Speeches by Naish.

“You say that even in those safer spaces, effectively law and order has completely broken down. Is that the case?”

“Rosalind, the Foreign Secretary has claimed that the Government has found no evidence of UK-made weapons entering Sudan. Do you think that is a credible claim?”

“When the Government claims that they have one of the tightest regimes in the world, you would dispute that?”

“I wrote to the Department for Transport in December 2024, warning that the closure of Kirk Hill bridge by Network Rail for 10 months would have a devastating impact on nearby businesses. Fifteen months later, Dolly’s, a local café, has closed for good. The owner Gemma told me that she needed £10,000 of support to get b…”

“I am very grateful for the fact that this urgent question was granted, because pharmacies have been in touch with me about their concerns. I must put another thing on the Minister’s to-do list: independent prescribing. Evans Pharmacy in my constituency has been part of the independent prescribing pathfinder programme, …”

“I am pleased that the Prime Minister has recognised that he must do more to strengthen standards in public life, including by enhancing vetting for political appointments and providing a broader review of the lobbying system. Would the Minister care to explain a bit more about how the Government are planning to address…”

“Thank you for your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan. I congratulate the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Sarah Green) on securing this debate. I will put one family at the heart of my response: my constituent Catherine and her son Matthew, whom I mentioned in Prime Minister’s questions last February, 12 months ago. When s…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. As she knows, the Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, has put the visitor economy at the heart of her vision for the east midlands region. My hon. Friend may be aware that the Centre of it All marketing campaign was launched last week. Does she agree that Sherwood F…”

“Can I delve into the team that was stationed in Florida that you talked about? How many people were sent, and were they sent there as a result of Melissa being on its way? Was that why that group of people was waiting in Miami to then drop into—”

“The advice changed on the Friday. The hurricane hit on the Tuesday. In hindsight, would you have done anything differently? Do you think that advice and that timeline were the correct ones?”

“Is that true of all roads?”

“As the Secretary of State knows, there is a fantastic site on the edge of the M1 at Ratcliffe-on-Soar—the last of the coal-fired power station sites to be decommissioned—which will make a superb site for clean energy generation. Will he commit to meeting me and Claire Ward, Mayor of the East Midlands, to discuss it fur…”

“It was £1.5 million, I think, at first.”

“It was a good thing that we were ineffective—is that what I am being told?”

“It was £1.5 million, I think, at first.”

“Dr Rodriguez-Moodie, what about since then? It seems that the UK’s response was really helpful at the time. How would you describe the response from early November?”

“Coming to the UK’s response then, which Dr Brown has just touched upon, how would you describe its effectiveness?”

“I have one more question. It is about the balance between the top-down national response and the bottom-up local effort, and empowering local people to move things forward in their local communities. Do you think that balance has been right to date?”

“I will come to Dr Brown in the room.”

“Turning to that point, the FCDO obviously put out advice around travel and advice to airlines, holidaymakers and so on. In the days leading up to Melissa, do you feel that that advice was adequate? Was there any evidence of people travelling and moving themselves into danger as opposed to away from it?”