Speeches by Darlington.

“We didn’t hear about hep B.”

“We are going to work on this afterwards. Victoria and Philippa, why should we care about hep B and malaria, and why should the UK population care about it?”

“Specifically on HIV/AIDS, what is the impact? I know you have this answer, so I am trying to give you an opportunity to tell us about what it would do to the UK population.”

“Mike, I am going to make it easier for you. What is the impact of growing HIV and AIDS numbers across the world on the UK population?”

“Mike, I asked you a blunt question, and you have given me a great analysis about why I asked you the question, which is fantastic. What is the answer? Why should the UK public care about Government funding and research into HIV/AIDS?”

“Apologies.”

“I want to ask quite a blunt question. Why should the UK public care about the research into hep B, malaria and HIV/AIDS?”

“As a quick follow-up, how much do you think our regulatory standards contribute to that environment?”

“Milton Keynes.”

“If you ever want to come to visit, you are more than welcome.”

“I just want to plug the fact that my constituency has the leading UK private sector generator of animal vaccines.”

“I think you will find unanimous agreement to that on this Committee. I have a final question for you and Lord O’Neill. The UK has led the way on not just the science but the innovative financing of global health, through Gavi and the global health initiative. Do you think we are going to lose that leadership as we make…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that the Hong Kong community’s contribution to Milton Keynes, to our diversity and strength as an economic powerhouse in the UK, should not go unseen by the Minister and this Government? The reality is that we made the Hongkongers a promise, and we should keep it.”

“Does my hon. Friend agree we should be clear that when we say BNO, it stands for British national overseas? We are not talking about Hongkongers or Chinese people; we are talking about people we literally recognise as British nationals overseas, because of our historical relationship. Does he think we should be much cl…”

“What the right hon. Gentleman has said is not a fact. The reality in my region is that Milton Keynes, the Labour-run local authority, has lower taxes than all the surrounding Tory authorities, including in Northamptonshire, which has failed over and over again. Two Conservative and now Reform councils have failed, as h…”

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“I appreciate the opportunity to speak in this debate. I want to take on the challenge set by the shadow Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Central Devon (Sir Mel Stride), so let us talk about how we got to this point, and the devastating consequences. Under the last Government, despite 27 tax rises, Government debt …”

“Given the devastation of the United States Agency for International Development, the temporary cuts in official development assistance and the growing desperate situation in areas of Africa, is the Foreign Secretary willing to meet me and colleagues who have worked in and care about the region, to understand our long-t…”

“Happy birthday, Madam Deputy Speaker. I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s comments about recognition of Palestine, which, of course, is absolutely what all Labour Members stood on in our manifesto. I would like to raise specifically the devastation and starvation of people in Gaza and the numerous reports that the IDF ar…”

“I want to share with the House the deepest solidarity from the Ukraine Appeal and the Sunflower Ukrainian supplementary school in my constituency of Milton Keynes about the recent attacks in Kyiv and on the British Council. The British Council’s vital cultural initiatives have supported peace and created community cohe…”