Speeches by Brandreth.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I want to begin by thanking the 4,337 constituents in Chester South and Eddisbury who have expressed their opposition to the introduction of mandatory digital ID cards. The British public, including my constituents, are concerned not only by the principle of m…”

“Trial by jury may be more expensive than trial by judge and magistrates, but does the Minister agree that, as we have heard today, this decision goes beyond just finances? The right to a fair trial by an impartial jury is fundamental and essential to safeguarding justice, and it must be protected for all cases.”

“One of the issues that we have not touched on yet is the tens of thousands of Ukrainian children forcibly and systematically abducted by Russia. In the draft of the 28-point peace plan there is talk of a “humanitarian committee”, which would resolve what it calls “outstanding issues”, including a family reunification p…”

“Thank you.”

“You have set out the work that you are doing and the countries that are providing funding. Given the funding challenges, to what extent do you think there is a need for a dedicated, multilateral initiative to fund independent journalism to combat FIMI and create a resilient information space? Where there are initiative…”

“How do you see Russian misinformation targeted to undermine American support for Ukraine?”

“Thank you for setting out so comprehensively the challenges for global media freedoms. You are the CEO and co-founder of the International Fund for public media interest. Could you set out the work that the organisation does to promote global media freedoms and counter disinformation?”

“You have set out the work that you are doing and the countries that are providing funding. Given the funding challenges, to what extent do you think there is a need for a dedicated, multilateral initiative to fund independent journalism to combat FIMI and create a resilient information space? Where there are initiative…”

“I want to ask a bit more about not just Russian but Chinese state-sponsored information operations. As you have clearly set out, Russian disinformation appears to be marked by real scale, as well as adaptability and persistence, while Chinese FIMI, although it can be done at scale, sometimes appears to be a bit more li…”

“Thank you for setting out so comprehensively the challenges for global media freedoms. You are the CEO and co-founder of the International Fund for public media interest. Could you set out the work that the organisation does to promote global media freedoms and counter disinformation?”

“How do you see Russian misinformation targeted to undermine American support for Ukraine?”

“I want to ask a bit more about not just Russian but Chinese state-sponsored information operations. As you have clearly set out, Russian disinformation appears to be marked by real scale, as well as adaptability and persistence, while Chinese FIMI, although it can be done at scale, sometimes appears to be a bit more li…”

“You have set out the work that you are doing and the countries that are providing funding. Given the funding challenges, to what extent do you think there is a need for a dedicated, multilateral initiative to fund independent journalism to combat FIMI and create a resilient information space? Where there are initiative…”

“Thank you for setting out so comprehensively the challenges for global media freedoms. You are the CEO and co-founder of the International Fund for public media interest. Could you set out the work that the organisation does to promote global media freedoms and counter disinformation?”

“How do you see Russian misinformation targeted to undermine American support for Ukraine?”

“I want to ask a bit more about not just Russian but Chinese state-sponsored information operations. As you have clearly set out, Russian disinformation appears to be marked by real scale, as well as adaptability and persistence, while Chinese FIMI, although it can be done at scale, sometimes appears to be a bit more li…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. As we have heard today, Parkinson’s is a life-changing, degenerative and deeply debilitating condition. I am grateful that we are taking the time to debate the issue and give voice to people living with Parkinson’s—people such as Matt Eagles, who lives in my…”

“I will continue because of time. For those who doubt this, let me set out the cost of the Secretary of State’s policies, with statistics sourced from his own Department. The UK now faces the world’s second-highest domestic electricity prices: four times higher than those in the US, with 12.1 million households struggli…”

“As we head towards winter, I am sure that, like me, many Members will have begun to receive emails from worried constituents asking how they will afford to heat their homes this winter. The reality is that they were promised by this Labour Government that their energy bills would fall by £300. Instead, they have risen …”

“Strangulation is an extremely common form of gendered violence: up to two thirds of women suffering domestic abuse report having been strangled. I have corresponded with the Minister about the need for the Institute for Addressing Strangulation to have funding certainty beyond March next year in order to continue its v…”