Speeches by Dickson.

“Sir Vince, you wrote that a 1% rise in VAT would raise £7 billion and you felt that was still below what other countries were capable of raising through that measure. Do you think that the UK ought to perhaps take that option?”

“Can we go back to consumers? Minister, you talked about many of the advantages to consumers of applying AI to financial services, and you listed some of the improvements provided to them. What about some of the risks? Do you believe there are adequate protections in the way products are provided to consumers to prevent…”

“On the latter issue, Minister, you talked about Aviva, for instance, being able to use AI on its motor insurance products, and that has cut complaints, because presumably the products are hyper-personalised, or much more personalised than was available before Aviva and other companies started using AI. We heard from th…”

“So we can expect to see action in that area, should the FCA judge that there is a risk to consumers?”

“The Committee has had evidence to our inquiry that consumers are using search engines like ChatGPT to get financial advice and adopt financial products. If this was not ChatGPT, the provision of that sort of advice would require FCA licensing and supervision. Is that a concern to you, and an area where we might need to…”

“I warmly welcome the news today from the Office of Rail and Road that competition can start on international rail lines to the continent, and I thank the Government for their strong support for that. Does the Leader of the House agree that it is vital that the new operator, Virgin, commits to restoring rail services to…”

“I welcome this debate warmly. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Reigate (Rebecca Paul) for securing it, and for her excellent speech introducing it, and to other Members for their great contributions. Property service charges, whether for freeholders who have purchased homes on unadopted new build estates or for lea…”

“Just building on that, you talked about particular demographics being affected by the two-child cap. You talked about families with more children, and that being disproportionately some BAME groups. Are there any others that you would point to? Are the number of adults in the household part of the story here, or the wo…”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right. In my constituency, the IB is available to children from low-income backgrounds and is particularly attractive because it provides young people with additional stretch and challenge and breaks down barriers to opportunity—not only in top universities, which is very important, but in …”

“So the conclusion would be that lifting the cap not only clearly lifts people out of poverty but is a policy that can support people with a variety of different characteristics, like disability, who are currently not getting the support they might otherwise have had.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover) for securing this important debate and for his thoughtful opening speech. Dartford grammar school is a historic institution in my constituency, which has been providing exceptionally high-qua…”

“How does the industry rate in job creation, compared with other industries? How does its GVA compare with other industries such as food, restaurants or other leisure sectors?”

“I have a final question on the potential economic damage caused by increased taxation. Is there a way of comparing the job creation activity and potential of the industry, and its gross value added, with other industries so that we can assess the claim that increased taxation will cause these harms in unemployment and …”

“Like many in this House and many of my constituents in Dartford, I have had the dubious pleasure of paying stamp duty. I can testify to the fact that doing so when buying a home is not a pleasant experience. That is one small reason why I am sympathetic to the case for reform of property taxation in this country when p…”

“T3. We recently had brilliant news in Dartford for young people in the constituency and across the region, with North Kent college designated as a technical excellence college, with a focus on transforming construction training. That is perfect for the lower Thames crossing just coming on stream. The college, however, …”

“Q12. After 14 years of neglect, this Government are renewing the infrastructure of Britain—and for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, that is spelt B-R-I-T-A-I-N. Nowhere is this renewal more clearly needed than at the A226 Galley Hill Road in Swanscombe in my constituency, which collapsed more than two years…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Helena Dollimore) on securing this important debate, and I agree with every word she said while opening it. It is also a pleasure to speak on an issue on which there is broad political agreement, …”

“A decade ago my constituent Laura Cordell, who has lived with PoTS for 10 years, was rushed to A&E with a dangerously high heart rate. She was later told by a doctor that she had PoTS symptoms, but she was just told to go away and take more salt, with no follow-up or referral. Over the next 10 years she sought help…”

“On an inspiring visit this weekend to Bromley Reform synagogue, which serves my constituents in Dartford alongside those of my hon. Friend the Member for Beckenham and Penge (Liam Conlon) and the hon. Member for Bromley and Biggin Hill (Peter Fortune), I was moved by the strong views of the congregation rejecting hatre…”

“Before the summer recess, I ran a consultation session in Dartford for parents, carers, schools and local organisations to discuss their experiences of SEND. I have provided a full report to the Department for Education to inform the White Paper. Would the hon. Member agree with my constituents’ top three priorities: a…”