Speeches by Anderson.

“The hon. Member asks who will fill the skills gap or the labour gap. How about the 7 million people in this country who are economically inactive?”

“The right hon. Gentleman is being most generous with his time in giving way, especially to a Member from a minority party. He raises an interesting point about people coming here to study and bringing dependants. Does he know of any British students who have gone abroad and taken their family with them?”

“On that point, will the right hon. Gentleman give way?”

“I thank the hon. Member for giving way again; this is the last time that I will intervene. He said that 16,000 people with no right to be in this country have been deported. I agree with that figure, but is he aware that most of those people are overstayers on student visas or work visas, that they have been paid £3,00…”

“I recently visited a business in Kirkby-in-Ashfield in the east midlands—funnily enough, I did not see the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) there—where I was told that the increase in national insurance contributions would cost the business £240 a year, which will prevent it from recruiting people and giving it…”

“The building of more council houses throughout the UK is welcome news, especially in Ashfield, where we have 7,000 people on the waiting list. Does the Minister agree that when we are dishing these houses out, British-born, hard-working taxpayers should be prioritised?”

“A lot of harassment and intimidation cases are stoked by false allegations. This is quite personal for me, because when I first got elected, I had a big problem with a paid advert online—I know it was put on there by a friend of a political opponent—that basically said that Lee Anderson’s office was working on behalf o…”

“Thank you all for giving us your time. There is an increasing perception in this country that politicians and MPs are fair game. Just this week at one of our rallies—conferences, if you want to call them that—in Camborne in Cornwall, an angry mob turned up. I think they were antifa. They had masks on and were intimidat…”

“A lot of harassment and intimidation cases are stoked by false allegations. This is quite personal for me, because when I first got elected, I had a big problem with a paid advert online—I know it was put on there by a friend of a political opponent—that basically said that Lee Anderson’s office was working on behalf o…”

“Would you agree that when that advert went out online about me, for example, Google should have had some checks, such as a keyword check. For example, when it says an MP’s name—"Lee Anderson MP”—with the word “paedophile” at the side of it, that should be picked up. There should be a red flag somewhere in their checkin…”

“Thank you all for giving us your time. There is an increasing perception in this country that politicians and MPs are fair game. Just this week at one of our rallies—conferences, if you want to call them that—in Camborne in Cornwall, an angry mob turned up. I think they were antifa. They had masks on and were intimidat…”

“Would you agree that when that advert went out online about me, for example, Google should have had some checks, such as a keyword check. For example, when it says an MP’s name—"Lee Anderson MP”—with the word “paedophile” at the side of it, that should be picked up. There should be a red flag somewhere in their checkin…”

“I thank the Minister for her statement, but not for the madness contained within it. Recently, we have discovered a new gas field in Lincolnshire. We could frack the gas, yet we are still importing fracked gas from the United States, which is creating all sorts of mayhem in the atmosphere. Does the Minister agree that …”

“13. What his planned timetable is for the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos islands to Mauritius.”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. During the statement on defence and security, the leader of the Scottish National party, the right hon. Member for Aberdeen South (Stephen Flynn), described Reform UK MPs as Putin’s puppets and said that they were missing from the Chamber during the statement. That is not true…”

“The Minister will be aware that the Chinese have a smart city situated in Mauritius, so what safeguards are in the deal to prevent Chinese installations on Diego Garcia that could compromise our western naval security?”

“The Home Secretary will be aware that councils up and down the country have real problems with nuisance tenants creating mayhem, committing crimes and making residents’ lives a misery, so does she agree that there should be a “one strike and out” policy for these tenants, and that if they keep creating problems, they s…”

“The new Health Minister has stated that it is okay for a human being to present as a llama. If I have a family member who presents as a llama and suddenly becomes ill in the middle of the night, should I send for a doctor, a vet or a straitjacket?”

“Yes, it is.”

“The net zero madness coming from this place is truly staggering. Bearing in mind that this power station used to burn coal from a coalmine less than 20 miles away, we are now transporting wood from 3,000 miles away. We are paying over £10 billion in subsidies for this power station, and it is producing four times more …”