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“I thank my hon. Friend for his statement, and for the work that the Government are doing to protect the Jewish community. My thoughts are with all those who have been victims of these attacks, and of antisemitism and hate crime. In my constituency of Southend West and Leigh, we have quite a significant and diverse Jewi…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On 29 April, my hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin) and the hon. Member for Lewes (James MacCleary) raised a point of order concerning the right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick) visiting their constituencies without notifying them. In response, M…”

“It is a great pleasure to speak in this debate on the King’s Speech, which set out the Labour Government’s programme for this Session, and I warmly welcome its measures. I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Bradford West (Naz Shah), and for Harlow (Chris Vince), for their opening speeches. My hon. Friend the Member …”

“Q11. While our NHS across England has seen noticeable improvements thanks to the work of this Labour Government, Southend hospital and the wider Mid and South Essex NHS Trust has continued to struggle. I thank the Department of Health and Social Care for working with me and my colleagues on that issue, and for placing …”

“I am aware of the Live Comedy Association and CRAFT—I know that CRAFT is quite new. What involvement do you think national bodies like that could play, and do you think they will be beneficial?”

“You have both highlighted perfectly that you are focused on improving safety and working conditions, which is good.”

“Lu and Jessica, I want to talk a little about the LCA and CRAFT. Jessica, what are the key aims of your organisation as a national comedy body?”

“We have heard that Equity—I know because I used to be an Equity member—is much more focused on actors, but what work does it undertake with the comedy sector? How many comedians are part of the organisation?”

“Do you want to share a little more on what you are doing to improve safety and working conditions?”

“Lu, what are the key aims of CRAFT?”

“Both organisations are doing amazing stuff but how will you increase awareness of what you are doing to the industry so that people know that you exist and can use your services?”

“What barriers do you think there are to not only having national bodies for the live comedy sector but raising awareness of them? It is quite interesting that one of the witnesses in our last evidence session was not aware that the LCA and CRAFT existed.”

“Equity does not really focus on comedy, does it? It only has an element of focus on comedians.”

“I want to make one comment before we move on. Clearly, both organisations are doing some great stuff. It seems that this is a very isolated industry and you need to think more about how you can expand awareness. Maybe that is something to take away.”

“Obviously the majority of actors are members of Equity. We hear that comedians’ pay is very low. Is the cost of joining Equity a restriction?”

“Kelly, you mentioned national bodies. It is interesting because the comedy sector is quite disparate; it seems that there is a lack of regulations and controls. Would you both like to see greater co-ordination or oversight of your sector?”

“Is there a gender balance within the bank’s investment committees?”

“Why are you not doing it?”

“Following up with you, Minister McDougall, your predecessor told us that requiring businesses to sign up to the code would be inappropriate as compliance cannot be tracked. Is this still an issue, and if so, what progress is being made to address that?”

“Great. Is there anything else that you are doing?”