Speeches by Irons.

“I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. Given the complexities and interchangeable disparities that affect maternal health for black women, does she agree that without a national target or framework we are doomed to make the same mistakes again and again? This travesty needs to end, because no mother…”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bury North (Mr Frith) for securing this important debate. I should declare that my husband is a voiceover artist. As with every technological leap forward, whether from theatre to cinema or television to streaming, protect…”

“No, mine is just a local, community-led bowls club that has been there for a very long time, and the examples you give of things like breaking down loneliness is exactly what it is doing. My final question is: what do you then want to see local councils and Government do to protect bowling greens and bowling clubs goin…”

“Do you think the health and social wellbeing benefits that bowls brings to predominantly older demographics are fully understood and appreciated by councils and Government?”

“We heard earlier from the LTA about its partnership working with local authorities. Obviously, it has taken a lot more money to refurbish tennis courts, but that partnership approach with local authorities has been very successful. Is there any scope for Bowls England to take a similar approach? It might not be on that…”

“Hello, Jon. My name is Natasha and I am an MP in Croydon; we have the Spring Park Shirley Bowling Club in my constituency, which is facing an existential crisis. Its site may be closed down due to council cuts in funding and not being able to maintain the buildings. Similarly, the BBC reported that Leeds council was al…”

“Thank you all for attending today. On developing your sports and creating opportunities for young people outside school, we have heard evidence on inter sport competitions being on the decline. What are your thoughts on how that impacts the growth of your sports, and what we could do to drive them again? By inter sport…”

“I want to look at how we strengthen the pathways from school clubs to community clubs. You have mentioned a lot about funding and facilities, and we also touched on leasing space as a barrier. What more can we do to strengthen those pathways from not only local clubs but schools, so that there is much more of a flow be…”

“To wrap it up, on that point, how are you promoting that link and making clubs and schools talk to each other? What are you doing to facilitate that conversation between them, if anything? It is not necessarily all on your shoulders, but how are you doing it?”

“Hello, Jon. My name is Natasha and I am an MP in Croydon; we have the Spring Park Shirley Bowling Club in my constituency, which is facing an existential crisis. Its site may be closed down due to council cuts in funding and not being able to maintain the buildings. Similarly, the BBC reported that Leeds council was al…”

“We heard earlier from the LTA about its partnership working with local authorities. Obviously, it has taken a lot more money to refurbish tennis courts, but that partnership approach with local authorities has been very successful. Is there any scope for Bowls England to take a similar approach? It might not be on that…”

“Do you think the health and social wellbeing benefits that bowls brings to predominantly older demographics are fully understood and appreciated by councils and Government?”

“No, mine is just a local, community-led bowls club that has been there for a very long time, and the examples you give of things like breaking down loneliness is exactly what it is doing. My final question is: what do you then want to see local councils and Government do to protect bowling greens and bowling clubs goin…”

“Thank you all for attending today. On developing your sports and creating opportunities for young people outside school, we have heard evidence on inter sport competitions being on the decline. What are your thoughts on how that impacts the growth of your sports, and what we could do to drive them again? By inter sport…”

“To wrap it up, on that point, how are you promoting that link and making clubs and schools talk to each other? What are you doing to facilitate that conversation between them, if anything? It is not necessarily all on your shoulders, but how are you doing it?”

“I want to look at how we strengthen the pathways from school clubs to community clubs. You have mentioned a lot about funding and facilities, and we also touched on leasing space as a barrier. What more can we do to strengthen those pathways from not only local clubs but schools, so that there is much more of a flow be…”

“I welcome this Government’s continued commitment to breaking down barriers to opportunity, and I welcome the investment in the nurseries at Monks Orchard primary school and Fairchildes primary school in my constituency—I visited Fairchildes earlier in the year, and I know that that money will go to very good use. Does …”

“I used to work at Channel 4, and my husband still works there.”

“Picking up on the issues around the regulatory framework and the argument about the disadvantage between online streamers and traditional media, are we in a space where we should be thinking about these places as publishers again? I am not in control of the EPG of Channel 4, just as I am not in control of the algorithm…”

“Ian, you made the point earlier about us not legislating or trying to catch up in incremental steps; we have to think about the whole framework so that it captures everything and innovation continues, but we can keep it in an environment that is fair and regulated. On that, Alex, you talked about your speech about Gen …”