Speeches by Snell.

“T7. North Staffordshire Tri Service and Veterans Support Centre does a wonderful job supporting veterans across Stoke-on-Trent, but all too often, it finds that the military covenant is not working for them. In Stoke-on-Trent in particular, it seems to be failing. What action are this Government taking to ensure that t…”

“The shadow Secretary of State mentioned Moorcroft in Stoke. A small glimmer of light in what is otherwise a rather gloomy story is the rescue of that company by Will Moorcroft, the grandson of its founder, and the jobs that are potentially coming back. However, those jobs were put at risk, much like the jobs at this re…”

“As well as the despicable chants, the monologue that preceded them by the artist in question clearly drew on the influence of Jewish power in music, an age-old antisemitic trope. Could the Secretary of State say a bit more about what conversations she will have with the BBC, not just on what it broadcasts but on what w…”

“Presumably, the outcome of the Timms review will require some form of primary legislation to enact the changes to the system that will come from the Department for Work and Pensions. In which case, I suggest to the Minister that removing clause 5 from the Bill tomorrow and putting it into any future legislation means t…”

“It is a testament to my hon. Friend’s popularity that we are all here this evening supporting him on a really important issue. Whether it is Bambury Street in Sandford Hill, Newcastle Lane in Penkhull or Whieldon Road in Fenton, the local knowledge that he so rightly points to has come to me not via a parish council, b…”

“I accept the Minister’s point that this is a very narrow Bill, but is he able to tell the House how many individuals who currently have an appeal that has not yet been heard, and to whom this Bill will ultimately apply, have been deprived of their citizenship?”

“I thank the Minister for that explanation, but hypothetically there exists a circumstance in which the Home Secretary could deprive an individual of their citizenship, that individual could go for an appeal and have it reinstated, and this law would prevent them from retaining that citizenship and the Department could …”

“Ceramics UK has described today’s modern industrial strategy as disappointing and, candidly, I share the sector’s disappointment. The one reference to ceramics in the strategy is historical and geographic, with nothing about industry. For months, I and my hon. Friends the Members for Stoke-on-Trent North (David William…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate, and I think the fact that so many Members are in the Chamber for an Adjournment debate shows the importance of this subject. While she is talking about the immediate outputs needed, can I make my usual plea to Members on the Treasury Bench via you, Mr Speaker? When…”

“Further to the quite pertinent comment from the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman), this country’s broken social care system for children is potentially creating future victims today, and while a review at local level will look at what happened in the past, we need to do our best to make sure that these crimes …”

“Stoke-on-Trent does not have an airport, but we do use Manchester airport quite a lot, so while the Minister is sitting next to the Transport Secretary on the Front Bench, could he put in a word for a direct train link from Stoke to Manchester airport, so we can all enjoy his airport as much as he does?”

“My constituent Robert Ferguson echoes many of the points made by the constituent of the hon. Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson) about the difference between families who worked side by side, whereby one benefits and one does not. I know that the Minister has a rather full portfolio—there are many other things that I co…”

“For the benefit of younger Members, Bobby Davro was a comedian.”

“But is it not one of the problems with what you are describing is that—although it is absolutely right that the regulations that govern the activities of MPs are inherently based on a series of principles that we should all live to and aspire to—ultimately, if we have not sought safe harbour and there is subsequently a…”

“Just before I get to the substantive question, I will pick up on Anna’s question about the interface between Members of Parliament and doctors, as we have colleagues in this place who still undertake practice—surgery, paediatrics, A&E, general practice. You rightly said that patients should be their first concern, and …”

“Thank you. That question was more out of curiosity. Following the line of questioning we have just had on the enforcement and monitoring of interests, where a member of the medical profession has external interests, whether that be private practice or something unrelated to medicine that provides a secondary income—the…”

“No, but I would contest that in terms of the public perception, which you rightly talked about, whatever that first case is—and I appreciate that a breadth of cases might come subsequently—it will set what is considered to be the acceptable limit. The perceived limit we are all judged against in the public perception w…”

“You talked about attendance in this place, not being here and being “in breach”. I think we are going to have to be very careful about that line, because there is a political grouping who actively choose to absent themselves from here as a political statement, and if we start making it about attendance here, we open ou…”

“If there was a concern that a medical professional was distracted, compromised or overtly spending more time than is necessary on an external arrangement, would that be covered as an employment issue with their trust, or would it be a practice issue with you as the regulator?”

“Finally, one part of being a Member of Parliament is that all our interests, all our external activity from which we earn money, is publicly available information. Anybody in the country can log on and see who has donated to what, who has had lunch with whom, et cetera. Does there exist an equivalent matrix for medical…”