Speeches by Naish.

“I am sorry for intervening on my hon. Friend, but as my constituency neighbour, I am sure she will understand why I do so. Many of her constituents use East Midlands Parkway station in my constituency to get down to London, and we are fortunate to have that direct line, but it is not electrified, which means that it is…”

“Clearly, we are talking about having access to accurate court transcripts. I have been contacted by a couple of constituents who work as registered public service interpreters. They feel that the current system is very patchy and that the quality of interpretation services is not good enough. Indeed, someone can still …”

“I just need to reinforce the point that my hon. Friend makes, because the east midlands already receives the lowest level of transport spending per head of any UK region or nation—just 56% of the UK average. Although I do not want to undermine the campaign of my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury (Julia Buckley), wh…”

“Just thinking about the neighbouring countries to Syria, what are the key challenges for those neighbouring states around supporting refugees and around those refugees returning to Syria?”

“Given the complexity of the situation on the ground, within Syria itself, how are you managing that balance between refugees that are returning and the humanitarian aspects, but also that investment into long-term development, which is obviously going to be key for the country as a whole to be able to move forward?”

“The 10 days before that, how would that have compared?”

“Sorry to jump in there. Are there any numbers that you could put on the change you have seen in the last couple of weeks?”

“Just thinking about the neighbouring countries to Syria, what are the key challenges for those neighbouring states around supporting refugees and around those refugees returning to Syria?”

“Given the complexity of the situation on the ground, within Syria itself, how are you managing that balance between refugees that are returning and the humanitarian aspects, but also that investment into long-term development, which is obviously going to be key for the country as a whole to be able to move forward?”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I have already mentioned the need for greater devolution. Of course, in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire we are seeing the dividends of that under Claire Ward, but I appreciate that Leicestershire still has some way to go to get the equivalent devolution. I absolutely support my ho…”

“The 10 days before that, how would that have compared?”

“The hon. Member is absolutely right: there are fantastic advanced manufacturing capabilities across the country, including in the east midlands, and the supply chain and the skills chain are key to making them thrive. I will come on to skills in the east midlands in a moment. Ahead of the comprehensive spending review …”

“Sorry to jump in there. Are there any numbers that you could put on the change you have seen in the last couple of weeks?”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered productivity and economic growth in the East Midlands. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I want to start by telling you, as someone from London, about how great the east midlands is. Home to Derbyshire, Leicestershire, most of Lincolnshire, Northampton…”

“Just thinking about the neighbouring countries to Syria, what are the key challenges for those neighbouring states around supporting refugees and around those refugees returning to Syria?”

“Given the complexity of the situation on the ground, within Syria itself, how are you managing that balance between refugees that are returning and the humanitarian aspects, but also that investment into long-term development, which is obviously going to be key for the country as a whole to be able to move forward?”

“I thank you, Dr Huq, and all Members for their contributions. It came as no surprise to me that this was effectively a debate of two halves. On the one hand, we heard about the positives. The hon. Member for Brigg and Immingham (Martin Vickers) talked about the east midlands having the largest port in the country. The …”

“The 10 days before that, how would that have compared?”

“Sorry to jump in there. Are there any numbers that you could put on the change you have seen in the last couple of weeks?”

“On Friday, I was part of a conversation about the potential impact of the Trent sports quarter on Rushcliffe, and Nottingham Forest’s expanded City Ground proposal. The fact that we have only three crossings across the Trent came up several times, so I absolutely support my hon. Friend in that call for a fourth crossin…”