Speeches by Irons.

“What do you think could be done to raise awareness and lower the barriers to entry in applying for these things? What do you think would be helpful?”

“Do you think that the creative foundations fund will sufficiently address creative organisations’ infrastructure needs? Do you think that it will be enough to cover the issues that you have with infrastructure? Is it a step in the right direction? There is always more that can be done, but do you think it will be helpf…”

“Thanks so much for coming today. I am going to talk a bit about the impact of funding on these spaces. Compared with the funding for creative projects, how much funding is available to maintain a venue’s infrastructure?”

“At a time when just 26% of the UK’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce are women, I am incredibly proud that Croydon high school in my constituency is on course to become the first all-girls school in the world to design, build and launch a CubeSat into space, following a successful live flight …”

“The hon. Member is making excellent points. On deprivation and the cost of housing, does she agree with me that when we factor in London’s housing costs, London becomes the poverty capital of the country? Without vital funding for housing in London, London does not grow. If London does not get the funding it needs for …”

“I want to highlight the local impact of that £2.2 billion, which means that my community in Croydon will finally get new trams. Croydon is not the only place in London that has trams, but we have the oldest trams in the country, and the sustainable, multi-year funding settlement means that my outer London borough will …”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) for securing this very important debate. I rise to speak on an issue that cuts across every postcode, every classroom and every community: the persistent and growing gap in educational engagement and attainment among our boys. Although I declare an i…”

“It does feel as if we are in a situation where we have our PSBs now competing in this massive global market. Also in their favour is the rich, great content that can lead the world in many spaces. Do you think that there are any other places in which our PSBs could be looking to form strategic partnerships to put thems…”

“Thanks for coming. I will be very brief; I know that we are trying to get on to the next points. You mentioned skills, the curriculum review and pressures from Treasury. These levers do not necessarily sit within DCMS. What are the challenges of trying to work across spaces where you do not control the levers within yo…”

“Perhaps this is a pre-emptive step, then, because we have the public service broadcasters working together on Freely. Hopefully, that is something that they can invest more into, to avoid facing again the situation of having the rug pulled out from underneath them. Is that what we are trying to do, to get ahead of it a…”

“Thanks for coming. I will be very brief; I know that we are trying to get on to the next points. You mentioned skills, the curriculum review and pressures from Treasury. These levers do not necessarily sit within DCMS. What are the challenges of trying to work across spaces where you do not control the levers within yo…”

“Reading through the plan, there is talk of public sector broadcasters and what their future might look like. I can understand that you are asking the Competition and Markets Authority to explore how the public sector broadcasters might work together more closely. Do you want to outline why you have done that?”

“Perhaps this is a pre-emptive step, then, because we have the public service broadcasters working together on Freely. Hopefully, that is something that they can invest more into, to avoid facing again the situation of having the rug pulled out from underneath them. Is that what we are trying to do, to get ahead of it a…”

“It does feel as if we are in a situation where we have our PSBs now competing in this massive global market. Also in their favour is the rich, great content that can lead the world in many spaces. Do you think that there are any other places in which our PSBs could be looking to form strategic partnerships to put thems…”

“Reading through the plan, there is talk of public sector broadcasters and what their future might look like. I can understand that you are asking the Competition and Markets Authority to explore how the public sector broadcasters might work together more closely. Do you want to outline why you have done that?”

“I welcome this Government’s commitment to early years, because we all know that investment in early years has a profound impact not only on the lives of children but on communities such as mine in Croydon East. Does the Secretary of State agree that the fact that one in three low-income families currently do not have a…”

“Q2. Unlike the Conservatives, this Government have not dragged their feet in banning zombie knives and ninja-style swords in their effort to tackle knife crime. In Croydon, where youth violence has cast a devastating shadow across our communities, our local police are running a surrender scheme this month to take those…”

“Q13. Successive Conservative Governments stripped our councils of funding for youth services, pitting them against services that were under statutory protections. That has led to one in eight councils no longer having a youth centre. Croydon, which is London’s youngest borough, is about to lose its youth engagement tea…”

“I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause seeks to ensure that if a patient dies while in detention under the Mental Health Act, an independent inquiry into their death will be required. Unlike deaths in prison or police-related deaths, deaths while a person is detained under the Mental Healt…”

“I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 26 Use of restraint and restrictive intervention “(1) The Mental Health Act 1983 is amended as follows. (2) In Part II (Compulsory Admission to Hospital and Guardianship), after section 7, insert— ‘7A Use of force in connection with admi…”