Speeches by Shannon.

“First of all, thank you for giving me the chance to come along, Mr Chairman. I have additional names. I can read them out if that is useful.”

“I thank my hon. Friend—he is a friend—for that intervention. That is my feeling, ensconced in those few paragraphs. He is right that when it comes to saving money, there are some things that we cannot scrimp and save on. Unfortunately, that night helicopters were not successful in saving lives, but they were successful…”

“First of all, this is a very personal one for me, Mr Chairman. Many moons ago—back in 2018, I think it was—I brought a mother over from Northern Ireland to ask for the first medicinal cannabis prescription under the Government process. Her child was not able to travel. I was saying to somebody the other day that when D…”

“I commend the right hon. Gentleman for bringing this forward. All my neighbours in Northern Ireland are small farmers. Everyone will be impacted, because the threshold of £1 million is too low. The threshold should be between £4 million and £5 million, which would give a chance to retain the family farm. Has the right …”

“It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. Is this your first time chairing?”

“Then I wish you well in your new role. I am sure that you and I and others will meet on a number of occasions—”

“I am happy to give way.”

“I am unable to answer that. I say only that I make sure that the constituency of Strangford is named every time I am here. That is the important point, because it is the people who put me here. It is a real pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael). In all honesty, there probably …”

“Okay. Could I make one request? I am of an opinion that this debate should be one we have in the Chamber. You might think differently and I would defer to your knowledge over mine—”

“I have two; I can probably get more. I am working with John Cooper and Adam Jogee to do that. There are a couple of other Labour people who have asked me to add their names, but I am afraid today has been a busy day and I do not have them on there. I will have those.”

“First of all I thank you for giving me the chance to present this. An early-day motion was printed. I got a copy of it from the Library. It was from 2005. Some of the MPs are still here, but most of them have moved on, or maybe went upwards or wherever they were going. Some have retired. “SAS: Rogue Heroes” on Sunday n…”

“Lewis Cocking, a Conservative, and Robin Swann, an Ulster Unionist. He is a former health spokesperson and has an interest in vascular health. I think we have got a team there who are particularly interested in the issue.”

“I have two new names for that as well: Lewis Cocking from the Conservative party and Robin Swann, an Ulster Unionist who has been the health spokesperson for Northern Ireland. It will be good to have them on board. I am chair of the APPG on vascular and venous disease. I understand the issues. We have a real chronic pr…”

“I think my hon. Friend may have been at the debate that I attended. He is on the record praising the good work of those volunteers. Every one of us knows the contribution that they make in saving lives. First and foremost, they are volunteers who have a commitment to do well. Thinking about the helicopter search and re…”

“It is the subject matter that motivates us, of course—that is why we are here. I am really pleased to see the Minister in his place, and I wish him well in his role. He and I have been friends for many years, and I am very pleased to see him in that position. I know he will give the job the necessary energy and commitm…”

“I commend the hon. Lady on bringing forward this debate. Does she not agree that by putting secondary schools out of reach of local populations, we close the door to character-building, to skill-learning and to socially imperative after-school programmes? That must all be weighed when considering educational provision,…”

“While I welcome the UK-China economic and financial dialogue, as the Chancellor will know, as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for international freedom of religion or belief, I have repeatedly highlighted in this House human rights abuses in China, with regard to Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists and Christi…”

“I thank the Minister for his answers today, and for his clear commitment to making changes that will make a difference. In Northern Ireland prisons, contraband has been a difficult issue to get on top of. Given the news today that drones are being so successfully used in the UK, there is obvious cause for concern that …”

“At Easter last year I had the opportunity to meet Amanda Damari in Israel and to speak to some of the families of the hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas on that terrible and unfortunately memorable day, 7 October. The families have had a yo-yo of emotions: will the hostages be freed, or will they not be freed? Now, a…”

“I commend the hon. Lady for raising this incredibly important issue for my constituency and those of all Members here. Footfall is the lifeblood of the local high street, and there is a need to balance car parking and accessibility. My council has implemented discounts for five-hour parking and is considering discounts…”