Speeches by Prinsley.

“Does the Minister agree that what is needed is a complete cultural change in our schools, giving equivalence of practical skills to academic pursuits? We have masses of rebuilding in our country after the wreckage of 14 years, including in Suffolk, yet we have no welders. Let’s fix this.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Barker. Across the river, we can all see the covid memorial wall with a quarter of a million red hearts—a quarter of a million of our people lost. Few families were unaffected. My son is an accident and emergency doctor, and he was then working at a London hospital…”

“Does the Minister agree that what is needed is a complete cultural change in our schools, giving equivalence of practical skills to academic pursuits? We have masses of rebuilding in our country after the wreckage of 14 years, including in Suffolk, yet we have no welders. Let’s fix this.”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that we must have a single patient record, not simply federated records from other sources?”

“Off the tranquil coast of Suffolk lie critical pieces of infrastructure, communications cables and electrical installations. There are alarming reports of munitions that are capable of creating giant tidal waves, threatening our coastal communities and indeed our nuclear facilities. Will the Minister outline what steps…”

“12. What steps his Department is taking to protect UK coastal waters.”

“I am grateful for that intervention, and I am aware that in various bits of the country such systems do exist. I would like to see a single patient record that is genuinely single, so that when my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Dr Opher), who is sitting next to me, writes something in the record, I can see it, and …”

“I know of a quite frail diabetic patient with cancer, who underwent several operations as well as complicated chemo in London. He eventually decided that he was well enough to take a short holiday, so he went to Cornwall on the train. Unfortunately, shortly after arriving he was found in a state of collapse by his daug…”

“I was interested in the hon. Gentleman’s comment about the shortage of welders. Does he agree that the Government’s plan for construction colleges of excellence, including the one in Bury St Edmunds, will be crucial for the provision of welders?”

“I thank the Minister for his statement. I declare an interest as a member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, but I speak for myself. The actions of Minister Gvir, seen on the news last night, are an utter disgrace. As a Jewish MP, I was ashamed, for sometimes it is not easy to be a Jewish MP in this House. Does …”

“I am sure you will. Thank you.”

“I am Peter Prinsley, the MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. To a member of the public, £65 million seems like an enormous sum of money. Would you give us an idea of how that money is to be used exactly? Is this £65 million for legal fees? Is it £65 million for salaries? Just tell “a voter on the doorstep” what you …”

“I do understand that that is the case. Would there be, for instance, a process of competitive tendering for the legal services?”

“In this country, we have the CST. Obviously, we are very lucky to have the CST. In other countries, do they have something similar? Are there lessons we can learn from other countries about how best to deal with this, or are they learning from us?”

“That fits with my experience of the situation, particularly in rural schools, where we have seen an astonishing increase in antisemitism in East Anglia. Could you talk about how the CST data is gathered? How complete do you think it is?”

“Good morning, everybody. I am the MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, although I am a member of the Norwich Hebrew Congregation. This question is to Dave Rich: could you describe the scale of the recent increase in antisemitism in the UK, please?”

“I completely agree with that. It has moved from a situation where there were remarks at the edge of a dinner party to something that is everybody’s everyday experience. Moving on, is the situation in the UK different to some other countries? Is there something uniquely bad about what is going on here?”

“I am a member of Labour Friends of Israel, a member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, a trustee of the Norwich Hebrew Congregation, and of course I am a Jewish MP.”

“That is obviously terrible. Would you say that there is a particular type of incident that has seen the greatest increase?”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for securing this debate. I am concerned about the mental health of farmers. There is about one suicide a week among UK farmers. Does he agree that we must do everything we can to support the mental health of our farmers?”