Speeches by Glover.

“It is good to hear that there has been that international insight. I would like to just push you a bit further as to why the document was so domestically focused. Yes, everywhere has different context, but you could say that there is not much point including best practice, because different parts of England are differe…”

“In which case, would it not make sense to at least set some benchmarks or measures to assess how well they are doing that?”

“Thank you for clarifying that. Maybe I misunderstood what you were saying earlier on that topic. Turning to the last question, do you feel that integration is something that can be delivered by Government, local government and transport operators by doing what they do today but in a slightly different way? Or does it r…”

“The strategy sets out several case studies, but they are all from the UK, from our shores. Did you draw on good practice internationally when devising the strategy or explore approaches to integration being taken in different countries?”

“To introduce this last question, I want to go back to some of the things you were saying about devolution. It is perhaps a slightly philosophical question. We have been talking about the balance between devolved Governments being able to wholly do what they want, but also contribute to a national framework. Is your thi…”

“I thank the Minister for his answer. My Oxfordshire constituency is home to Harwell campus, the UK’s largest concentration of space and science organisations. Despite what the Minister said about the budget, the need for £162 million of savings by 2030 that was imposed on the Science and Technology Facilities Council r…”

“5. What steps her Department is taking to maintain levels of funding for astronomy and space science.”

“Following an attack that led to long-term mental and physical health difficulties, a constituent got a disappointing offer of compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, after a two-and-a-half-year delay. It took an appeal and my intervention for her to finally be offered fair compensation. What ste…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (Clive Jones) on securing this debate, and on his tireless campaigning both on lung cancer and on cancer more widely. I also thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for his passionate contribution to t…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. No doubt, given what I am about to say, everybody will wish I was confined to four or five minutes rather than 10, but there we go. I commend the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Jayne Kirkham) for securing a debate on this vital topic. We have seen so many…”

“The Chair says that you have already given one.”

“Who else would like to offer a quick suggestion?”

“A quick-fire round here. If you had one suggestion for what the Department should include in the updated manual for streets to improve road safety, what would that be?”

“I am not making any promises on the keeling over point but we will do our best. Thanks to all for coming during the heatwave. We have touched a little on iRAP, which the acronym bustometer says is the International Road Assessment Programme. It would be good to perhaps just start with a short opening paragraph on your …”

“Sarah?”

“Thank you, Mr Turner—I am in a state of astonishment at being called first. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship once again. I thank the hon. Member for North Northumberland (David Smith) for his articulate opening speech. Most of what I am going to say follows a recent farm visit and farmers’ roundtable. I t…”

“That is all right. None of us knows everything; some of us do not know anything.”

“Given the hon. Gentleman’s faith in the first-past-the-post system, does he have any theories as to why turnout in our elections tends to be significantly lower than in comparable western European countries?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) for securing this debate, for her passionate opening remarks and for her courage and nobility in potentially being willing to sacrifice the North Korean-esque majorities that our party achieve…”

“T2. On a recent visit to Stanford in the Vale pre-school, I saw the great service that it provides to children and parents. However, it faces rising demand without adequate funding and resources. What steps is the Secretary of State taking to support early years education providers in meeting demand for the free-hours …”