Speeches by Prinsley.

“That leads on to the final bit of the question, which is about how we build trust in communities where there is probably widespread scepticism about whether any of this counter-extremism stuff is effective? How do we sell this to the sceptical community?”

“In another world, I know a little bit about how interfaith things are happening, and that the strength of interfaith activities is extremely patchy. There are some places where it works very well; many where it is non-existent.”

“The sight of this sinister ship snooping around our shores strikes alarm. How can we be confident of the security of our vital undersea communication cables and what, without compromising our security, is plan B if they are severed?”

“T7. At a recent church hall meeting in Elmswell—yet another quintessential Suffolk village—a number of my constituents raised concerns about the local railway crossing. This rapidly growing village relies on an outdated level crossing, creating enormous hold-ups that are inconvenient at best and dangerous at worst. In …”

“At a lively church hall meeting in Barningham, which is a quintessential Suffolk village, a number of my constituents raised concerns about the state of rural bus provision. They highlighted not only the infrequency of the services, but the fact that the buses are larger than demand requires; many seats are unused. Doe…”

“16. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of bus services in rural areas.”

“That answers my next question. There would be some point to this from the point of view of checking whether employers are complying with this stuff.”

“My first question is very wide, and you could probably spend all afternoon answering it. We would like to know what you see as the main potential benefits of a more widespread adoption of a digital form of identification in this country.”

“You have partially touched on my next question, which is about the impact that the widespread adoption of digital ID could have on crime reduction and particularly on fraud.”

“I want to move on to another thing that is very topical. A lot of people have said that a mandatory digital ID would help with our immigration system. Do you believe that to be the case?”

“You have reflected what I was going to ask. It seems to me that you are not opposed to a voluntary digital ID system for this country that people can opt into, provided it has certain safeguards about how the data was distributed and used. If we were to create a voluntary opt-in digital ID service for the British peopl…”

“I have a background in the health service as a surgeon. I am interested in how the digital ID might link to the health record—you were talking about that just now. It seems that if we could allow people ownership of their own health record, and that was held digitally, that would give people agency over their own healt…”

“On the first panel, we heard about many of the advantages of digital ID; on this one, we have been well apprised of the problems—you have been very successful with that venture. If people could be made to see the advantages for themselves, as individuals, my guess is that, with the appropriate safeguards, adoption woul…”

“Could you see it being an app, for instance?”

“Finally, if the Government are to do this for the British people, how do they sell this as politically acceptable? We have received thousands of submissions, most of which, as you correctly predicted, were in opposition to anything remotely like this. I think many of us can see the huge advantages of this system in all…”

“I have two more bits to my questioning. One is about international models. There are plenty of countries where this is happening. What would be a good example that this country could learn from?”

“A surveillance society problem.”

“In my constituency, I recently visited an inspirational charity called Restore, which provides vital refuge for women fleeing domestic abuse. When I spoke with the dedicated staff there, I was concerned to learn that victims of domestic abuse in rural areas such as parts of my constituency are only half as likely to re…”

“4. What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates in cases of violence against women and girls.”

“Sergeant Archie Schlapobersky, of the 12th Field Squadron of the South African Corps attached to the British 8th Army, fought at Monte Cassino, the bloody battle for Italy. Nearly 12,000 of his fellow South African soldiers—all volunteers—did not survive world war two. Archie became a farmer in Swaziland after the war,…”