Speeches by Vince.

“I thank my hon. Friend not only for bringing this debate forward, but for the interesting speech he is giving. He will know that my passions include not just Harlow, but my interest in the 1924 Labour Government, and in particular the Prime Minister and leader of the Labour party at the time, James Ramsay MacDonald. My…”

“My hon. and gallant Friend is making an excellent speech. I apologise for intervening so early on, but I want to put on record my thanks to him for the work that he has done to support housing for veterans. I worked for a homeless charity in Harlow, where we had a number of veterans who needed this support. Does he rec…”

“My hon. and gallant Friend is making an excellent speech. I apologise for intervening so early on, but I want to put on record my thanks to him for the work that he has done to support housing for veterans. I worked for a homeless charity in Harlow, where we had a number of veterans who needed this support. Does he rec…”

“I thank the Minister for his answers so far. I have recently written to the Department for Business and Trade about the Lea Valley growers, who are fantastic fruit and veg glasshouse growers in my constituency of Harlow. That hugely energy-intensive business is important to food security, and indeed to this country’s s…”

“I thank the Minister for his answers so far. I have recently written to the Department for Business and Trade about the Lea Valley growers, who are fantastic fruit and veg glasshouse growers in my constituency of Harlow. That hugely energy-intensive business is important to food security, and indeed to this country’s s…”

“I thank the chair of the parliamentary Labour party for letting me get in. I welcome the Government’s commitment to a defence readiness Bill, as well as the record funding for the defence of this country, and the 1,200 defence procurement deals that have already been signed. As I have not yet mentioned Harlow in the Ho…”

“Q4. Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Prime Minister will be pleased to know that I am going to ask him a question about his favourite topic: football. There are people in this House who seek to blame the Prime Minister for everything, but I thought it was a bit rich when one national newspaper blamed him for Harlow Town goin…”

“T3. I do not know if I have ever told you, Mr Speaker, but Harlow is the birthplace of the fibre optic cable. I want children in Harlow to feel confident that they can get the brilliant jobs of the future that tech can provide for them. What will the Secretary of State do to ensure that that happens?”

“The Government have announced a £150,000 funding boost for public libraries as part of the National Year of Reading. What impact will that have and how can we ensure that it is used as effectively as possible?”

“A bit more would be good.”

“As a follow-up to Sonia, the Chartered Institute for Libraries and Information Professionals has called for a ringfenced guaranteed minimum spend on books and reading resources. Can you provide any more detail on what that should look like?”

“A bit more would be good.”

“Isobel mentioned that libraries sit under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport but they are financed by local government and there is clearly also an education piece to them. We know that Government Departments tend to work in siloes—you are all nodding at me—so is that something that we need to look at, to make…”

“I know that the Lib Dems are big fans of localism—that is not a dig, by the way. In my constituency, Church Langley primary school has led the way by having solar panels on its roof, and it is able to generate all the energy it needs from those solar panels. Does the hon. Lady welcome the work that this Government are …”

“As a follow-up to Sonia, the Chartered Institute for Libraries and Information Professionals has called for a ringfenced guaranteed minimum spend on books and reading resources. Can you provide any more detail on what that should look like?”

“I thank the Minister for his response to the urgent question and for the way he conducts himself on this very sensitive issue. I know that when he stands at the Dispatch Box to talk about it, his thoughts are with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. Will the second tranche of materials include materials that have previousl…”

“The Government have announced a £150,000 funding boost for public libraries as part of the National Year of Reading. What impact will that have and how can we ensure that it is used as effectively as possible?”

“Isobel mentioned that libraries sit under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport but they are financed by local government and there is clearly also an education piece to them. We know that Government Departments tend to work in siloes—you are all nodding at me—so is that something that we need to look at, to make…”

“I am the Member for Harlow, if people were wondering. May I thank the Deputy Prime Minister for his really important statement and the non-partisan way in which he gave it? I welcome the fact that he is sitting next to the Minister responsible for children, families and wellbeing, my hon. Friend the Member for Whitehav…”

“My hon. Friend will know of my passion for taxis and taxi licensing. Does she agree that it is important that we deal with this licensing loophole to ensure that we do not have taxis that are licensed in other local authorities acting in our authority? That does not just affect the drivers; it is also a safety concern …”