Speeches by Waugh.

“Deeplish community centre in Rochdale has just celebrated 35 years of providing pre-school clubs, holiday playgroups and elderly lunch clubs, as well as jobs and training for people in the heart of Rochdale. The key thing is that it proudly retains its Sure Start status, as it did under the last Labour Government, and …”

“Finally, are there any other financial incentives that Government could introduce to help independent companies like yours other than changing the tax credit?”

“Thank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. One of the most appalling aspects of this conflict has been Israel’s reckless disregard not just for civilian life but for that of medical practitioners and patients. Kamal Adwan hospital, the last major facility in northern Gaza, is now out of service, as Member…”

““Black Doves” is fantastic. It kept us going over Christmas as well. Can I just push you a bit on the fact you are a creative entrepreneur and you are talking a lot about competitive advantage that we need as the UK but also, as you were saying to Damian, the idea of protecting a cultural heritage, protecting an indige…”

“You mentioned quotas. I imagine you would then be against this idea of having the “made outside London” quotas that are applied to public service broadcasters; you would not want to see them applied to streamers?”

“You anticipated my next question. Obviously you would quite like to see the TV tax credit match the independent film tax credit, but can I ask you a little bit about how that might help all those companies that are working in the low-cost area in Britain? Obviously we talk about high-end TV but a lot of the companies a…”

“In the last few days, my hometown’s name, Rochdale, has been exploited by some people who treat child rape as a political game rather than as an appalling crime that should be dealt with. The horrific abuse of children by grooming gangs, many of them predominantly Pakistani-heritage grooming gangs, was compounded by fa…”

“I welcome the statement. The Minister refers to Ed Newton-Rex, who recently gave evidence to our Select Committee on this very subject. It is clear that creatives are deeply worried about any suggestion of an opt-out when it comes to the solution. That is why I welcome my hon. Friend’s commitment at the Dispatch Box to…”

“One of the main reasons I became a politician was the fact that my wife is a midwife. She would come home night after night complaining bitterly about staff shortages on the wards. Can the Minister reassure me that maternity services will receive all the funds they need over the winter, and will she join me in thanking…”

“I would like to ask you about the long term. Baroness Chapman, you told the Lords last month that “it was a mistake to put that burden”, for the World Service, “entirely on the licence fee payer”, and you said you were open to future funding models. Do you accept that the current hybrid funding model is unsustainable?”

“Given that the money does come from the FCDO rather than from CMS, do you accept that the current hybrid model is unsustainable?”

“I can see that the brilliantly advised Minister Peacock wants to step in right now.”

“Notwithstanding your editorial independence, it would be interesting if you could write to us to let us know whether there was any feedback from the Government about anticipation about that decision and the impact of it, and whether there was any decision within Government to say, “You have consulted us. We think it is…”

“Director General, was the FCDO made aware beforehand of that decision to withdraw radio services from BBC Arabic?”

“I declare my interest as a member of the National Union of Journalists and as a former presenter of BBC Radio 4’s “Week in Westminster”. It is radio that I would like to ask you about, and particularly the closure of BBC Arabic and BBC Persian radio services. Mr Munro, you talked about people living in the rubble of Ga…”

“I totally get the point about the charter review, but this is specifically an inquiry into World Service funding. That is why I was directing it at Baroness Chapman. My own Chair may now have a question on longer-term funding as well.”

“I would like to ask you about the long term. Baroness Chapman, you told the Lords last month that “it was a mistake to put that burden”, for the World Service, “entirely on the licence fee payer”, and you said you were open to future funding models. Do you accept that the current hybrid funding model is unsustainable?”

“Given that the money does come from the FCDO rather than from CMS, do you accept that the current hybrid model is unsustainable?”

“I can see that the brilliantly advised Minister Peacock wants to step in right now.”

“I declare my interest as a member of the National Union of Journalists and as a former presenter of BBC Radio 4’s “Week in Westminster”. It is radio that I would like to ask you about, and particularly the closure of BBC Arabic and BBC Persian radio services. Mr Munro, you talked about people living in the rubble of Ga…”