Speeches by Jardine.

“I apologise for being late. You have talked about the need for a social cohesion and democratic resilience body and a strategy and action plan. Have you had any indication at all as to whether such a strategy is forthcoming or is being considered?”

“If it is forthcoming, what would you say would be the key aspects of a strategy?”

“From everything you are saying, I am hearing that even if we are aware of where social cohesion is breaking down and the problems, we are not recognising our own role in that, if you like. Politicians are continuing to undermine democracy, not just by the culture wars but by the way we speak to each other and the attit…”

“Yes.”

“It is all right, we are used to it.”

“That is a fascinating point and actually, for my sins, as well as being a politician I am a former journalist. It sometimes seems to me that we have reached the point where the space is not available because what newspapers need, what the media needs, what it feeds on, is controversy. People are not interested in readi…”

“Order. Was there a question?”

“Order. Before the hon. Member responds, I remind Members that a lot of people want to get in on this debate, and we need to keep questions much shorter in order to do that.”

“Order. Given the number of speakers, we will now have to move to two minutes per speech, unfortunately.”

“I will call Charlie Dewhirst to move the motion, and I will then call the Minister to respond. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for 30-minute debates.”

“We are out of time. The hon. Member indicated at the start that he did not mind. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered the value of apprenticeships and National Apprenticeships Week.”

“I call the Opposition spokesperson, Rebecca Paul.”

“I remind Members to bob if they wish to be called in a debate. To get in all the speakers we have, please try to limit yourselves to three minutes. I call Peter Bedford—he is not here. Jim Shannon, please.”

“Order. We are out of time. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, Max Wilkinson.”

“I am sure we all welcome the move to reduce waiting lists and recognise that the women’s health strategy is a 10-year plan. But given the enormous problems highlighted by the hon. Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen) and my hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Dr Chambers), does the Minister appreciate that, to many w…”

“Order. I remind the hon. Member that we have less than two minutes before we have to move on to the Front-Bench spokespeople.”

“Before I call the Minister, I ask him to ensure that we have two minutes at the end for the right hon. Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds) to wind up.”

“Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. Please limit your remarks to five or six minutes.”

“Would the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) like to make some remarks? We will then move on to the Front Bench at eight minutes past.”

“I am sure that the Chief Secretary will correct me if I am wrong, but the only three words about Scotland in his statement are “Glasgow city region”. They are welcome, but does he appreciate that while the Scottish Government may have received its biggest settlement, every UK Government statement that has come out of t…”