Speeches by Darlington.

“I know that Wolverhampton has many community campaigns to change the tide of violence against women and girls. I know that that has been happening in cities and towns across our country, but we need to be there to support those campaigns for them to have a true impact. I take this opportunity to thank an organisation i…”

“It has been a long day for all of us, and I really appreciate that hon. Members have stayed so late on such an important day—”

“Right—I am waiting for the next intervention. I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn (Sarah Smith) that councillors in their local communities and organisations such as that are making the difference and are the places that women are turning to because, unfortunately, the system is letting them down—not le…”

“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…”

“I thank the hon. Member for his intervention; I absolutely agree. When we see Members from across the House raising this issue in Northern Ireland questions, Westminster Hall and in the various debates we have, we know that it will have an impact on not only what the Government do but how men and women perceive this is…”

“Every woman has a story and every woman knows how to carry her keys as a weapon. Any other extremism and murder on this scale would be front-page news every single day, but what we see instead is language like “incels” and “red pill”, which hides what is actually going on with our young men and boys. I am thinking of p…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that in places like Milton Keynes, where one in four children lives in poverty but fewer than that qualified for the old free school meals programme, having a breakfast club destigmatises the situation and catches those families who are struggling to make ends meet? These families might be wor…”

“I am a former local government leader. Does the Minister agree that we should thank local authority leaders, especially Labour leaders such as Pete Marland at Milton Keynes city council, for keeping services during 14 years of austerity? Milton Keynes city council has kept weekly bin collections, kept children’s centre…”

“Thank you, Mr Pritchard. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) for bringing forward this really important debate. Education is the best way in the world to bring peace and prosperity, and for people in my constituency of Milton Keynes to get better jobs and have better lives. In the …”

“Something about under your chairmanship—sorry, I have forgotten the line, Mr Pritchard. My apologies.”

“I have a quick follow-up question. Milton Keynes is technically in the golden triangle, but not necessarily considered with it. The local leadership has played a huge role in creating the fifth biggest GVA in the country—but that goes back to mayors and local leaders. Very specifically, what do you think the Government…”

“What are the particular things that create that environment in Britain versus the US?”

“We heard from the previous panel, and there has been a big discussion within our team, about the productivity gap, the challenges of economic growth and other issues, and the interplay between the R&D budget and the industrial strategy Green Paper—how they work together to create that environment. Is there enough read-…”

“We will be visiting Milton Keynes, and will look at the impact of Catapults on the SMEs within Milton Keynes, and the important collaboration with Cranfield and other institutions. Perhaps we will discuss that afterwards, Professor Jones. I really wanted to come back to the big picture, and the Government missions. We …”

“Given the time, I am going to resist the debate about catapults.”

“Have this Government done enough to rebuild our reputation as a place for world-leading research and to attract back that talent we lost during those years? If not, what should they be doing?”

“Thank you, Professor Smith, for raising the Diamond synchrotron; it would have been remiss of you to be here without mentioning it. My question relates to what you said about long-term collaboration and international competitiveness. We left the Horizon programme due to Brexit. What do you think about the impact of lea…”

“Under the last Government, only 2% of reported rape cases made it to trial, because women did not feel safe about reporting rapes or did not think they would be taken seriously. How are the Government ensuring that more brave women who report their rapes are seen quickly and effectively in the court service and get the…”

“First, I would like to congratulate those who made their maiden speeches, representing fantastic places right across the UK. Given today’s theme of protecting working people, I thought it would be worth reminding Conservative Members of the real impact of the last 14 years of failure: 3 million people using food banks,…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that we should thank and be grateful to academic historians and lay historians who have kept the Chartist history alive, like my uncle, Les James?”