Speeches by Butler.

“My hon. Friend is also a first, so I congratulate her on that—and, yes, I absolutely agree with her on that point. On average, we will all live to see 80 Christmases. The thing is, what are we going to do with them? Some people in the world are acting like they will live forever—God, I hope we do not, and I know that t…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for the way he is setting out this debate. Does he agree that independent safeguarding is paramount? As he said, survivors of abuse have had to re-live it over and over. This is an establishment where they should have felt safest.”

“One of my constituents told me that they could not go back and tell their parents what was happening to them because it was at the church, which was supposed to be a place of sanctuary where they were safe. To find out that those at the head of the Church would move abusers to another church, instead of moving them out…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for her important statement. The people of Grenfell were treated badly because of who they were, what they looked like and how much they earned. We say that 72 people were killed in Grenfell, but the police are holding ashes for which they have no name. Nobody should have to go through th…”

“I am reminded of my first experience of training with the Terrence Higgins Trust, learning about HIV and how it could be contracted. What stuck in my mind the most was people saying that it could be caught from saliva. I remember those at the trust saying that to catch it someone would need 2 litres of saliva, like a b…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her incredible speech and for her commitment to this House. I know of my hon. Friend’s journey when she was a teacher. Does she agree that it is important for allies to stick together and fight for other people’s rights, as well as our own, if we are truly to move forward with recognising and…”

“This week I was visited by some constituents as part of the Board of Deputies of British Jews parliamentary advocacy day. We talked about how great our local multi-faith forum is, and it was suggested that we should have a British-Jewish culture month to celebrate all the multicultural elements and diversity in the Jew…”

“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the use of the title of nurse; and for connected purposes. I thank the Minister for Secondary Care for being here for this debate. I thank the incredible #ProtectNurse campaign, led by Professor Alison Leary MBE and Paul Trevatt, as well as n…”

“In Brent, we have a lot of independent shops. Does the hon. Member agree that we should be more innovative in giving opportunities for more pop-up shops to start businesses?”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) on securing this important debate and give my condolences to the family of Jack, who are here today. Brent has the second highest concentration of gambling premises in London, and it does not make our high street better; it makes it considerably wo…”

“Yes. We have a letter going to the Secretary of State as well.”

“I will have a word, Chair.”

“Does that mean that I should pitch for the main Chamber?”

“Yes. I am happy for it to be in the main Chamber instead, because I think it is an important debate that all MPs are familiar with: their constituents will have had their phones stolen, and a number of MPs have had their phones stolen. There were 78,000 phones stolen in the year up to March 2024, which is a 153% increa…”

“Brilliant.”

“Yes. I put it out via email, but I will happily do that. I think when some Members saw it, they thought that we were advocating bringing back plastic straws; they did not understand the implications of PFAS. That is a good suggestion—thank you.”

“Thank you, Chair. I am sure everybody is familiar with having a paper straw and probably with getting frustrated that it gets soggy before you finish your drink. I investigated this, and I was shocked to find that paper straws included PFAS, which are also known as forever chemicals. They can contaminate your drink and…”

“Cool. Can I also ask about the International Women’s Day debate?”

“I would sing it, but my voice is a little bit croaky today. Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating Liz Mitchell? Maybe we should have a debate in Government time about music and how it can be a unifier and bring about community cohesion.”

“Brent is known as the reggae capital of Europe. Bob Marley wrote some of his best hits there, and we have Janet Kay and Carroll Thompson, who celebrate their birthdays this week, too. Today, in the Jubilee Room, we will be honouring one of the lead singers of Boney M, Liz Mitchell. As people will know, the band’s hits …”