Speeches by Darlington.

“Does my hon. Friend agree that it is also important to look at breakfast clubs for certain secondary schools, to make sure that teenagers are also getting the breakfast that they deserve and need for learning?”

“I thank the Minister for coming here to give reassurance. Many thousands of people from Hong Kong have decided to settle in Milton Keynes, and we are very pleased that they are adding to our wonderful diversity. Some of those who contacted me over Christmas are quite concerned, and not just for themselves but for their…”

“Over half a million children are sexually abused each year, and there are about as many perpetrators, yet some Opposition Members want to focus only on a few, rather than the big cases we have heard about involving TV presenters, the Catholic Church and others. This is something we have to take seriously, rather than e…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that Vladimir Putin’s allies saw Britain as a soft touch and a good place to put their money and investment, whether ill-gotten gains or legal? Is it not now time under a new Government for us to show that this has changed? This Government will take it seriously and will take a more rigorous a…”

“May I, too, welcome the multi-year certainty given by the statement today? As a former deputy leader of Milton Keynes council, I can say that it is the kind of certainty we ask for, rather than getting a letter—on Christmas Eve, usually—setting out what the funding might be, already halfway through our budget-setting p…”

“Fantastic.”

“Yes, for Dr Stott. Parkinson’s is an issue very close to my heart; my father has Parkinson’s. We know that we are looking at, potentially, a doubling in the next 50 years. I wanted you to give us some hope about where you saw some of the breakthroughs, as well as some of those we have seen in the past five to 10 years,…”

“No, I think that addressed the first question. We keep hearing the term “trifecta”, as I think you described it, Professor Chandran, about the NHS and the accessibility to patients’ data and clinical trials. There has been some allusion to the fact that there are some sticking points within that process or things that …”

“You rightly recognise Gavi and the Global Fund, which are UK innovations.”

“Picking up on both your points, the UK previously led the way in overseas assistance and research into health, but our health spend in 2023 was £20 million less than it was in 2010, and half our ODA spend percentage. What kind of impact do you think the decrease in both the health ODA spend and the total ODA spend has …”

“In regard to data, but also the accessibility to the patient pools and running the trials at the appropriate times in the disease development.”

“One of the interesting developments in Parkinson’s is also around technologies and wearable technologies potentially stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system and others. How do you see that developing? How do you see the UK’s role in that? Are we leading or are we behind?”

“I thank the Secretary of State for his recognition of how difficult it will be for many young trans people and their families to hear the news today, and for his comments about the wider environment in which the trans community is threatened every day in the UK. My significant concern about the announcement is that it …”

“I am glad we are doing an inquiry on this. Hopefully we will help you figure out some of the answers.”

“Just to follow up on that point, you are right that we have to get the NHS right, but if we are serious about our ambitions around health and social care, and particularly other support that may be cross-governmental, how are you futureproofing that so the NHS and, let us say, a local authority on the social care side …”

“That is what I was trying to get to. Perhaps I can have a quick follow-up on a very specific bit of your funding, which leads to how we work together, but this is on a global scale. You are allocated a proportion of the spend in the official development assistance programme. What priorities do you have for that spend o…”

“It is nice to see you, Secretary of State. First of all, can I really welcome the 10-year R&D settlement? It was one that I was not successful in securing under the last Labour Government, but we argued for it vociferously, and it is really exciting in terms of efficiency and scientific discovery. I want to link direct…”

“As the Minister will know, social housing providers and councils operate within a regulated service charge regime that does not allow them to make a profit, and the Housing Ombudsman Service is there for any complaints. Will the Minister consider bringing in a similar regime for the private sector?”

“I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Member’s Financial Interests. First of all, I thank the Deputy Prime Minister and my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington and Bayswater (Joe Powell), plus all the London MPs who have brought home what Grenfell meant in their constituencies. However, the conse…”

“The hon. Member is absolutely right; we need to look at why women do not have confidence in reporting to police. Some of that will be because of the numbers that we have seen go through to prosecution, and because of their worries that it will get worse for them before it gets better and about the protection they may o…”