Speeches by Dewhirst.

“Having been elected more recently, I am somewhat less burdened by previous legislation, but let me be clear: having worked in sports administration for many years, I have serious misgivings about a Government regulator in football. I know that this legislation started out as a very well-meaning initiative, but I have c…”

“I am concerned that some of the people involved in local authority inquiries could be the very same individuals who have covered up these heinous crimes for years. Why is the Minister so unwilling to seek justice for the victims of these child rape gangs through a national statutory inquiry?”

“The Minister mentioned her meeting with Laura Sugden, and I pay tribute to Laura for her campaigning on the issue. It is more than seven years since Anthony Lawrence brutally murdered Laura’s partner Shane Gilmer. Laura was attacked with a crossbow, and was pregnant at the time. I know that a response to the consultati…”

“The Secretary of State is well aware that the East Riding of Yorkshire receives the lowest level of funding for children with SEND, and I hope that the current review gives the Government an opportunity to rectify that. On a wider point, parents like me often look ahead to the school holidays with a sense of dread, bec…”

“2. What recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of local authority funding for SEND.”

“Further to the last question, there is rightly concern that Russia continues to bypass sanctions through its shadow fleet. What measures are the Government taking alongside our allies to prevent that?”

“Does the hon. Member agree that the new hospital programme is just one part of the jigsaw and that facilities such as Bridlington district hospital and Alfred Bean hospital in Driffield in my constituency are much under-utilised resources? We should be making the most of every NHS facility by bringing community service…”

“It is particularly timely, because the previous Government started a process, which is being continued under this Government, of sector-by-sector supply chain reviews in agriculture. Part of it is the implementation of the new Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator, who will work alongside the Groceries Code Adjudicator…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I commend the hon. Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) for securing and leading this important debate. Many Members are aware of the efforts to change the law and raise the profile of the fleecehold campaign by the Home Owners Rights Network. HORNET has…”

“I will keep my remarks brief, but it would be remiss of me not to say something, having spent about two years working on the issue in my previous role at the National Pig Association, before being elected to this House. I first pay tribute to the two previous farming Ministers, Victoria Prentis and Sir Mark Spencer, fo…”

“What message do you have for those farmers who have found themselves in particularly challenging circumstances in relation to elderly relatives who own the farm who may be very ill and may not know how long they have left? Appalling stress has been put on those people, because of these immediate changes without any con…”

“Yes, perhaps we could start off with the quotas and how that is decided. Only 46% of quotas were set in line with scientific advice last year. I hear concerns from the fishing community that we are not being responsive to either increasing or declining fishing stocks of various species. So how can we move to a more env…”

“Anyway, we will move on.”

“Many hours of my life have been spent on the pig sector.”

“Is it possible just to outline to the Committee the progress each sector is making towards that at the moment? Just so we are clear on the timelines.”

“Yes. I will keep this very brief so we have plenty of time on fisheries. The failure of the GCA was, in a sense, that it did not really take into account the complexity of the supply chains; it almost assumed that there are farmers and supermarkets, which of course we know is not the case. But we cannot undo what is do…”

“Constant dialogue is probably pushing it. I think we had one meeting.”

“Thank you, Chair. That was a good segue to agricultural business property relief. There has been no consultation or affordability assessment done to this point, so would you commit to doing that before the autumn Budget?”

“Okay. To make just a slight change of tack, have you had any discussions with other arms of Government in relation to any US trade deal?”

“Is agriculture potentially part of any trade deal? Have you had any discussions in relation to agriculture and food products?”