Speeches by Slinger.

“The right hon. Lady is making an entertaining speech, as is often the case. In the midst of all those words about tax, I merely point out the Conservative party’s two unfunded national insurance tax cuts and the £22 billion black hole that is based on unfunded spending pledges and kicking the can down the road. What is…”

“Thank you, Dr Allin-Khan, for the opportunity to speak in this very important debate; it is good to have an opportunity to air some of these ideas. Let me point something out to the right hon. Member for Tatton (Esther McVey). I sought to pay her a compliment about her oratorical style; these issues are not entertainin…”

“On that point, will the right hon. Lady give way?”

“Will the right hon. Lady give way?”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“Does the Minister agree that if police officers are cut by 20,000, and then their numbers are replaced by 20,000, not a huge amount has been done to boost police numbers?”

“The Conservative party has a record of failure, and now it is failing to back our measures to put things right. On Rwanda, so much money was wasted to deport so few people, and with so little remorse. Imagine the howls that we would have heard if a civil servant or trade union had wasted just 1% of that sum. On the asy…”

“I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. This Bill proposes numerous measures that will get tough on the evil criminal gangs that are bringing people here on those boats, and my hon. Friends on the Labour Benches have made that point very clearly. With their hand on their heart, are right hon. and hon. Members on …”

“Can the right hon. Gentleman and other Opposition Members look themselves in the mirror, with a hand on their heart, and say in good conscience that for a great nation like ours—a country that believes in the international rule of law—to outsource its asylum policy to a country like Rwanda is the correct way to behave?…”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“Jeremy has already touched on this, but I will ask anyway. What do you think independent candidates could do to help to ensure that their supporters engage with political opponents in a constructive manner? You have already touched on it by talking about training and letting people go out with an experienced person who…”

“Would you concede that, very sadly, negative and untruthful campaigns by groups or individuals can be effective? That is a real problem for us, because we do not want to be like that, but others do. Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw: Yes, absolutely—particularly where it means that people step down. Mike made the point about w…”

“Jeremy has already touched on this, but I will ask anyway. What do you think independent candidates could do to help to ensure that their supporters engage with political opponents in a constructive manner? You have already touched on it by talking about training and letting people go out with an experienced person who…”

“You have mentioned that online abuse might be impacting negatively the democratic process. Could you expand on that? Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw: I think this is the first election where it felt that it spilled out of the online space and into hustings and on to the streets. Arguments were repeated; campaigners might be …”

“Would you concede that, very sadly, negative and untruthful campaigns by groups or individuals can be effective? That is a real problem for us, because we do not want to be like that, but others do. Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw: Yes, absolutely—particularly where it means that people step down. Mike made the point about w…”

“To what extent do you agree with the notion that the public’s view of what constitutes their democratic right to engage with candidates has changed markedly? They actually think that some of these behaviours are perfectly legitimate—that it is legitimate to harass someone, running up and down the street, or outside the…”

“Jeremy has already touched on this, but I will ask anyway. What do you think independent candidates could do to help to ensure that their supporters engage with political opponents in a constructive manner? You have already touched on it by talking about training and letting people go out with an experienced person who…”

“You have mentioned that online abuse might be impacting negatively the democratic process. Could you expand on that? Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw: I think this is the first election where it felt that it spilled out of the online space and into hustings and on to the streets. Arguments were repeated; campaigners might be …”

“To what extent do you agree with the notion that the public’s view of what constitutes their democratic right to engage with candidates has changed markedly? They actually think that some of these behaviours are perfectly legitimate—that it is legitimate to harass someone, running up and down the street, or outside the…”

“Would you concede that, very sadly, negative and untruthful campaigns by groups or individuals can be effective? That is a real problem for us, because we do not want to be like that, but others do. Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw: Yes, absolutely—particularly where it means that people step down. Mike made the point about w…”