Speeches by Rushworth.

“Can I just ask you about the degree to which you feel that there is competition in this space in bidding for contracts because it seems that Palladium has a very large share of the market.”

“Which is more profitable, working for the UK or USAID?”

“Is it?”

“I agree with my hon. Friend that these women need help, but I cannot imagine a more lonely and difficult experience than being a woman who has an abortion under the circumstances she is outlining, and I think that is a problem with new clause 1. Would it not actually make abortion much more dangerous and much more lone…”

“I recall, a few years ago, supporting a woman in a hostel who was traumatised by her own decision to abort a child. Does my hon. Friend agree, in the context of this language about protecting people, that we also need to protect people from these decisions when they are not made with the proper safeguards and protectio…”

“On that point, will my hon. Friend give way?”

“A third of children in Bishop Auckland live in poverty, so I welcome today’s spending review, which set out how they will benefit not just from the free breakfast clubs, but from the extension to free school meals, warmer homes, more access to sports and the arts, and their parents getting the pay rises that they deser…”

“In your experience, to what extent is a community homogeneous in agreement about these issues?”

“Mine is a two-part question about international development stakeholders that work in the same communities as you, and the degree to which they are either a help or a hindrance. You can answer both sides, and the question is to both of you.”

“Thinking about agency and ownership, what does localisation mean in the context of access to energy in the communities that you work in?”

“In your experience, to what extent is a community homogeneous in agreement about these issues?”

“Thinking about agency and ownership, what does localisation mean in the context of access to energy in the communities that you work in?”

“Mine is a two-part question about international development stakeholders that work in the same communities as you, and the degree to which they are either a help or a hindrance. You can answer both sides, and the question is to both of you.”

“I thank the Minister for his diligence and his patient answers and for an excellent statement. I agreed with every word of it, and I appreciate the actions that the Government have taken to sanction two Ministers, both of whom have expressed genocidal intent. The Minister is also correct in saying that the two-state so…”

“What is the Secretary of State doing to make it more affordable for households to make their homes energy-efficient? The current model is that those who can afford to outlay some funding then get a taxpayer-funded subsidy, but those who cannot put down those first few thousand do not get that support.”

“On 3 September, I said in this House that I represent England’s coldest and snowiest constituency, where even people on a living wage can be in fuel poverty, as can children and pensioners. That is why, as the Minister knows, I pressed the Government not only for the changes that he has announced today, but to widen th…”

“Sixty seconds is not long enough for a speech, but there is clearly a lot of strong feeling in the Chamber today about this issue, so I hope that one day we will make more time for a longer conversation about this really important issue. We all know what the physical and mental health benefits of swimming are. For me, …”

“As the shadow Chief Secretary was comparing the records of our Governments earlier, I was reminded of the moment when they made all these transport announcements, and it turned out that half had been delivered already and the other half were cancelled within 24 hours. They included the Leamside line in the north-east, …”

“I regularly speak to veterans in Bishop Auckland and, although they mostly reflect positively on their military service, they often mention the need to improve homes for forces families. Will the Minister welcome this week’s announcement that Labour will improve 3,000 forces family homes in Scotland as part of a £1.5 b…”

“3. What steps he is taking with the Scottish Government to support veterans in Scotland.”