Speeches by Prinsley.

“14. What steps her Department is taking to help ensure the continued delivery of aid in Gaza and the west bank.”

“We could make a law to outlaw anonymous posts like this, couldn’t we?”

“Last year, my surgical colleague Mr Rahbour, of West Suffolk hospital, spent a month at the Nasser hospital in Gaza. When I met him last week, he gave a graphic description of the situation in and around the hospital. He is one of the brave NHS workers of whom we can all be intensely proud. As we have said, access to h…”

“I am going to ask a little about research: what the Government are doing to fund research and what we could do to improve the research that we are doing to try to work out what best we could do. If we had some research funding, how would you spend it?”

“Finally, do you think that the anonymity of the people who post stuff is also part of the problem? Is it reasonable for people to be able to post stuff and not reveal who they are?”

“The problem lies with the tech, doesn’t it? If we did not have the internet and social media, we would have much less of a problem. If it just relied on newspapers and leaflets, like it used to, it would not be a problem. We need to somehow harness the power of the tech, in particular using AI, to counter this. If we h…”

“And leadership in families, probably.”

“Nothing you have said has particularly cheered me up, I have to say. It says in your biography that in 2008, you started a women-led group called Inspire, which tried to deal with some of these problems. That is quite a long time ago. Could you tell us a little bit about that and what has happened to it since?”

“Do you not think that there are technical fixes to that, using AI to turn that stuff off?”

“Many in this House are concerned about the malign influence of the ayatollahs in our own country. There has been dreadful slaughter on the streets of Iran, but curiously little protest on the streets of Britain. What a contrast that is to the regular protests—sometimes intimidatory to local Jewish people—about the terr…”

“As possibly the only MP with American grandchildren, may I ask whether the Foreign Secretary agrees that whatever disagreements may arise between this Government and the Government of the United States about Greenland, the bonds of friendship and kinship between the peoples of this island and the peoples of the United …”

“I thank the Home Secretary for her statement. It is disappointing, but perhaps unsurprising, that some of the evidence presented to the Home Affairs Committee was an AI hallucination. As I look to the back row of the Opposition side of the Chamber, I ask the Secretary of State whether she shares my suspicions that ther…”

“I am concerned about medical students. If they have problems at university, there is a duty of care for them; if they are outwith the university, at a general practice or in another clinical setting under the aegis of the NHS, there appears to be no statutory duty of care. Does my hon. Friend agree that we must sort th…”

“I am concerned about the villages in my most beautiful constituency of Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket; there, people tell me that they are increasingly concerned about the lack of affordable housing in rural communities. What steps is the Minister taking to increase the supply of affordable housing for local people in …”

“I believe I just heard the hon. Member say that there had been a petition with 3 million signatures last year and one with 1 million signatures this year. If that is correct, does that mean that the number of people calling for an election has fallen by two thirds?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. It is lovely to see so many hon. Members on the Opposition Benches—that is unusual in a Westminster Hall debate. I am a new politician, but I like elections. I like them very much, especially if I can talk about the health service. I like talking about hospita…”

“T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

“But indeed. [Laughter.] There remain several hazardous crossings on the busy east-west line between Ipswich and Cambridge, including at Thurston, where pedestrians are obliged to walk across the track. Does the Secretary of State agree that we must support all initiatives to improve the safety of such crossings?”

“I am delighted to inform the Secretary of State that the long-awaited footbridge with lifts has finally been installed at Stowmarket station and is due to be commissioned very soon—”

“I welcome the Government’s statement this evening. I am proud that Suffolk is home to one of the largest air bases in the country. British military families have been in contact with me this afternoon as they are alarmed at the deterioration in the security situation. What reassurance can the Secretary of State give to…”