Speeches by Vince.

“T3. I do not know if I have ever told you, Mr Speaker, but Harlow is the birthplace of the fibre optic cable. I want children in Harlow to feel confident that they can get the brilliant jobs of the future that tech can provide for them. What will the Secretary of State do to ensure that that happens?”

“Q4. Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Prime Minister will be pleased to know that I am going to ask him a question about his favourite topic: football. There are people in this House who seek to blame the Prime Minister for everything, but I thought it was a bit rich when one national newspaper blamed him for Harlow Town goin…”

“A bit more would be good.”

“The Government have announced a £150,000 funding boost for public libraries as part of the National Year of Reading. What impact will that have and how can we ensure that it is used as effectively as possible?”

“As a follow-up to Sonia, the Chartered Institute for Libraries and Information Professionals has called for a ringfenced guaranteed minimum spend on books and reading resources. Can you provide any more detail on what that should look like?”

“I know that the Lib Dems are big fans of localism—that is not a dig, by the way. In my constituency, Church Langley primary school has led the way by having solar panels on its roof, and it is able to generate all the energy it needs from those solar panels. Does the hon. Lady welcome the work that this Government are …”

“A bit more would be good.”

“The Government have announced a £150,000 funding boost for public libraries as part of the National Year of Reading. What impact will that have and how can we ensure that it is used as effectively as possible?”

“As a follow-up to Sonia, the Chartered Institute for Libraries and Information Professionals has called for a ringfenced guaranteed minimum spend on books and reading resources. Can you provide any more detail on what that should look like?”

“Isobel mentioned that libraries sit under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport but they are financed by local government and there is clearly also an education piece to them. We know that Government Departments tend to work in siloes—you are all nodding at me—so is that something that we need to look at, to make…”

“I thank the Minister for his response to the urgent question and for the way he conducts himself on this very sensitive issue. I know that when he stands at the Dispatch Box to talk about it, his thoughts are with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. Will the second tranche of materials include materials that have previousl…”

“Isobel mentioned that libraries sit under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport but they are financed by local government and there is clearly also an education piece to them. We know that Government Departments tend to work in siloes—you are all nodding at me—so is that something that we need to look at, to make…”

“I am the Member for Harlow, if people were wondering. May I thank the Deputy Prime Minister for his really important statement and the non-partisan way in which he gave it? I welcome the fact that he is sitting next to the Minister responsible for children, families and wellbeing, my hon. Friend the Member for Whitehav…”

“My hon. Friend will know of my passion for taxis and taxi licensing. Does she agree that it is important that we deal with this licensing loophole to ensure that we do not have taxis that are licensed in other local authorities acting in our authority? That does not just affect the drivers; it is also a safety concern …”

“It is an absolute honour to second this Humble Address. First, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford West (Naz Shah) for her incredibly powerful speech and echo her words about the importance of communities coming together to tackle the divisive politics that we have seen so often. I thank her for those commen…”

“Is it not about when as well? For example, would you not agree that, if that was two hours at two o’clock in the morning and they have school the next day, that would be an issue? I really want to press on the idea of curfews and saying, “Actually, you shouldn’t be on Snapchat at two o’clock in the morning.” Do you hav…”

“On the point we have circled around, a number of social media companies we spoke to last week were in denial about how addictive their apps were. Having been a teacher and worked with young people, I know the desperation that young people feel to get their streaks up. I had one young person who was frustrated that they…”

“So you have no specific tools on Snapchat for that. You agree on the premise of it, but there is no specific tool that says to a young person, as you say, “Your lights should be out.” You have no tool like that at a specific hour.”

“The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, reported that 13 and 14-year-olds in the UK who use Snapchat spend an average of two and a quarter hours a day on your platform. When we heard from other social media companies last week, they said they had specific tools, like curfews, and you have previously mentioned some pare…”

“But I understand that you have faced legal action in New Mexico and the USA due to accusations that your platform is designed to be addictive. How do you respond to that?”