Speeches by Smith.

“You talked about the importance of that structure to the way young people develop. Do you worry about the development of young people given that what we had as a structure of our watching in my youth is no longer there, and instead kids can access anything all the time?”

“Can I ask Greg something? The Children’s Media Foundation clearly believes that children’s TV in the UK is worth protecting. What is it specifically about our TV in the UK that you think is important, and why is it important that it is protected?”

“If we are devolving power to local regions, as we have in Manchester, would devolving some planning policy and funding help or would that be another layer of bureaucracy?”

“You have identified the issues and some of the challenges that we are facing and started to talk about some of the solutions. It is a partnership between Government and local authorities and a lot of the responsibility goes to local authorities. How can Government support local authorities better to do this work?”

“Can I talk about consistency? Jennifer, you referred earlier to inconsistent advice from officers and how it would be helpful to have unified local authority positions on things. Is there anything that the Government can do with better heritage policies and priorities across government? Is there any inconsistency in th…”

“If we are devolving power to local regions, as we have in Manchester, would devolving some planning policy and funding help or would that be another layer of bureaucracy?”

“Jennifer and Sarah, do you have anything specifically on planning and listed buildings and what the Government could do?”

“Can I talk about consistency? Jennifer, you referred earlier to inconsistent advice from officers and how it would be helpful to have unified local authority positions on things. Is there anything that the Government can do with better heritage policies and priorities across government? Is there any inconsistency in th…”

“Jennifer and Sarah, do you have anything specifically on planning and listed buildings and what the Government could do?”

“You have identified the issues and some of the challenges that we are facing and started to talk about some of the solutions. It is a partnership between Government and local authorities and a lot of the responsibility goes to local authorities. How can Government support local authorities better to do this work?”

“Q3. As Palestinians try to rebuild their lives amid the rubble of Gaza, last night once again dozens of innocent people were killed by Israeli airstrikes. What will the UK do, along with our international partners, to hold the Israeli—the Netanyahu—Government to account for their actions, and what more can we do to ens…”

“I thank the Home Secretary for her statement and her visit to Manchester immediately following the attack. In the Jewish community in my constituency in south Manchester, there is a real sense of anxiety and fear, and she is right to identify that. The message that needs to go out today, and that has gone out across Ma…”