Speeches by Brickell.

“Given that modesty of ambition, as you put it, are there any realistic workarounds to not having access to those two databases?”

“My hon. Friend talks about commemoration. The Westhoughton branch of the Royal British Legion, set up in 1921 after 109 soldiers from the town died in the first world war, was one of the first of its kind in the country. With that in mind, will he congratulate the Westhoughton branch of the Royal British Legion on the …”

“And a question for Naomi Smith. What does the polling say on youth mobility?”

“You mentioned pitch-rolling earlier, in a slightly different context. What do you make of the Government seemingly softening their position in public over the last few weeks on this issue?”

“I would like to ask a few questions about youth mobility, perhaps starting with Professor Menon. How important is youth mobility as part of the reset with the EU?”

“I want to come back to the comments you made, Naomi Smith, about how regulatory divergence is impacting the UK. I wonder, Professor Paton, whether you have conducted any research that looks at what impact that has on how competitive British exporters are in the European market compared with our European competitors.”

“Has your organisation done any cost-benefit analysis of youth mobility for the UK?”

“Would you like to expand on that for the benefit of the Committee?”

“May I put on record my thanks to the Minister for his statement today and commend him and the Foreign Secretary for securing this landmark memorandum of understanding with the Palestinian Government? Following my meeting yesterday with Prime Minister Mustafa, can the Minister tell this House how the MOU and the £101 mi…”

“I welcome the statement from the Minister today. In light of the awful terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, what work are the Government undertaking to consult the Kashmiri diaspora here in the UK and identify their concerns?”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“From conversations with my constituents, it is clear that after 14 years of Tory government there is a systemic issue of overcrowding in social housing. Under the Housing Act 1985, a living room is classed as sleeping accommodation, which means that many families in my constituency find themselves stuck on the housing …”

“As one of the individuals who was sanctioned yesterday by the Kremlin, I ask the Minister whether he agrees that if Putin is serious about securing any sort of lasting peace in Ukraine, he should stop the performative sanctioning of democratically elected Members of this House and focus on stopping the murderous, barba…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. Before I begin, I declare an interest as the secretary of the all-party parliamentary group on Germany. It is our country’s relationship with Germany—seen through the prism of the UK-EU relationship—that I will refer to today. I thank my hon. Friend the Member…”

“The Electoral Commission has the power to issue fines only up to the value of £20,000, so I welcome the right hon. and learned Member’s comments. I take it that he agrees with the report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life, which found that this threshold needs to be dramatically increased in order to safegu…”

“My first job was working at Bolton hospital, so will the Leader of the House join me in thanking the many staff at Bolton NHS foundation trust who, between October 2024 and January 2025, secured a drop in local waiting lists of 2,447 patients? After 14 years of neglect under the Conservatives, will she find Government …”

“2. What assessment the Committee has made of the effectiveness of the Electoral Commission’s powers to enforce compliance with political donation rules.”

“Does the Minister agree that it is vital the UK Government fulfil their obligations under international law? Does he recognise that the January 2021 binding judgment of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea—[Interruption]—which was handed down under the Conservative Government, found that the UK’s current a…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Mrs Russell) for introducing this important debate. I rise today to make the case for communities such as mine in Bolton West to be placed at the heart of the Green Book review. The Government’s laser-like…”

“Thank you, Madam President. Here on the British Foreign Affairs Committee, we often think about what unique role the United Kingdom can play. In high-level diplomacy, what do you think the UK can do to support Georgian democracy and territorial sovereignty?”