Speeches by Pakes.

“I warmly welcome this statement. One of the most shameful legacies of the last 14 years in Peterborough has been the rising number of young people leaving school with no qualifications and no hope, with NEETs up and apprenticeships down. Skills are not just good for growth, but good for hope, good for young people, goo…”

“You may be interested to know, Mr Speaker, that today is the launch of Peterborough tourist board, and our new Discover Peterborough website. That brings together our great attractions, such as our 900-year-old cathedral and our great museum, as well as the great outdoors such as Nene park and Flag Fen. Will the Minist…”

“I warmly welcome the £20 million coming to Paston, Gunthorpe and the Welland area of Peterborough. This is pride in place being delivered by my hon. Friend the Minister—the pride of Peckham—and I thank her. I am deeply proud as a Co-operative MP that the co-operative development unit is part of this strategy. Earlier t…”

“I welcome the statement and the consultation as a contribution towards modernising our public services. Constituents of mine are frustrated by how they cannot interact with the state. Alongside my hon. Friend the Member for Bassetlaw (Jo White), I went on the recent trip to Tallinn, and I was struck by not just how dig…”

“It is a privilege to speak on Second Reading. This is an historic debate, as I believe it is the first piece of legislation to be introduced by a Deputy Prime Minister who is a graduate of the King’s school in Peterborough. I welcome the Justice Secretary to his place, as well as the Under-Secretary of State for Justic…”

“I am aware that you, Madam Deputy Speaker, are a strong champion of animal welfare, so you might be pleased to know that tomorrow, for the end of our lido season, is a “bring your dogs to come and swim” day. You might also be pleased, alongside the Leader of the House, to know that this year over 37,000 people have vis…”

“I associate myself with the comments that others have made about the disgusting crimes of Jeffrey Epstein. Twenty-four years ago today, on 9/11, I was sat in the TUC Congress as a delegate when we were made aware of what had happened. May I put on the record my tribute to the first responders and public service workers…”

“Brilliant. One of the issues Dan Corry talked about in his report was around regulators having more of a supervisory approach within contained discretion areas and being proactive in looking at how they manage their responsibilities. Could you tell us the Department’s view on that? Do you think the new water regulator …”

“Thank you both for joining us. You will be unsurprised that in a place like mine in Peterborough and the Fens, regulation—in terms of how the systems do not work together—is one of the big bugbears, whether for farmers, drainage boards or constituents. People have already been contacting me this morning thankful that O…”

“Talking of getting on with the job, one of the real frustrations—particularly in the farming community—has been that the EA, Natural England and water are just not joined up and that does not work, so this could be one of the benefits of it. But we also want to get on with building our new reservoir in the east of Engl…”

“I am aware that my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House enjoys a tipple on occasion, so she will be pleased to know that the 46th Peterborough beer festival, which is entirely run by volunteers, was held last month. Over 21,000 visitors came to the festival this year, and over 58,000 pints of cask ale were served.…”

“I am sure Hansard will correct me. The right hon. Gentleman just made some comments about high net worth or high value individuals. In my constituency, I am particularly interested in individuals on low incomes. In Peterborough, I represent a city with one of the highest levels of those employed on zero-hours contracts…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“I thank my hon. Friend not only for her statement, but for the care and determination she has brought to this role to centre the discussion and action around victims and young girls, and to work in collaboration with others—not just in this House, but those who are directly affected. May I just add to the points that t…”

“Peterborough is a proud and generous place and has welcomed many people through its doors over generations. I pay tribute to the churches, mosques and community groups that are welcoming people and looking after them. But people are getting fed up with a system that is broken, and it was broken before my right hon. Fri…”

“Starting on a positive note, I thank the Foreign Secretary and the Minister for the Middle East for their work to secure an agreement to get students and young people out of Gaza to continue their studies. So many of our debates make us feel powerless, but we have demonstrated, at least in one part of this jigsaw, some…”

“Residents in Peterborough and across Anglian Water’s catchment area will welcome the statement and the bold action taken. They know all too well that the water system is broken. One of the issues we on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee have looked at is the need for water infrastructure. Can my right ho…”

“One of the first visits I undertook after the election was to my local branch of Nationwide, which for generations has been providing good financial advice and advice to first-time buyers in my seat, as have many other mutuals. In one of the previous periods of financial deregulation by the Conservative party, we saw a…”

“I want to follow up on Helena’s point about this now infamous telephone call. So you received this call, and you put it down. Your answer seems to be that you felt no emotion or rancour; you simply put the phone down as though someone was telling you they are coming to clean your windows at 10 am as opposed to 9 am. It…”

“Do you think the public might find the responses here quite strange? Whenever we discuss bonuses or discuss decisions that the public may find strange or customers may find strange, you all turn into Sir Humphrey and talk as though you are passengers in this whole decision-making process. I find it extraordinary that y…”