Speeches by Brewer.

“T5. In North East Hampshire, small energy-intensive businesses such as hair salons are struggling, because they cannot reduce their consumption. What plans does the Minister have to support those kinds of small businesses?”

“As I am sure the hon. Member knows, chalk streams are among the rarest habitats in the world. This is not the first time I have mentioned them in this Chamber. Only 11 of the more than 200 chalk streams are protected, and even those 11 are in decline. The problems are over-abstraction, significant pollution and inappro…”

“Just before we do that, can I just ask a follow-up on the Christian nationalism? Misbah, would you say that this is adding a veneer of morality to arguments that are sometimes illegal in terms of racial abuse and so on but are considered unacceptable by a lot of people? Is that something that is helpful to the far righ…”

“I might be able to anticipate the answer to this, but to what extent do political finance rules in the UK ensure that the funding of far-right groups is transparent?”

“You have mentioned about individuals not being covered by political finance legislation. Does this create challenges in who is being influenced or not, and funded or not?”

“You talked about a cap on political donations, and I can see from the answer you have just given how difficult that might be to implement, or how easy it might be to get around. Would it make sense to have a cap on political spending?”

“Moving to far-right funding, Peter, I know you have touched on this already, and so I do not want to go over that ground. Who or what is funding the far right at the moment? What do we know about the nature and scale of the funding?”

“We are going to get to crypto in a minute.”

“Just very quickly, given that a lot of those think-tanks also run polling, is that also problematic?”

“Could we go to the actual real money?”

“It is a work-around.”

“Olly, if I can come back to you just briefly, you mentioned about the gambling link, and I think you said that it was 40% of online abuse is linked to gambling. Do you think gambling companies have a responsibility to protect athletes from gambling-related abuse, and what actions would you like to see them take?”

“That is really good to hear, thank you. Fern, if I could come back to you just quickly. We have talked a little about victim-blaming, and obviously we do not want women to have to take the brunt of this, or to have to change because of this, but just on a hypothetical, would it be economically feasible for athletes to …”

“It is fascinating to hear all your insights. It is completely understandable that in a conversation about abuse, the focus almost instantly goes to the online abuse at the moment because that is so real. I would like to ask some questions about tackling that, and where some of the responsibility lies. Tanni, if I could…”

“You are potentially faced with a choice between shrinking and reducing your own career or essentially being branded a difficult woman, is that the kind of trade-off?”

“Does my right hon. Friend agree that one of the reasons that Epstein escaped justice for so long was that he was protected by other powerful men, and that if we are truly to protect young people from predators, we need to ensure that the protectors of paedophiles have absolutely no place in public life?”

“People in my constituency have raised with me problems of hare coursing, thefts, speeding and fly-tipping. Will the Minister meet me to discuss how we can tackle the wide range of crimes in rural areas?”

“Thank you very much, everyone, for coming in. I want to ask Rebecca a question first: what is it like for families of Deaf children trying to learn BSL from a very young age, and how much support is available for children and their parents?”

“The Department for Education first committed to introducing the GCSE in 2018. Do you know why it has taken so long to come to fruition?”

“Rebecca, do you share the National Deaf Children’s Society’s disappointment that the implementation of a BSL GCSE has been delayed?”