Speeches by Murray.

“I am glad that you picked up the emerging communities as well. I want to go back to police staff and making sure that we have a level of protection there for officers, particularly if you are looking at analysts or even payroll staff or office cleaners. It is making sure that, across the board, policing and PSNI is loo…”

“We have had quite a bit of evidence to this inquiry around policing. I particularly want to go back to the statement that Deputy Chief Constable Singleton made that a return to 50-50 recruitment would not necessarily be effective in increasing Catholic representation. Can you explain the rationale behind that?”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for St Ives (Andrew George) on securing this timely and appropriate debate. I will tell you a tale of three towns with relatively big populations on the outskirts of Glasgow, of a number of banks, of the actions of one banking group in particular, and of a community fight back. When a ban…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain, and I am planning on being brief today. As a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, it gives me great pleasure to contribute to this debate and to the work that the Committee has done—the formal and informal evidence that we took and the people t…”

“No, I will put the Minister out of her misery; hopefully, she can get to bed.”

“Q I very much welcome the panel’s expertise, particularly in the administration of what are divergent sets of elections. I will pick up on the divergence around voter ID, and the fact that there is no requirement for voter ID at devolved and local government elections, while there is a requirement at Westminster electi…”

“Q For the record, I met Dr Marshall and Mr Hughes when they gave evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on 29 January 2025. I just want to pick up on a number of recommendations they made to that Committee about the need for changes in the Northern Ireland canvass process and several other related matters. …”

“I welcome the Minister’s statement. Some of the most vulnerable people in my constituency live in the village of Banton, which is not on the gas grid. However, the rest of my constituency would be considered urban. Will the Minister make representations to the Scottish Government so that they do not just look at rurali…”

“It gives me great pleasure and pride to contribute to the debate. I have only been here 18 months, but this is one of my favourite debates in the Chamber because it gives us the privilege of listening to experiences from across the House and recognising women who make a difference in everybody’s local communities and g…”

“Finally from me, are there any other aspects of policing co-operation on the island of Ireland that you have found from your research to have been impacted by new post-Brexit arrangements?”

“Does that provide noticeable delays in issuing or being able to act on warrants, compared to the European arrest warrant system?”

“Could you elaborate a bit on how well those arrest warrants and arrangements are working in practice?”

“Thank you very much for coming along today, Gemma. To what extent is cross-border co-operation on policing and justice between the UK and Ireland continuing to function effectively under the UK-EU trade and co-operation agreement?”

“Finally from me, are there any other aspects of policing co-operation on the island of Ireland that you have found from your research to have been impacted by new post-Brexit arrangements?”

“Does that provide noticeable delays in issuing or being able to act on warrants, compared to the European arrest warrant system?”

“Could you elaborate a bit on how well those arrest warrants and arrangements are working in practice?”

“Thank you very much for coming along today, Gemma. To what extent is cross-border co-operation on policing and justice between the UK and Ireland continuing to function effectively under the UK-EU trade and co-operation agreement?”

“This Government’s decision to invest over £2 billion in creating Britain’s first fleet of small modular reactors in Anglesey will create thousands of jobs, and bring significant economic benefits to the whole region. Does the Secretary of State agree that the Scottish Government should join the Welsh Government in welc…”

“11. What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing economic growth in Wales.”

“The only other point that I want to follow up on is the agreement on the open book. Thank you for the answer that you have given already. What exactly will this exercise cover? Will you share the findings with the Committee, given our interest over a long period of time in this matter?”