Speeches by Bloore.

“I appreciate that, Chair.”

“If we could secure a lengthy time—I think 90 minutes is your maximum—because of the number of people who have expressed an interest in taking part, I would certainly be willing to accept that.”

“That is correct, Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. Please accept my slightly subdued nature, which is down to not the topic but the fact that I am coming off a bad chest infection. I apologise for that, but thank you for seeing me. What happens to us as children profoundly affects our lifetime mental healt…”

“Thank you ever so much for your time. Jim Shannon made representations.”

“I will do that. Thank you.”

“Quite often, I do not know how to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee) and his thorough remarks. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Northumberland (David Smith) on securing the debate. I have known him for only a short time, but I know how dedicated he is to his rural c…”

“Q4. Parents should feel confident that when their child is sick, they can take them to their local hospital to be treated as soon as possible. But last year, when my son was having difficulty breathing, like many parents I could not take him to the Alexandra hospital in Redditch, as paediatric services were temporarily…”

“Residents living in the Brockhill development in my constituency have been fighting developers for nearly two decades to have roads and land parcels adopted and for fit-for-purpose estate management. Will the Leader of the House provide Government time to discuss how we can hold developers to account on their promises …”

“As you probably saw, I was scribbling away and crossing out every follow-up question I had. Thank you—it has been interesting, and your answers have been very fulsome. We have talked a lot about cliff edges and the hope that multi-year budgets now will give more certainty and ability to plan long term, which is excelle…”

“I thank the hon. Member for allowing me to speak and for securing this important debate. That issue of up-front costs and the costs to some of these children and their families has been underpinned by research by the organisations that he has mentioned. Just 12% of families say that their costs are covered by the curre…”

“I thank the right hon. Member for Maldon (Sir John Whittingdale) for securing the debate. I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as someone who was supported by the Musicians’ Union, and I am the son of a videotape editor for the BBC, so I spent much of my childhood on the cutting room floo…”

“I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this important debate. I also represent a rural constituency, and one of the big problems is that many older-generation residents have lost their buses over the past 10 years—thousands of bus routes have been lost. Right now, some of my oldest residents in a rural area are facin…”

“I would like to make two quick points. Constituents of mine who live in the Brockhill area have been waiting 20 years for roads and areas of grass to be adopted, for upkeep discussions to happen and agreements to be made. That has happened under both blue and red local administrations, so I do not think this is a party…”

“Just on that, Richard, could you tell us what the average income is for a young farmer? Do you have that sort of information?”

“You have both talked about the seven-year rule. We are talking a lot about a generation of farmers who are potentially quite elderly. They are very fearful of what that seven-year rule could imply for them, because they will perhaps not last the seven years and the tapering does not happen until year 4 or 5. Are any of…”

“If farmers make a decision to sell land to try to reduce the value of their farm and shield from IHT, are they going to have trouble selling their plots of land because they are going to be smaller compared to the rest of the UK? Is that going to be an issue?”

“You have mentioned concerns about the lack of funds for farmers to be able to settle these inheritance bills over the time. I was just interested in whether you could comment a bit more. I have spoken to a lot of farmers in my constituency—and I have seen a lot of books for the last 10 or 15 years—about average incomes…”

“12. What discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on tackling violence against women and girls.”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Apsana Begum) on securing this debate. This week in the main Chamber I highlighted the vital work carried out in my constituency by independent sexual violence advisers, who are on the frontline tackling increased violence against women and girls. However, not ev…”

“The Northern Ireland Executive’s strategic framework to end violence against women and girls acknowledges the rise of online influencers who have a toxic influence on men and boys. Will the Minister provide an update on discussions she has had on sharing best practice on how to challenge these influencers and promote h…”