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“Rachel, any further thoughts on government support?”

“The support that you need from the Government, what does that look like?”

“Thank you, that is just for personal knowledge. What else might that strategy include to benefit the business events sector?”

“Rachel, you mentioned Farnborough Air Show. Does RIAT come under that umbrella too, the Royal International Air Tattoo?”

“Defence seems like another obvious one.”

“Thank you. Rachel, you are nodding along too. Would you like to add anything?”

“Robert, I fear you may have already beaten me to the punch here, but could you clarify whether business events would indeed be served within a comprehensive events strategy or through a separate specific plan?”

“David, any thoughts?”

“Nick, you are nodding. Is it safe to say you agree?”

“Has there been any engagement with the Government to that end?”

“Jon, you mentioned that there has been some restriction in movement of UK acts in Europe following Brexit. To what extent do you think a customs union between the UK and the European Union might alleviate those Schengen timelines, for example?”

“Under the last Government, the Conservatives signed a contract for £1.5 billion with Boeing to order five E-7 Wedgetail aircraft. The order reportedly circumvented the MOD’s established procurement system, and the RAF is still without an operational platform. The Ajax scandal has dragged on for even longer, and last we…”

“Does the hon. Gentleman share my concerns that the scheme could put constituents’ most sensitive data into the hands of private, perhaps overseas, individuals who might have neither our constituents’ nor our country’s interests at heart?”

“My hon. Friend speaks well about what is good in the Bill, but there is room for improvement. A number of my Gloucestershire constituents were employees of Gulf Oil before its merger with Chevron. Following the merger, they were moved on to the Chevron pension scheme. Between them, they have hundreds of years of servic…”

“In the absence of my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Mr Dillon), I thank you, Sir Desmond. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Charlie Maynard) for securing this important debate. As a teenaged boy, every morning on my way to school I would stop off at the home of my friend M and we would walk the la…”

“Thank you for your consideration. Clive Jones made representations.”

“I have, but I specifically opted for this, purely because I would like to give Members from around the House, many of whom have spoken of their Gurkha veterans, an opportunity to join a debate.”

“I certainly am, and I should have mentioned—I apologise—that we are hoping for a time no sooner than February.”

“Thank you, Chair, and members of the Committee. For over two centuries, since 1816, the Gurkhas have served with the UK armed forces in defence of UK interests at home and across the world. Our trusted and most loyal Nepalese friends have served with distinction through two world wars and in theatres from the Falkland …”

“While the suspension rate for pupils without identified special educational needs declined by 75% in the 2024 autumn term, suspensions for pupils with an education, health and care plan increased, according to the Department for Education’s own data. I have previously urged the Government to tackle this crisis centrall…”