Speeches by Vince.

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. You have taken me by surprise by not picking me last. I thank the Minister for opening this debate. I also thank the shadow Minister for his comments and wish him a very happy birthday. Without wanting to get into any party political back and forth, I would like to say that we had a rea…”

“That leads on quite nicely to my next question, which is about shared reading and whether there are similar trends in the decline of shared reading, particularly in early years. You touched a little bit, Debbie, on what the causes are of that. Is there anything the panel wants to add to that?”

“Jonathan, you touched on this briefly, but could you drill down a bit more on particular groups of children where this is a larger challenge? That is for the whole panel as well. I am particularly interested in young carers, and I think that young carers finding the time to be able to read for pleasure would be a parti…”

“Onyinye, we are talking about representation and you mentioned that sometimes the representation is out there but we are just not aware of it, which is interesting and something I had not considered. Can you, the panel in general, touch upon whether there are still some groups who are underrepresented in literature, wh…”

“I liked your phrase, windows and mirrors.”

“I liked your phrase, windows and mirrors.”

“Jonathan, you touched on this briefly, but could you drill down a bit more on particular groups of children where this is a larger challenge? That is for the whole panel as well. I am particularly interested in young carers, and I think that young carers finding the time to be able to read for pleasure would be a parti…”

“That leads on quite nicely to my next question, which is about shared reading and whether there are similar trends in the decline of shared reading, particularly in early years. You touched a little bit, Debbie, on what the causes are of that. Is there anything the panel wants to add to that?”

“Onyinye, we are talking about representation and you mentioned that sometimes the representation is out there but we are just not aware of it, which is interesting and something I had not considered. Can you, the panel in general, touch upon whether there are still some groups who are underrepresented in literature, wh…”

“To follow up on that. I will declare an interest that I am a fairly new father. Obviously I have had health visitors and they do come and talk to you about a lot of different things that seem obvious, but you are like, “Oh, I didn’t think of that”. Reading was not necessarily talked about, so is that something that you…”

“To follow up on that. I will declare an interest that I am a fairly new father. Obviously I have had health visitors and they do come and talk to you about a lot of different things that seem obvious, but you are like, “Oh, I didn’t think of that”. Reading was not necessarily talked about, so is that something that you…”

“I do by the way, don’t worry.”

“I do by the way, don’t worry.”

“I declare an interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for young carers and young adult carers. Does the Secretary of State recognise that when young carers and young adult carers get to the age of 16, they have potentially already been caring for a loved one for over a decade? They are emotionally intelli…”

“I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to our brave service personnel, who every day work incredibly hard to keep us safe. I also pay tribute to him for his leadership on this matter. A number of people from my constituency of Harlow are trapped in Bahrain and Dubai, including one who is pregnant. What advice can …”

“Yes—and that answers my question about the motion as well, so thank you.”

“I have not mentioned Harlow yet today, so I feel that I should. When I spoke to some young people at Mark Hall Academy in my constituency of Harlow—there we are, I have done it—about the potential social media ban, I was interested to hear what they had to say. They said, “We don’t care about Facebook”—because only old…”

“This is a genuinely friendly intervention. I am raising this point because I know that the hon. Member does a lot to champion and support people with eating disorders. I am completely changing the subject, but does she think that the rise of social media and online platforms has had an increased impact on people with e…”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“Thank you very much. I thought you did very well, considering your admission at the start that you do not know a lot about AI. I do not either, so I am with you on that. We have a really long wait for the Chamber. I am aware that this is a really important debate, and issues like this move forward at pace, as you have …”