Speeches by Irons.

“Do you think the health and social wellbeing benefits that bowls brings to predominantly older demographics are fully understood and appreciated by councils and Government?”

“We heard earlier from the LTA about its partnership working with local authorities. Obviously, it has taken a lot more money to refurbish tennis courts, but that partnership approach with local authorities has been very successful. Is there any scope for Bowls England to take a similar approach? It might not be on that…”

“Hello, Jon. My name is Natasha and I am an MP in Croydon; we have the Spring Park Shirley Bowling Club in my constituency, which is facing an existential crisis. Its site may be closed down due to council cuts in funding and not being able to maintain the buildings. Similarly, the BBC reported that Leeds council was al…”

“To wrap it up, on that point, how are you promoting that link and making clubs and schools talk to each other? What are you doing to facilitate that conversation between them, if anything? It is not necessarily all on your shoulders, but how are you doing it?”

“I want to look at how we strengthen the pathways from school clubs to community clubs. You have mentioned a lot about funding and facilities, and we also touched on leasing space as a barrier. What more can we do to strengthen those pathways from not only local clubs but schools, so that there is much more of a flow be…”

“Thank you all for attending today. On developing your sports and creating opportunities for young people outside school, we have heard evidence on inter sport competitions being on the decline. What are your thoughts on how that impacts the growth of your sports, and what we could do to drive them again? By inter sport…”

“No, mine is just a local, community-led bowls club that has been there for a very long time, and the examples you give of things like breaking down loneliness is exactly what it is doing. My final question is: what do you then want to see local councils and Government do to protect bowling greens and bowling clubs goin…”

“Do you think the health and social wellbeing benefits that bowls brings to predominantly older demographics are fully understood and appreciated by councils and Government?”

“We heard earlier from the LTA about its partnership working with local authorities. Obviously, it has taken a lot more money to refurbish tennis courts, but that partnership approach with local authorities has been very successful. Is there any scope for Bowls England to take a similar approach? It might not be on that…”

“Hello, Jon. My name is Natasha and I am an MP in Croydon; we have the Spring Park Shirley Bowling Club in my constituency, which is facing an existential crisis. Its site may be closed down due to council cuts in funding and not being able to maintain the buildings. Similarly, the BBC reported that Leeds council was al…”

“I want to look at how we strengthen the pathways from school clubs to community clubs. You have mentioned a lot about funding and facilities, and we also touched on leasing space as a barrier. What more can we do to strengthen those pathways from not only local clubs but schools, so that there is much more of a flow be…”

“Thank you all for attending today. On developing your sports and creating opportunities for young people outside school, we have heard evidence on inter sport competitions being on the decline. What are your thoughts on how that impacts the growth of your sports, and what we could do to drive them again? By inter sport…”

“I welcome this Government’s continued commitment to breaking down barriers to opportunity, and I welcome the investment in the nurseries at Monks Orchard primary school and Fairchildes primary school in my constituency—I visited Fairchildes earlier in the year, and I know that that money will go to very good use. Does …”

“As a person from a working-class background who worked on Channel 4, I know it is entirely possible. I wanted to go back to the idea of content on YouTube and the impact of things like AI and copyright and that conversation. What is Channel 4’s thinking on that wider debate around copyright and AI? Do you feel there is…”

“Ian, you made the point earlier about us not legislating or trying to catch up in incremental steps; we have to think about the whole framework so that it captures everything and innovation continues, but we can keep it in an environment that is fair and regulated. On that, Alex, you talked about your speech about Gen …”

“Are you satisfied with Ofcom’s processes for implementing the Media Act, especially on issues to do with prominence, or are there things we could be doing better or learning about?”

“Do you think that we have the powers in the Media Act to do that, or do we need new legislation?”

“I used to work at Channel 4, and my husband still works there.”

“Picking up on the issues around the regulatory framework and the argument about the disadvantage between online streamers and traditional media, are we in a space where we should be thinking about these places as publishers again? I am not in control of the EPG of Channel 4, just as I am not in control of the algorithm…”

“I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this important issue in the House. At this time on a Monday night, Members may not find the prospect of discussing the Croydon area remodelling scheme, or CARS, the most exciting way to spend their time, but I can assure them that it is. The scheme is not just about providing …”