Speeches by Dewhirst.

“At the London marathon last weekend, my constituent Angus Leckonby from Octon near Driffield broke not one but two world records: he became the youngest and fastest man with an intellectual disability to complete a marathon—and he raised £11,000 for the Special Olympics in doing so. Will the Leader of the House join me…”

“I disagree on the ideological level—on the ideological point about who should regulate football. I will come on to that in a second, but I do not believe it is the Government’s job. I believe that the football landscape already provides for regulation.”

“No, I will make some progress on this point, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind. As a former employee of a football club, Hull City, and as someone who has worked for a national governing body of a sport at the Rugby Football Union, and for a national elite sport funding body at UK Sport, I have some experience of thi…”

“Those of us who support a club that was previously owned by Ken Bates and Massimo Cellino have had our fair share of rough ownership over the years. Coming back to the wider landscape and who should regulate, above the Football Association, EFL and EPL we have UEFA and FIFA as international bodies representing the glob…”

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

“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 hon. Member raises a very good point. FIFA’s recent history is not a proud one, but we do not have time to go into that. There is an important point about the way in which UEFA and FIFA operate within the landscape. There is a danger that measures including parachute payments, which affect competition tools and str…”

“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…”

“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…”

“Moving to another species—monkfish—we have seen a big increase in the quota in Scotland and the North sea, which is contrary to some of the scientific advice. How do you explain that decision?”

“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?”

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

“There have been a lot of debates in this House, but not a lot of meetings between Treasury Ministers and representatives of the farming community. The biggest thing I hear locally in East Yorkshire is the amount of money that is being pulled from the agricultural economy because farmers are having to save cash and are …”

“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…”