Speeches by Prinsley.

“The Hanukkah murder of the Jews on Bondi beach has reverberated around the world. I shall go from here to sign a book of condolence at Australia House. UK synagogues require security guards for religious services. If that were true of churches in the United Kingdom, it would be considered a national emergency. The olde…”

“I could not agree more, given the number of people who have come to me with handfuls of hearing aids on which they have spent thousands of pounds, telling me that they are just not working—and there is no proper follow-up for many of those people. The issue with a hearing aid is that it needs to be looked after: it has…”

“Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah, Mr Speaker. The chief constable of Suffolk has informed me that much rural domestic violence is simply unreported, with one reason perhaps being the feeling that trials are very long delayed. Would my right hon. Friend agree that we have an absolute duty to address this urgently?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Danny Beales) for securing this interesting debate, and I declare a series of interests. I am an ear, nose and throat surgeon, so I have been interested in audiology for 40 years. In this pla…”

“I am very interested in the story of dogs and the shape of a dog’s ear canal; that is such a helpful explanation. I was often brought dogs, particularly spaniels with big floppy ears, who had ear infections and blockages, and I was always puzzled why it was that the dogs got into such difficulties. The hon. Gentleman’s…”

“That is exactly what our constituents notice when they look at their television screens.”

“I agree. When we were in northern France, we saw the men you describe. That is exactly what we saw. Men between 18 and about 30. We did not see women and girls. If there were some, there were very few and they were in tents out of sight.”

“What would be your definition of a partner country?”

“I meet constituents who have been on holiday to Vietnam, for instance, and they say to me: “How is it that there are asylum seekers coming from Vietnam? I like to go to Vietnam for a holiday”. I would like to go to Vietnam. They just cannot understand why there could be any, or hardly any, asylum seekers from some of t…”

“What would you like to do with family reunion? What would you change, suppose you were in charge?”

“What about what we are doing in comparison with other countries?”

“I am Peter Prinsley, the MP for both Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. Thanks for coming this afternoon. The Government have paused the refugee family reunion scheme and are planning for this to be much more difficult in the future. How does this decision accord with our international obligations?”

“Do you have specific examples of the harm that has come to families as a result?”

“I am Peter Prinsley, MP for Bury St Edmunds, and Stowmarket. I have enjoyed listening to your responses. Do you think there are any safe countries that people come here from? For instance, if you are a migrant seeking asylum who has come from Vietnam or Pakistan, do you think that we could just send you straight back t…”

“Family reunion is presently suspended?”

“Many of us are concerned about the progress of the assisted dying or Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the other place. There appears to be an orchestrated filibuster in progress to defy the will of the elected Chamber; many amendments have been tabled, including amendments demanding pregnancy tests for old m…”

“I congratulate our own frontline team, because this is a great deal. I came to Parliament partly to speak up for our NHS, and I have spoken in many debates. I have also trained many surgeons over the years, and I know that my fellow surgeons will be up for this deal. College presidents will support it, and I urge all r…”

“Does the Minister agree that at the heart of this matter is the question of the truth, and the question of whether the deliberation of the safety advisory group at Birmingham city council was compromised or prejudiced?”

“I will not just now. I agree with all those arguments, but why do I support digital ID? Because I believe that those arguments are about the practicalities of how we implement digital ID, as opposed to the principle of whether we should have digital ID in the first place. It should be entirely possible for a great coun…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. I think I am the first person to speak today who is a supporter of digital ID. However, I agree with many of the objections raised by some colleagues; they are reasonable arguments and echo what many of my constituents have told me. Simon from Stowmarket wrote…”