Speeches by Frith.

“On the Government’s strategy for harder-to-reach communities and the inequality argument, what interventions have proven most successful in this strategy, or in your view before this one?”

“Can we learn from the legacy of things like parkrun? Is it to let things spring out of nothing, from a distance? A lot of hard work will have gone into it. What can we learn from those more community-based or entrepreneur-based activities that have completely taken over, and brilliantly so? And yet, you could see a sce…”

“I am about to do my first HYROX competition, so it is nice to get a shoutout for HYROX.”

“Stephanie, you mentioned a powerful statistic that I did not manage to write down, so I will invite you to say it again—it was about the perception among boys of a certain age of the capabilities of girls and women to lead. Has there been any research into that? Is that a covid thing? Is it the explosion of smartphones…”

“This goes not only to your point about girls arriving and needing to be skilled up and separated. I agree with Damian that that would be counterintuitive to some experiences and would possibly even upset parents and children if they were divided up straight away into girls and boys, notwithstanding—and I get the point—…”

“A member since you were five years old!”

“I have had conversations with the vast majority of them. They support the general emphasis—[Interruption.] Actually, if the right hon. Gentleman has been listening, he will know that the argument I am making is that on much of the proposed legislation—giving rights on day one, being fair minded, making work pay—they ar…”

“I will make some progress. The right hon. Gentleman has said plenty already, and he came in only halfway through the debate. I am proud to stand on the Labour side of the House as someone who has founded a business, run businesses for others and run my own business. Fifteen years ago, I made a commitment to be the voic…”

“If the right hon. Member listens, he will hear. From my entry, Members will see that I am a proud member of the GMB and that my donations include those from entrepreneurs and businesspeople alike who are collectively sick of the 14 years of the Conservative Government. I will take no lessons from that party, given its …”

“I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests—”

“I put on record my thanks to the Minister for his leadership and the work he has done, particularly in keeping us abreast of the ongoing situation. It is right that the UK takes concrete steps to support peace, including through the revitalising of the Abraham accords, which are about normalisation of relations. Does t…”

“May I first wish the Leader of the House a happy International Women’s Day for Saturday? My constituent Chris is among many people affected by the loan charge, which applies to “disguised remuneration” schemes. While everyone should pay their fair share of tax, many, like Chris, used these schemes in good faith when th…”

“I thank the Minister for her diligent response to the debate. Is it reasonable for my constituents to hope that, within the next four and a half years—a single Parliament of this Labour Government—things will have progressed, rather than being simply being rehearsed and repeated? Her response has been sincere, but do t…”

“rose—”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn (Sarah Smith) for securing this important debate. This topic is close to the hearts of hundreds of my constituents, and therefore close to my heart. On the doorsteps during the election campaign, and during …”

“Can I add my voice to those around the country who have said how proud they are of our British Prime Minister, and how proud they are to be British? He has led from the front, and I hope very much that in the weeks and months to come, he will hold that in mind and strengthen his resolve as we move forward. He has alrea…”

“That is interesting. There has been comment in previous panels about the corporate spending review that is ongoing at the moment with joint bids between Departments to the Treasury, not least because money is tight. Presumably you would support a joint bid of Departments as a means to focus the minds on outputs and out…”

“No—Bury, Manchester.”

“Thanks very much for your contributions. Anna, I was very taken by that account of your falling in and out of love with swimming. It makes your achievements that much more impressive that you had so much time out from it all. Were you active elsewhere in between? Did you go off and pursue other sports? Were you natural…”

“What were those other sports?”