Speeches by Kirkham.

“Just a little bit of reassurance for the industry that that fund will be ringfenced for those fishing and coastal communities—it will not be diluted?”

“I was there when she made the statement, and it was very helpful. She talked about the coastal growth fund, building resilience, helping to modernise the fishing industry through high-tech, access to training and entry into the industry. She was saying that it would be focused on the fishing industry and that was helpf…”

“I rise to present this petition about Falmouth’s need for a swimming pool, since our pool was shut in 2022. The petitioners “therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Government to support the campaign to build a swimming pool in Falmouth, recognising the health and social benefits to the community, particul…”

“That is exactly where I was going to go—are the policies we have being enforced? That is the big question. I was shocked when I read that for the HFSS location restrictions, £550 was given to local authorities in the first year to enforce, £320 in the second year and then nothing. My question is, what does the enforcem…”

“I am getting that from all of you. Thank you.”

“What more could we do to help our local authorities?”

“Does anybody else want to come in on that?”

“It is harder when you have academies as well, of course. This is my last question. What are your views on the role, remit and performance of the Advertising Standards Authority?”

“What more do you think Government could do to support the FSA to take on some of that enforcement?”

“Do you agree with previous parliamentary recommendations that the Food Standards Agency should take on a bigger role?”

“I welcome the Secretary of State’s remarks about the professionalism, bravery and sacrifice of our armed forces, and the role that they played in Northern Ireland and across the UK. What discussions has he had with veterans, as well as the Defence Secretary and the Minister for Veterans and People, about the new protec…”

“We have fantastic further education providers in Cornwall, and I welcome the Government’s recent announcement. However, one of our challenges is the cost and availability of public transport to get learners to and from their college and workplace. Will the Leader of the House arrange for colleagues in the Department fo…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. Truro and Penwith College in my constituency is a very successful tertiary college. It is fully ready to take up the mantle of two thirds of students and learners being in further education, higher education or apprenticeships by the age of 25. It works closely…”

“This deal will support 20,000 jobs and make sure we have the skills we need for future combat air programmes. Defence supports 37,000 jobs across the south-west. What steps are the Government taking to support skills across the whole defence sector and to support the space, satellite and drone sectors that are so stron…”

“Do you think there is enough intelligence and it is not impacted by your resourcing, for example? Is that limiting the amount of inspections that you can do and is that why you are focusing on that risk?”

“Just a last question. There has been some criticism of the EA for being reluctant to publish inspections data and maybe opaquer and slower to respond to FOIs. What is the reason for this and is it being tackled? There have been some reports that employees have been frightened about publishing this data. How are you tac…”

“How is the balance?”

“It collects waste from across holiday parks and has built one itself already on quite a decent-sized scale. It has been asked to conduct tests, but of course it cannot do the tests until the treatment works is up and running. It has become a bit of a circular situation.”

“Do you think it would help if there were more inspections and more obvious standards for those inspections going forward? Because there have not been those ad hoc inspections.”

“I suppose it was not just water; there were also some goals for clean air, maximising resources and minimising waste.”