Speeches by Naish.

“That is easy therefore to demonstrate value for money with a smaller budget.”

“I want to look at the distinction between DFID and the FCO and their relative levels of performance. I think we are all here saying and listening to the fact that you would say DFID was a top performer. The FCO, by comparison, was rated one of the least transparent spenders on foreign aid, 38th out of 47, as late as 20…”

“6. What steps his Department is taking to support hospices.”

“While I wholeheartedly welcome the £100 million capital funding boost for hospices announced before Christmas, 17 members of staff at Nottinghamshire hospice, which is a large community-based hospice serving my constituency that provides care for family members in their own homes, have recently been told they are at ri…”

“I absolutely agree. I am strong supporter of the Pharmacy First initiative, and it is essential that as a Government we look at ways to expand that scheme, so that more and more people use their pharmacies and the pharmacies are therefore more sustainable. On average, 29 pubs close every week in the UK, and in many cas…”

“My constituent Matthew and his mum Catherine, alongside Emma Murphy and Janet Williams, have campaigned for many years to get compensation for families affected by the epilepsy drug sodium valproate. Twelve months on from the Patient Safety Commissioner’s report on this matter, those harmed are still waiting for the re…”

“A lot of people, when selecting their bank, go to the local town and choose the bank that their parents used; but with the volume of closures taking place we might be getting to the point where banks lose business, as we stop going to the NatWests and the Lloyds, the high street banks of yesteryear, and people start go…”

“I want to clarify the point about empowering local councils to make a difference. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we need to remove the shackles from the funding packages that the previous Government give local authorities and empower local decision makers to make decisions in the interests of those locations?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) for bringing this debate to Westminster Hall today. I am proud to represent the constituency of Rushcliffe, which includes large swathes of rural Nottinghamshire. From …”

“On a similar theme, this is a risk that maybe we were expecting. How long has the Department been preparing for the announcement that came from America? Is that something that we have been working on for a period of time? How long will it be until you get to the point where you truly understand the impact?”

“I was just going to ask this, given the warm words you have used about nutrition. I do not believe there has been an updated strategy since 2017. Is there a commitment to updating our nutrition strategy from the FCDO?”

“In our notes, it says here that the UN Environment Programme found that the UK scored only 41 out of 80 for policy coherence on SDG governance. You mentioned the word “coherence” earlier and we need things such as nutrition to be cross-cutting. What work is being done to make sure that our scores from an external persp…”

“As the final word comes back to the east midlands, I thank the Minister for her hard work. Many of my constituents in Rushcliffe work for Rolls-Royce and will wholeheartedly welcome the announcement today. Could the Minister briefly explain how skills development will link to the evolving defence industrial strategy, a…”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western, and I thank the Minister—a trained Anglican priest who, I am sure, has our best interests at heart—for tolerating the lamentations of we lay people. I start by thanking the dozen or so constituents who have written to me about the listed places of worship gr…”

“I wholeheartedly welcome the Government’s commitment to introducing a deposit return scheme. The policy is long overdue and will help us to tackle the rising tide of waste and pollution that has blighted our countryside and our environment for too long. It is a source of great pride to represent Rushcliffe in this Hous…”

“I rise to express my full support for the Bill, which would uphold our democratic principles by ensuring that absent voting is more accessible, consistent and secure across Scotland and Wales, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Tracy Gilbert) for introducing it. We debated the sunshine…”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for his very measured statement. I have met dozens of constituents in Rushcliffe who I know will wholeheartedly welcome yesterday’s news. However, I have received a lot of emails specifically about the decimation of medical facilities in the northern part of Gaza. Can I ask the Foreign Secr…”

“Several homes in my constituency were badly flooded, with more than 500 homes flooded internally across the east midlands. I express my sympathy to all those impacted. It was especially concerning to hear about the verbal abuse directed towards flood wardens, who work exceptionally hard to protect their communities. Do…”

“As the son of a farmer, I remember only too well waking up in the early morning and going downstairs to listen to Radio 4 in silence with my family as we heard about more and more animals being culled during the crisis in the early 2000s. What steps are being taken to engage the National Farmers Union and other trade b…”

“I just wanted to move specifically on to the 2023-24 annual accounts. In there, there is a £1.1 million fraud case in south-east Asia relating to procurement. I just wondered if you could explain what that fraud related to.”