Speeches by Riddell-Carpenter.

“Is my hon. Friend aware that there does not need to be a certain number of incidents outside a school gate, or indeed on any road, in order for local councils to intervene? It is a myth that we need to bust.”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool North and Fleetwood (Lorraine Beavers) for introducing the debate and speaking so articulately. I will not repeat the many points made by colleagues from across the House; instead, I will use this chance—of tw…”

“I thank the Minister for his statement, and I give my personal thanks to the Members on both sides of the House who have been advocating very strongly with him, including my hon. Friends the Members for Redditch (Chris Bloore), for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) and for Isle of Wight West (Mr Quigley). I also thank the busin…”

“As chair of the Labour rural research group, I continually hear about the challenges facing rural communities, including access to education and transport infrastructure. Will the Minister set out the specific steps that the Cabinet Office is taking to ensure that rural voices and rural communities are meaningfully rep…”

“Earlier this week, students in year 11 at Felixstowe school were told that they would not be able to continue their studies at the school beyond year 11 because it is not continuing with sixth-form provision. As Members can imagine, this has caused huge worry for parents and students at Felixstowe school. I have writte…”

“You talked earlier about—although you may have alluded to this, rather than said it explicitly—how our higher welfare standards mean that we have a great export market. We have a product that people want to buy, and that is in large part down to our higher welfare standards, as well as the UK brand. There is a lot to b…”

“I think your report is a brilliant piece of work, as I am sure you have been told many times, but that evidence-led approach also presents some undeniable facts that will resonate no doubt not just with Defra, but more specifically with the Treasury and other Departments. You highlighted some of the issues with cross-d…”

“Before I kick off, Minette, thank you for your report, thank you for being here, and thank you particularly for the conversations that you had pre-Christmas with No. 11 and No. 10 about APR. I am sure you were very powerful in the chorus of voices that made the good decision happen just before Christmas. Thank you for …”

“Suffolk Coastal is in the east of England, but we did not escape the storms by any stretch of the imagination. The coastal erosion at Thorpeness has really sped up and we now have homes facing the worst-case scenario. Indeed, last night a home was demolished, marking four homes that have succumbed to coastal erosion si…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“I could not agree more. Some of the things we hear from the Conservatives are really dangerous. If we are to have sensible conversations about our renewable energy infrastructure, they need to focus on co-ordination. In my constituency, there are seven nationally significant infrastructure projects in a 10-mile radius,…”

“I am delighted to be the first ever Labour MP for Suffolk Coastal, an incredibly rural constituency. Many of our previous MPs were helicoptered in from cities to represent the constituency, so I am even more delighted to be able to stand in this House and say that I am the first ever MP for Suffolk Coastal to have been…”

“I understand that infrastructure failed, but what we are trying to say, or certainly I am trying to say, is that you let people down on a human level with your response—your response on the ground and the total failure of communications throughout that period. Yes, infrastructure fails. We accept that. Things are alway…”

“To be clear, I am sure that many of your staff at South East did a great job, went above and beyond, worked weekends and longer hours, and probably do not enjoy big salaries like yours. I do not mean a criticism of them; I have no doubt that they went above and beyond. I am talking about the leadership of the organisat…”

“David, I am actually quite shocked by what I am hearing today—the scale of this, the number of people it had an impact on, and in truth, the lack of accountability that you are taking today for addressing or recognising some of those issues. As somebody who used to work in communications and crisis communications, I am…”

“To be clear, I am sure that many of your staff at South East did a great job, went above and beyond, worked weekends and longer hours, and probably do not enjoy big salaries like yours. I do not mean a criticism of them; I have no doubt that they went above and beyond. I am talking about the leadership of the organisat…”

“I understand that infrastructure failed, but what we are trying to say, or certainly I am trying to say, is that you let people down on a human level with your response—your response on the ground and the total failure of communications throughout that period. Yes, infrastructure fails. We accept that. Things are alway…”

“David, I am actually quite shocked by what I am hearing today—the scale of this, the number of people it had an impact on, and in truth, the lack of accountability that you are taking today for addressing or recognising some of those issues. As somebody who used to work in communications and crisis communications, I am…”

“Happy new year to you and the team, Mr Speaker. I start by thanking the Minister and his Department for working actively with rural colleagues and myself for the last 14 months. In the many conversations that we have had, both face to face and in wider correspondence, we have set out the huge number of issues that are …”