Speeches by Cadbury.

“We were all aware and deeply conscious of how many Scottish voters were disadvantaged in the July 2024 election. As Scottish summer holidays start some weeks earlier than in England, many Scottish voters were disenfranchised. The Bill in itself will not change that, but like a broken record, I go back to the point that…”

“I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. It is not just confusing for the voter; it is more difficult for the already stressed-out EROs. They have a difficult enough job, they often do not have enough colleagues with them, and if they do not do their job absolutely perfectly, there is the potential for mistakes to be ma…”

“That is absolutely right. We must listen to older voters’ needs. Some are digitally excluded, which is why it is always a good idea to have paper copies of the form to give them, and to tell them what they need to do to get that application off. Others are not digitally excluded and, like my mother, have smartphones an…”

“I absolutely agree. That is why voters in Wales and Scotland need equality of access with voters in England, and I hope that the Government will support the Bill. In 2023, the then Government launched online voting applications for postal and proxy voting. If I have read the explanatory notes correctly, that is the dis…”

“I welcome the Secretary of State to her place and I look forward to working with her. The original vision for HS2 was to link London with the midlands and the north, and to address the growing capacity challenge on the west coast main line with a whole new rail line. The last Government panicked and mothballed much of …”

“I welcome this wide-ranging Bill that focuses on the important issues of keeping children safe, providing more support for children in care, addressing child poverty, raising educational standards and returning local authorities to the centre of school place planning. Given the cost of living, and with child poverty as…”

“Do we have a timescale, Dame Bernadette, for the revised business case?”

“It is also about residents not knowing in the morning whether they can take their kids to school or go to work, on the route that they have normally used. They then have to go a long way around and end up being late.”

“On the issue of residents impacted by HS2, I was on the Transport Committee in May last year when we went to Buckinghamshire and spoke to a number of stakeholders, including the county council, parish councils, landowners, farmers and residents. They had an almost universal regret at the way HS2 was communicating with …”

“I ask the question because the Elizabeth line is an example that has way exceeded its projections in the first year of operation. It is a really live question from passengers current and future.”

“My biggest fear is that the future station, or three stations in one, will not be big enough for the passenger throughput that there could be if the envelope of it is reduced and the external funding is not available. How are you going to address the risk that there could be pressures to reduce the scope of the station…”

“Are you working with other stakeholders on these benefits, and if so, which other stakeholders? You talk about land value rises. Do you mean just contained within the envelope of stations and so on, or do you mean the wider regional impacts?”

“Thank you, Sir Geoffrey. Thank you to HS2 for hosting the Committee yesterday at Old Oak Common. We saw the work going on to build that very large station. This meeting has very rightly focused on the cost issues of HS2 so far. I want to address the benefit side of the business case. Mark Wild has reminded us that this…”

“Israel’s behaviour towards Palestinians, as I saw 30 or 40 years ago, only worsens the chances of peace. It builds in children’s minds the idea that peace is a long way off. In that sense, I agree with the hon. Member. What we have seen in recent months goes beyond any reasonable definition of self-defence, with destru…”

“It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Harris. I congratulate all those involved in bringing the petitions to Parliament, including all my constituents who signed them. After 15 months of horror, the death and destruction have to stop. To address the petition on Palestinian statehood, the most important a…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for introducing this very important debate, and I thank all those who organised the petitions, especially my constituents who signed one or both. In Hounslow, as in many areas represented by Mem…”

“I, too, read the briefing from the British Fireworks Association, and what concerned me was that it seemed to underemphasise the damage being caused by providing the tiny percentage of people who are injured. Does my hon. Friend agree that that ignores the fear, terror and trauma of animals and people, which Members ac…”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We know that it is possible to buy bright, colourful, exciting fireworks that do not make nearly so much noise, and some jurisdictions already legislate for that. During the firework season, our hospitals work even harder than ever, treating what are too often life-changing injuries.…”

“T3. A block of 50 flats in my constituency was built by the public sector 60 years ago and has now been found to have a major structural fault that will cost over £1 million to fix. The flat owners are also shared freeholders of the block and cannot afford the cost of the repair or to sell their flats. As it is an unus…”

“I have a final one on the spending review. If you do not have sufficient information to understand the current condition of roads or the impact of the funding that you already provide, how do you use the evidence to inform the spending review for the local road maintenance funding?”