Speeches by Vince.

“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 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…”

“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 …”

“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…”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?”

“I just want to put on the record my thanks to the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee for his able chairing of the Committee throughout my time on it. I think he would agree that we have had some really good and useful debates in this Chamber and Westminster Hall because of the work of the Backbench Business Comm…”

“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?”

“Thank you all for coming to participate in today’s discussion. I say that particularly to Esther, because this is a really emotional topic that is hugely important to all of us. I am not going to ask Andy this question, because I think he has answered it. But, Esther and Rani, do you think that Ofcom and the Informatio…”

“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?”

“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…”

“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?”

“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.”

“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…”

“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…”

“I am an officer on the same APPG.”

“That’s all right; it’s okay. Rani?”

“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…”