Speeches by Milne.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. First, I thank the Minister for his assistance in progressing the local plan in my constituency. Horsham faced a unique problem with water neutrality, which the previous Government showed no sign of ever grappling with, and I am grateful for his personal invo…”

“It is astonishing that the decision for West Sussex has been postponed yet again. I understand that local council leaders received the information only this morning, in a six-minute phone call during which they were not allowed to ask questions. There is a high degree of consensus about what to do, but the Labour group…”

“I get approached by people on both sides of the equation. It feels like the good-faith actors are being penalised and the bad-faith actors are winning. On both sides of the fence, it is very disappointing. Turning specifically to enforcement, Abigail, do you think that the CMS has sufficient enforcement powers? Does it…”

“The issue of enforcement is a serious one. An incinerator in south London has breached its air pollution limits almost 1,000 times in 18 months, but nothing has been done by the EA—no court proceedings, no licence suspension, nothing. A similar plant is planned for my constituency. Does the hon. Member agree that the G…”

“Sara, you answered this previously, so I will skip to Sam.”

“I represent Horsham, an adjacent constituency, and very much experience the same problems, so the issue is not rare. I have many cabin crew in my area who say the same thing. One of the people affected is trying to get leave to remain, but the visa application is made extremely complicated by going back and forth out o…”

“I would strongly disagree that removing a target helps a neglected area. Targets are used across Government in every Department. We love targets—they are everywhere—so I am struggling to see why we should single out this area. I agree that there can be negative aspects to targets; I would argue that hospital waiting li…”

“The hon. Member is giving a very powerful speech. Water shortage is a very big issue for our farmers as well. At the moment, it is extremely difficult for a farmer to get planning permission for a small on-farm reservoir. It is a big investment for the farmer, so it is a big deal that it takes so long. We really need t…”

“Thank you.”

“Clearly, lots of policies across the whole period had a big impact, and the situation got worse across the whole period, but I would say that one of the clear motives for the 2016 Act was to remove that obligation, because the Government knew they were going to fail it, and that had it remained, it would have spurred t…”

“Thank you for that answer, but I will write to you because I am telling you that there are direct examples of schools telling me that they cannot do it.”

“This is a question for Minister Bailey. Free school meals and breakfast clubs are very positive initiatives that I welcome. However, there are practical considerations. In my own Horsham constituency, I have spoken to many schools. They would really struggle to provide breakfast clubs. At the moment it is a pilot, but …”

“Good morning. You quite rightly praised the Child Poverty Act 2010 for its very high ambition and, as you said, the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 effectively undid that. I would argue very strongly that the removal of those targets in 2016 had a direct impact on performance against child poverty. Do you agree?”

“One of my Horsham constituents, a victim of abuse, has seen her abuser let off with a suspended sentence after the case took too long to go to trial. She now has to live with a debilitating illness caused by her abuse, while her abuser gets to carry on with his life. Court delays are bad in any case, but for victims of…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for the Lobular Moon Shot Project. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. MPs from across the House are here today to mark the anniversary of the death of my constituent Dr Susan Michaelis, founder of the Lobular Moon Shot Project. …”

“I thank the hon. Member for his contribution and I very much agree. I also note that the right hon. Member for Makerfield (Andy Burnham), who is potentially our next Prime Minister, comes from Manchester, has visited the clinic and is already familiar with the campaign, so I am hopeful. As I was saying, lobular breast …”

“There is no easy fix, that is for sure, but the loans are not coming from the bond markets; they are coming from British people. We are not imposing on or demanding on the bond market. That is the difference. Such bonds have been used successfully in the past.”

“I thank all hon. Members here present. Some really powerful points have been made. I particularly thank the Minister for his reply—I find it the most revealing reply of all that I have heard over the past year. Considering it is not even strictly his portfolio, I am very impressed. I hope that he or one of his colleagu…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Betts. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this debate to shine a light on an important but often overlooked issue. It is strange that many of the voices who mourn Britain’s declining influence are the first to say that we should spend not…”

“Sitting adjourned.”