Speeches by Prinsley.

“I thank the Minister for his statement. I declare an interest as a member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, but I speak for myself. The actions of Minister Gvir, seen on the news last night, are an utter disgrace. As a Jewish MP, I was ashamed, for sometimes it is not easy to be a Jewish MP in this House. Does …”

“I was interested in the hon. Gentleman’s comment about the shortage of welders. Does he agree that the Government’s plan for construction colleges of excellence, including the one in Bury St Edmunds, will be crucial for the provision of welders?”

“I do understand that that is the case. Would there be, for instance, a process of competitive tendering for the legal services?”

“I am sure you will. Thank you.”

“I am Peter Prinsley, the MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. To a member of the public, £65 million seems like an enormous sum of money. Would you give us an idea of how that money is to be used exactly? Is this £65 million for legal fees? Is it £65 million for salaries? Just tell “a voter on the doorstep” what you …”

“That fits with my experience of the situation, particularly in rural schools, where we have seen an astonishing increase in antisemitism in East Anglia. Could you talk about how the CST data is gathered? How complete do you think it is?”

“In this country, we have the CST. Obviously, we are very lucky to have the CST. In other countries, do they have something similar? Are there lessons we can learn from other countries about how best to deal with this, or are they learning from us?”

“I completely agree with that. It has moved from a situation where there were remarks at the edge of a dinner party to something that is everybody’s everyday experience. Moving on, is the situation in the UK different to some other countries? Is there something uniquely bad about what is going on here?”

“I am a member of Labour Friends of Israel, a member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, a trustee of the Norwich Hebrew Congregation, and of course I am a Jewish MP.”

“That is obviously terrible. Would you say that there is a particular type of incident that has seen the greatest increase?”

“Good morning, everybody. I am the MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, although I am a member of the Norwich Hebrew Congregation. This question is to Dave Rich: could you describe the scale of the recent increase in antisemitism in the UK, please?”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for securing this debate. I am concerned about the mental health of farmers. There is about one suicide a week among UK farmers. Does he agree that we must do everything we can to support the mental health of our farmers?”

“Where is it and can you describe it?”

“Right. If at the beginning of a Parliament we had the figures on the number of rapes that were reported each year, do you think that a measure of success would be, at the end of a Parliament, that the number of reported rates had halved?”

“Okay. How does this thing get funded and does it have a long-term funding plan?”

“In our mission to halve violence against women and girls, let’s just talk about, say, rape. Do you think it is realistic to halve the incidence of rape?”

“I just want to come in quickly. We have been talking about the definition of violence against women and girls. There is a clear definition of rape and there must be figures on the number of reported rapes, but we know that many rapes—probably most rapes—are not reported.”

“Can you describe how this centre actually works to deliver the VAWG strategy? What does it do?”

“I would like to ask about the National Centre for VAWG and Public Protection. First of all, is it actually a place? Is it a centre?”

“Do you want to come in?”