Speeches by McDonagh.

“I apologise to the two Members who are standing; we have 12 minutes left for Back-Bench speeches, so that is six minutes each.”

“Silently and in semi-secrecy, London and the south-east of England are experiencing the largest mass eviction by a private landlord in decades. Criterion Capital has issued at least 130 no-fault eviction notices across its portfolio, including in Britannia Point in Collier’s Wood in my constituency. Those affected have…”

“He didn’t do that himself, though.”

“Can I just add, isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing?”

“I do not want to queer the pitch of our next questions, but it is a holistic thing. A small business does not just consider business rates; it considers what its total costs are. When you make these decisions, do you know what the potential total cost of the whole thing is, and whether these businesses can keep going?”

“My understanding is that that is an increase; you can have your business rates increased by up to £800. The original figure—what he pays this year—is £509, so that plus £800 is £1,309. That is not a big sum on its own, but it represents a 157% increase. I appreciate that you are worried about confidentiality, but my po…”

“Can I just clarify that that is the increase, not the total bill?”

“Just under, yes.”

“I am really lucky, Minister, because I was born and brought up in my constituency and I have seen the changes in my high street. I live in a very suburban area; I live opposite Kevin Godding, who owns Colliers Wood’s Coffee in the Wood, so he was able to put a briefing about his business rates through my letterbox late…”

“Be better organised—join a trade union.”

“I am not going across the road and telling Kevin that he’s an outlier.”

“No, it was something like portable discount. If that helped you to buy, you could buy in the private sector, releasing the social housing unit. It helped a family to get on the ladder, and a property was made available for somebody else in need. Obviously, you would bend it towards the larger properties, which were wha…”

“Sorry, Chair, but I have so many hobby horses that I am able to try out here. Given the reduction in the discount under right to buy, for all the reasons that you have described—there was a product, and I am trying to remember its name, where if somebody left their social housing unit to buy, they would get—”

“Most of the problems seem to me to be around the whole issue of leasehold flats in London. Whether it is shared ownership or outright home ownership, the issues of service charges, management and all the rest of it run across that whole type of property. Back in the day, there was a notion of portable shared ownership,…”

“I want to ask about the shared ownership model. What thoughts do you have about, perhaps, decreasing the proportion that somebody is required to buy? Might that allow more people to step into home ownership?”

“Together with a number of Members here, I met representatives of Servier, and people are now in receipt of vorasidenib. I would be happy to talk to the hon. Lady about how we went about that. On its own, foundational research is not enough for the people who will be diagnosed with glioblastoma this year, next year or i…”

“Madam Deputy Speaker, I think I have wound up enough people this evening, but I thank all Members, from all parties, who have spoken in tonight’s debate. It is my view that the contributions of Members of this House have brought about a real and material change in what is going on at the NIHR, Cancer Research UK and ot…”

“The chapter on rare cancers says that a named individual at NIHR will be responsible for progress in rare cancers. If there is no progress, will they get the sack?”

“I beg to move, That this House notes that survival rates for brain tumours have seen little improvement in decades and that brain tumours remain the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40; expresses concern at the limited availability of clinical trials for brain tumour patients; calls on the Government …”

“We all know that, while money is important, if the institutions that are given money do not spend it, we are all left frustrated and wondering what will happen. I have met cancer Ministers in both the last Conservative Government and this Government, all of whom have been well-intentioned and meaning to bring progress,…”