Speeches by Irons.

“Perhaps there is a role for local councils in bringing together clubs and putting it on their websites so that everyone knows that there is a one-stop shop of what is happening in your area.”

“This is my first time in front of the Committee, and it does feel a little like “Dragons Den”. I am sure that you have had the opportunity to review the application, so I will keep my remarks brief. I am hoping to bring forward this general debate as I do not think there is any plan more long term than investing in the…”

“As a graduate of the Croydon Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prime Minister will know that youth services can broaden a young person’s horizons beyond what they could ever imagine. With national spending on youth services having declined 73% since 2010, will the Prime Minister outline how this Government will bring y…”

“If anyone does not get to intervene today, I would ask them to please sign up to my Backbench Business debate on youth services, because we need more time to discuss this matter. As my hon. Friend rightly points out, supporting youth services is not just a moral case, but a financial one. Does she agree that the 73% de…”

“Croydon’s youth engagement team is a council-run service that provides critical support for young people across Croydon, including keeping kids away from being groomed by gangs, supporting a youth assembly that gives kids a civic voice, and providing a youth hub in New Addington, in my constituency. Those services are …”

“I thank the Minister for meeting me and other Croydon MPs to talk about our council’s legacy of debt. The Minister talks about early help and prevention. Will the funding formula take account of things such as youth services, where early help and prevention can have a massive impact on what councils have to spend over …”

“I welcome this Government’s commitment to halving violence against women and girls, and their investment in the domestic abuse protection order scheme in Croydon. However, Croydon’s youth engagement team, who focus on helping to prevent young women from being brought into gangs through grooming, abuse and vulnerability…”

“I had hoped that we could move away from this pitting area against area. I can assure the shadow Secretary of State that I am from an urban area with high deprivation, but with very high transport costs for children to get to special educational needs placements, and also massive temporary accommodation costs. Perhaps …”

“Given some of the evidence we heard in the first session, what is your response to the fear of the smaller start-ups in the UK that the bigger boys in the race could hold back their development and stop them moving forward?”

“Thank you for coming in this afternoon. I am thinking about where we have already been in this journey and the previous consultations and discussions. You mentioned that you have met with a group of officials previously. Matt, given your sector’s response in the last Parliament, are you surprised that the Government ha…”

“I am very interested in the perspective of start-ups, and how they scale up their business models and things of that sort. On the other side of that, how do you envisage creatives being paid for their content? How do you envisage that industry still thriving if, as you stated, you prefer option 2, which is to do what A…”

“Given some of the evidence we heard in the first session, what is your response to the fear of the smaller start-ups in the UK that the bigger boys in the race could hold back their development and stop them moving forward?”

“Sajeeda, are the current proposals at least a slight improvement to the previously proposed TDM exemptions?”

“Thank you for coming in this afternoon. I am thinking about where we have already been in this journey and the previous consultations and discussions. You mentioned that you have met with a group of officials previously. Matt, given your sector’s response in the last Parliament, are you surprised that the Government ha…”

“I am very interested in the perspective of start-ups, and how they scale up their business models and things of that sort. On the other side of that, how do you envisage creatives being paid for their content? How do you envisage that industry still thriving if, as you stated, you prefer option 2, which is to do what A…”

“Sajeeda, are the current proposals at least a slight improvement to the previously proposed TDM exemptions?”

“Last week, I received letters from year 5 pupils at St Thomas Becket Catholic primary school in my constituency. They raised concerns about deforestation and highlighted the alarming decline of tropical rainforests by 50% and the unacceptable use of child labour by the industries driving deforestation. Will the Leader …”

“I thought I was going to get away with it. There was a lot of discussion around skills and training and the apprenticeship levy and how we can ensure that the industry as a whole has the skills that it needs to grow. Going back to the apprenticeship levy, can you clarify the changes around short-term contracts? Will th…”

“This has come up as you have been talking about these plans, talking about the DFE and how it sits with them, and this is really their remit. Is the disconnect between the two Departments what has made the delay in reforming the apprenticeship levy continue? Can we nip that in the bud?”

“Just on top of that, Chair, it is also about consent, isn’t it? The thing that separates us and the machines is that we give consent to what we do with ourselves and our content. Someone might not want anyone to have their content, so where is the consent in that? There isn’t, is there?”