Speeches by Prinsley.

“I am Peter Prinsley, MP for Bury St Edmunds, and Stowmarket. I have enjoyed listening to your responses. Do you think there are any safe countries that people come here from? For instance, if you are a migrant seeking asylum who has come from Vietnam or Pakistan, do you think that we could just send you straight back t…”

“Family reunion is presently suspended?”

“What would you like to do with family reunion? What would you change, suppose you were in charge?”

“What about what we are doing in comparison with other countries?”

“That is exactly what our constituents notice when they look at their television screens.”

“I agree. When we were in northern France, we saw the men you describe. That is exactly what we saw. Men between 18 and about 30. We did not see women and girls. If there were some, there were very few and they were in tents out of sight.”

“What would be your definition of a partner country?”

“Many of us are concerned about the progress of the assisted dying or Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the other place. There appears to be an orchestrated filibuster in progress to defy the will of the elected Chamber; many amendments have been tabled, including amendments demanding pregnancy tests for old m…”

“I congratulate our own frontline team, because this is a great deal. I came to Parliament partly to speak up for our NHS, and I have spoken in many debates. I have also trained many surgeons over the years, and I know that my fellow surgeons will be up for this deal. College presidents will support it, and I urge all r…”

“I will not just now. I agree with all those arguments, but why do I support digital ID? Because I believe that those arguments are about the practicalities of how we implement digital ID, as opposed to the principle of whether we should have digital ID in the first place. It should be entirely possible for a great coun…”

“Does the Minister agree that at the heart of this matter is the question of the truth, and the question of whether the deliberation of the safety advisory group at Birmingham city council was compromised or prejudiced?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. I think I am the first person to speak today who is a supporter of digital ID. However, I agree with many of the objections raised by some colleagues; they are reasonable arguments and echo what many of my constituents have told me. Simon from Stowmarket wrote…”

“Unlike many Opposition Members, I welcome this announcement, for I know that the people of Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket will want the Government to get this process right. Does the Minister agree that we are not cancelling anything; we are simply postponing the mayoral elections, so that we can get this right, and so…”

“My final question, on the basis of what you have said, is this: is it your opinion that at some point there was political interference in the decision to ban the supporters, and was this the result of a prejudiced assessment of the advice and information?”

“Do you think that they just ignored that?”

“It seems to me that you are a uniquely placed individual in this respect: not only are you the Government’s antisemitism adviser, but you have this great expertise in football and football crowds. You took a great deal of care before this episode to do everything that was expected of you. You produced some advice, whic…”

“I know!”

“Are you trying to say that the facts have slightly changed to fit the decision?”

“That would be a summary of what has gone on here?”

“And there was also input from the local MP?”