Speeches by Hume.

“In your view, would this also make a Westminster Hall debate?”

“I declare an interest in this application. I just want to emphasise what you have both said, which is that more people than were able to wanted to speak in the 30-minute debate. I think it is very important that we consider the impact on older people who really use cash and the impact that these bank closures are havin…”

“My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. On the subject of vulnerable people, I want to say that the last two branches in Whitby have announced that they will close, and an adult gaming centre is already looking at the Halifax site. We are getting a temporary banking hub, but does my hon. Friend agree that vulnerabl…”

“I warmly welcome the Bill. It clearly demonstrates the Government’s ambitious commitment to training and apprenticeships. I will concentrate on the role that Skills England will play in aligning apprenticeship opportunities with the needs of local economies. Scarborough and Whitby are beautiful places to live and to vi…”

“It is shameful that after the last Labour Government lifted 1.1 million children out of poverty, years of neglect by Conservative Governments saw an increasing number of children going to school hungry, which limits their learning and life chances. I warmly welcome the announcement that four schools in my constituency …”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this important debate marking LGBT+ History Month. It is an honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham East (Nadia Whittome). One of my predecessors as MP for Scarborough and Whitby, Paul Latham, who was the MP from 1931 to 1941, was imprisoned …”

“I thank the Secretary of State for his reassurances. I know that creatives are worried because the scraping is happening now and will carry on until we have a solution. We must protect the creative industries. They grew by over a third between 2010 and 2023 in terms of gross value added, far outpacing growth in the UK …”

“I would like to draw the attention of the House to my membership of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. I rise to contribute to today’s debate on the Data (Use and Access) Bill as a creative who worked as a screenwriter before I entered this place. To write a good script takes discipline, focus, sweat and tears—I have…”

“The right hon. Gentleman makes an important point, and it is crucial that the Government take that into account at the end of the consultation.”

“I thank the hon. Member for that intervention. She makes an important point about time. Time is of the essence as we strive to deliver better rail services. Perhaps we need a little of the spirit of the 19th century’s rail pioneers to fully connect coastal communities at last.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I congratulate the hon. Member for Brigg and Immingham (Martin Vickers) on securing this important debate on open access operators. Rail transport in the north has suffered long-term neglect, with new plans left to gather dust. From George Osborne’s north…”

“I would like to give my time to somebody else. I have intervened on the subjects I wish to speak about.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point about independent businesses. Surely he agrees that they need somewhere to pay in their takings at the end of the day? In Whitby, our Halifax branch is due to close, meaning that people will have to travel 19 miles to…”

“On banking hubs, it has not come up in this debate that we are losing banking services that are open five days a week for a banking hub that, in the case of Whitby, is only open one day a week for a few hours. Does the hon. Member agree that that is a big reduction?”

“Thank you, Sharon, for this important application. Can I double-check that there are no legal proceedings against the drug manufacturers at the moment?”

“I am sorry that I cannot do it in BSL, but I declare an interest, having signed the application. It is interesting for the public; wasn’t there a bit of an outcry when Boris Johnson was doing his announcements about covid that they were not signed? We ought to recognise that the deaf signing community wants to hear fro…”

“T3. The UK has the world’s largest deposits of polyhalite, which is used as a low-carbon fertiliser but is not on the Government’s list of critical minerals. The extraction of polyhalite is being developed at the Woodsmith mine near Whitby, employing over 1,000 people. Will the Minister meet me to discuss polyhalite’s …”

“The manufacturer Alexander Dennis proudly builds innovative British electric buses in Scarborough—I think this might be a case of a “build, baby, build British buses.” Does the Chief Secretary agree that British manufacturing and buying British goods are key to our economic growth?”

“Residents in Grosmont in my constituency have had a van parked in the street processing raw sewage, with a pipe left open in the street, for months between the processing of the sewage and the holding tank being emptied. Does my hon. Friend agree that disgusting incidents such as these illustrate our crumbling water in…”

“How would you define a market town—those that have a market currently or those that had one in the past?”