Speeches by Davies.

“Salts Mill is the gold standard of conservation and heritage restoration and the David Hockney paintings that can be seen there are truly remarkable—I encourage all colleagues to go to Saltaire and visit Salts Mill. My hon. Friend does a great job promoting what that wonderful community has to offer. There is a high ba…”

“It is the greatest pleasure of my professional life to be the MP for Mid Derbyshire. That is particularly true today, when we have been taken on a magical mystery tour of the best places across the UK and further afield. I thank colleagues for bringing their insight, knowledge, experience and passion for their communit…”

“That is a challenge. A few sites, including the one in my constituency, have a buffer zone in which development must be tightly controlled. We need to get more energy from renewables, but there is a balance to be struck at valuable sites such as the Giant’s Causeway, which welcomes hundreds of thousands of people each …”

“The right hon. Lady makes a good point. There are challenges associated with cultural landscapes and living sites, but there are many examples of where we can make that work. Having a national strategy would provide a shared view across Government Departments to best support the sites. I will say something later about …”

“I know the intangible heritage there is in Stoke-on-Trent and I encourage my hon. Friend to join the all-party parliamentary group on UNESCO world heritage sites, of which I am the chair, because that might be a vehicle to progress the bid. She is very welcome to speak to me about that. The Derwent valley in my constit…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the 80th anniversary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing time for this debate. It is a great joy to see so m…”

“Sir Bernard, as you have heard from the other pitches that we have heard today, there is a long list of applications waiting for the Chamber and Westminster Hall. The Committee has 17 debates on its waiting list wanting Chamber time, and it is only likely to have a maximum of 16 debates to allocate between now and the …”

“This review is hugely welcome because it begins to help us address what we have known for a long time: the creative subjects in our schools have been in decline. That is bad not just for young people, but for society and our national life. May I first urge the Secretary of State to learn from this review, and implement…”

“Also, Tuesday debates in Westminster Hall are dependent on the departmental answering rota. Is this the Treasury?”

“As was raised in the previous presentation, James, debate titles need to be somewhat more neutral. Would you be happy if the title were changed to “Productivity and Economic Growth in the East Midlands”?”

“The erroneous release of this individual was an appalling error. I am grateful that he has been caught and that the Justice Secretary will take steps to get to the bottom of what went wrong in this case. I will be grateful if he comes back to the House in due course to report on his findings. When they started last yea…”

“I am pleased that this urgent question has been secured, because I have written to the Minister about this company. I am also grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Sadik Al-Hassan), who has given me advice in the matter. I am pleased that the Government are taking regulatory action in respect of the…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hertford and Stortford (Josh Dean) for securing the debate. Leaders at the Derby college group told me that some of their students, including some with special educational needs, get trapped in a seemingly endless cycle …”

“Obviously we would like this debate to go ahead if it can, but is there any risk that it would prejudice ongoing legal proceedings?”

“The world held its breath over the past few days as a glimmer of hope was on the horizon. I thank the Prime Minister, Ministers, the Government and British officials for the progress that they have made with the United States to bring about this progress. Peace will be embedded and sustained only if it is built with or…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her generosity in giving way at this late hour. I am not an east of England MP, but I am the Chair of the all-party parliamentary group on UNESCO world heritage sites, so this is an issue about which I care passionately. On the point my hon. Friend has just made, I ask the Minister to bear in…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I welcome these measures, and it is good to see that they are welcomed across the Committee. Too many people in this country live in poor quality or dangerous housing, and unfortunately on a number of occasions we have seen the result of that. I also welco…”

“Thank you for speaking with so much sense and sensibility.”

“Thank you, Chair. I will obviously recuse myself from making any decisions about whether this debate is progressed. I am really pleased to be able to present this application, which has been signed by 12 Members across different parties, as well as me. This year marks the 80th anniversary since the foundation in London…”

“Thank you, Chair.”