Speeches by Vince.

“I know I do this every time, and I do not want to throw a spanner in the works, but given how you have described this serious issue, are you satisfied with a Westminster Hall debate? Would you prefer to get more Members and look at a Chamber debate, or are you thinking, “Let’s just get a debate before Christmas”? What …”

“I thank the Deputy Prime Minister for her speech. I put on record my deepest sympathies to all the families affected by this terrible tragedy and thank Members from across the House for their thoughtful contributions to the debate. In particular, I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Kensington and Bayswater (Joe Pow…”

“indicated dissent.”

“As the right hon. Gentleman encouraged me to intervene, I will agree that there will be a movement of teachers from the private sector back to the state sector. As a former teacher, I know a number of former colleagues who left the state sector because of the failings of the last Conservative Government, and they are c…”

“I wish first to pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for South Derbyshire (Samantha Niblett) for her fantastic maiden speech. Knowing that I had the graveyard spot—or, as we call it in this place, the “Jim Shannon spot”—I took a moment to pop to the Tea Room to have a cup of tea, and I visited southderbyshire.co.uk…”

“Does my hon. Friend not think it ironic that Conservative Members are talking about the mental health of students? They did not consider that when they made changes to the state system. As a former teacher, I know the massive impact on young people’s mental health of the Conservative party’s decision to move from lette…”

“I don’t really want to give away my dog’s name—I don’t know why. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to speak in support of the Bill. This is not just another piece of legislation; it is a crucial step towards boosting growth in some of our most dynamic industries, from the creative sector to financial…”

“I will not comment on how young I look, but I still get asked for ID when buying non-alcoholic wine. It is 10 years since the smoking ban came into operation and there are 1.9 million fewer smokers in the UK. Does that show the Secretary of State the difference that a Government that take the matter seriously can make?”

“It is very exciting to take my first intervention from an Opposition Member, but I think the right hon. Gentleman fails to recognise the point that I am trying to make. I am saying that we need to support the state sector to be as good as it possibly can so that parents do not feel the need to send their children to pr…”

“Over the weekend, I watched my second favourite film. At the end, the main character, or at least the main character in my opinion, utters the immortal line that “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” When I consider the ending of tax exemption and charitable status for private schools, I often consider…”

“Will the shadow Minister tell us how many state schools there are in his constituency, and whether he will talk so passionately about them when he talks about the decisions that this Government are making to support state schools?”

“Does the Minister agree that the Budget’s prioritisation of state schools should be welcomed? I have talked to teachers in Harlow and, under this Labour Government, they feel hope for the first time in 14 years. Is it not shocking that the Conservative party is still bemoaning the removal of tax exemptions from private…”

“When I spend time canvassing in my constituency of Harlow, as I often do, residents tell me that they do not see community police officers any more. In 2010, we had over 30 PCSOs for the whole of Harlow, but we now have four. Will the Minister set out how the safer streets mission will make residents in Harlow feel saf…”

“Without putting a spanner in the works of what we have just decided—sorry to be not very helpful, Chair—we are agreeing on a Westminster Hall debate, but this is a really important issue. Do you think you could potentially come back to us, quite quickly, with 15 names so we could consider a Chamber debate?”

“Yes.”

“I have reached out to the person who secured the debate previously, but I have not had a response yet.”

“Thank you, Chair. It is strange being on this side of the meeting. The first constituent who came to see me in one of my MP surgeries was a victim of the pelvic mesh scandal. She was given a TVT—tension-free vaginal tape—mesh device through a procedure. That is a plastic device that, when left, goes brittle and breaks …”

“I would want it to be on the basis of getting more Government speakers.”

“I don’t want the be the one to raise this, but there are only three Government Members on that list.”

“Can I ask what the political parties of the two additional signatories are?”