a culture change, do you feel that you are making progress on that, or that the marketplace is making progress on that, or is it just going to come out somewhere else?”

“Is there an endgame in terms of what the FCA would like to achieve, or is it quite open-ended?”