Speeches by Anderson.

“I thank my hon. Friend for raising that point and the connection to Weston-super-Mare. There is a lot of work that we can do to support innovation across the whole country, including through the business innovation grant that I mentioned, which is especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. It offers grants of u…”

“It is fantastic to hear of those close links, which are so important for innovation and business growth, in combination with the university sector. Northern Ireland’s universities are key partners in boosting innovation and growth; for example, through the UK Government’s new deal for Northern Ireland, £11 million of f…”

“Happy Lancashire Day to you as well, Mr Speaker. The Secretary of State and I were deeply saddened by the recent passing of former UTV political editor Ken Reid, who was a close follower of Northern Ireland oral questions. Our thoughts are with his family and his many peers across journalism. I recently attended the la…”

“I am delighted to see so many men raising this issue today at Northern Ireland questions. Yesterday, I met with Tahnee McCorry from White Ribbon Northern Ireland, who is working with men in football and Gaelic Athletic Association teams and in prisons. We absolutely all have a role to play to have those difficult conve…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for raising that question. Alongside the alarming femicide statistics, there are other factors that add to the complexity of gender-based violence in Northern Ireland, and it is important to recognise and take action to prevent these factors—paramilitarism is one of them. We need to tackle the gr…”

“There are a couple of sides of it. There is who I meet, so my time and engagement, and ensuring that some of those communities that sometimes are not heard as much as others are listened to. That is going to the mosque in Belfast. I have been working with the African and Caribbean Support Organisation Northern Ireland.…”

“It is being worked out. Great British Energy, despite the name, is actually to benefit all four nations. The money being spent on setting it up is for an energy company for the whole of the four nations. Exactly what that means is being worked out because, as the Secretary of State said, it is a different market. It is…”

“The Government support integrated education through two particular funding streams. One of them is the integrated education fund, the IEF, and the other is the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education. Together, we have delivered £1.9 million of grant funding over three financial years. The integrated educatio…”

“I would agree with you. As a parent, it is one of those areas in which I cannot know what they are seeing online. The Government have to step in. There has to be regulation to do this. You cannot expect parents to do that. You cannot expect teachers to do that. It has to be the Government’s position to do that. I am al…”

“I am really glad you have raised it. I know the Chair has raised this issue in the past and so have other members of the Committee. I really welcome that, because we need to talk about this issue. If we are not all talking about it, everywhere that we can—in this Committee, wherever I go, in every single space—then we …”

“In terms of how we are working with Ministers, I am working with Minister Nesbitt, going around to see some of the places that funding has been put in for and really understanding what is behind that bidding so that it is not just about that fund, as we say. That is what I am doing as well.”

“I have met with Dr Alan Stout as well and talked with other medical organisations bringing together professionals in Northern Ireland. There was a recent conference at which Professor Bengoa, who wrote a report back in 2016 about how the health service can be transformed, has come back to say, “Yes, there has been some…”

“That is the part I am doing. Up until the interim budget, that was going to be finishing next March. Community organisations that were getting this funding were rightly really worried about that. Some of the delivery is absolutely excellent, getting people into work, with all sorts of programmes that have the trust of …”

“It is a good news story. As part of the restoration package, the issue about lots of community organisations, especially smaller ones, not being able to get some of the funding that is available was raised. This million pounds is going to be for a capacity and capability support package specifically for smaller organis…”

“It is for several years. It is early days for developing this and I hope to come back to the Committee in the future and say how this has developed, because it is early years. It is not just for one year, which is also a good thing.”

“I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Alterations to the Search Powers Code for Northern Ireland) Order 2024. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, and I am grateful to the Committee for being here to consider this instrument. The order was laid before …”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising those important points about how the code of practice will be put into operation, as well as the wider points about the policing context in Northern Ireland. I also thank other hon. Members for their support. In terms of intimate search, it is really important to maintain the conf…”

“Thank you, Hilary. I will join you in welcoming all the Committee members to your positions. It will be an honour to work with you. Congratulations, Chair, on your role as well. Since my appointment 18 weeks ago, I have also counted up, and I have visited 15 times and held 70 external engagements. It is really importan…”

“Each of our missions maps in a different way. For the health service, it is clearly devolved. However, there is so much that we can learn together and I would describe it as an active partnership. What are the best ways in which health service transformation is happening across different parts of the UK? How can differ…”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising that ongoing issue, but I will need to conclude now. I agree with the hon. Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) that ending violence against women and girls must be a priority in policing. Altogether, it has been demonstrated that the positive steps Northern Ireland has ta…”