Speeches by Milne.

“I am very supportive. I think my time is up.”

“Local housing allowance rates were frozen for four years, which pushed many renters into debt. We have had a single-year uprating. Is there any rationale behind not making that permanent, that it would be uprated every year? Is it for purely financial reasons or do you have a view that it is not necessary?”

“In principle, you would uprate it if you could financially?”

“Moving on to the WASPI women. I appreciate that you have taken rapid action on the infected blood scandal and the Horizon scandal to sort out compensation there. WASPI women, however, are a notable absence of these hangover things from the last Administration. What people would like to know is when do you think you can…”

“Timescale?”

“I want explore your long-term thinking on the issue. Do you see that there is a place for removing the two-child limit in the future, or are you looking to solve child poverty by another means or set of measures?”

“We are very supportive of you maintaining the triple lock. That is fantastic news. However, the uplift there is for everyone and it is caused by high inflation so it is not—”

“This Budget was strongly promoted as a blueprint for growth, so it has come as a considerable surprise to find that the growth forecast for the second half of this Parliament has actually gone down. Somewhere hiding here is a much better Budget trying to get out. The Government have tried to target what are supposed to…”

“I draw the House’s attention to the neglected issue of water neutrality, which is often confused with nutrient neutrality, but which requires different solutions. For the last two years, the local planning authority in my constituency has faced the impossible task of obeying two entirely contradictory laws. One says th…”

“The ongoing crisis in GP access is as acute in my constituency as elsewhere. That is not simply because there are more patients, but because today’s patients have greater health challenges and need to see their GP more frequently. That is why simple comparisons with GP ratios from the past do not work. We need a health…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. First, I would like to pay tribute to my predecessor, Sir Jeremy Quin, who represented Horsham for the last 10 years. He was a dedicated MP, and in my first couple of months I have heard praise from many constituents for his past help. An MP’s best work is often unsung and behind the sc…”