Speeches by Swallow.

“As a member of the JCHR, I am concerned that the shadow Northern Ireland Secretary may have inadvertently misled the House when he suggested that our Committee did not discharge our roles seriously and consider all the evidence in this case when we produced our report.”

“Our report recommended that this remedial order be made in no small part because of the incredible sensitivity around anything to do with the Northern Ireland troubles and the need to make sure that we are building bridges across communities, and in no small part, too, because of the seriousness with which the Committe…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The point I was trying to raise in my question to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland was that on any issue to do with the Northern Irish troubles, we must tread with appropriate solemnity and seriousness. It was therefore disappointing to be accused of being an idiot …”

“It is fair to say that the recommendations of the Cass review were not welcomed by everyone—not least by all members of the LGBT+ community—but the Conservative party commissioned the review and accepted its findings, and the Labour party supported the review and supported its findings. Does the Secretary of State shar…”

“Between 2015 and 2020, under the last multi-year settlement, the Conservative Government cut Bracknell Forest council’s funding by £500,000. I am delighted that this provisional settlement would see Bracknell Forest’s funding rise by almost £10 million—an increase of over 7%. Does my hon. Friend agree that this shows t…”

“A once senior leader of the Reform party is now in jail for colluding with Russia. When the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) heard about that, did he launch an inquiry? Did he perhaps review his own previous statements on Russia, including saying that he admired Putin? No, he did not; he called Nathan Gill a “bad…”

“I am pleased to say that I did. The hon. Member for Clacton is not in his place to hear my comments, but I hope he is listening anyway.”

“When I met local nature activists in Bracknell, they told me that swift bricks are used not just by swifts, but by house martins and sparrows. Sadly, they are not used by swallows—although this Swallow certainly welcomes them. As the Minister knows, I have been strongly calling for swift bricks, so I am really pleased …”

“Hear, hear!”

“We have already talked a lot this morning about teacher workload but I thought it would be helpful to really boil down to the specific challenges that are driving that. We often talk about teacher workload as a monolithic thing, but actually there are lots of specific challenges day-to-day that teachers are facing that…”

“Graihagh, I know the Government have chosen not to renew the funding for the Career Changers programme you oversee; what is the future of that pathway?”

“I declare that I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for schools, learning and assessment, for which the NEU provides a secretariat.”

“We will return to the 6,500 target, but I just wanted to come in on the back of what Daniel was talking about in terms of the particular challenge in retaining women teachers in their 30s. In some estimations, it is the biggest cohort leaving the profession. I will put it to the rest of the panel: what more can we do t…”

“What strikes me about that is how anyone who is using AI to improve their efficiency is using it to help take out some administrative burden but with the creative stuff still being very much human-led. That is very interesting.”

“That is really interesting to hear in the context of a Government who are about to set out some reforms to the SEND system. Obviously it is really important for young people themselves with those additional needs, but also for the teaching community. I wanted to ask specifically about AI, because there are those who su…”

“We have already talked a little about the different pathways into teaching; it feels clear that if we are going to meet the Government’s ambitions of recruiting more teachers and more specialist teachers, we need as many routes into the profession as possible. What would you like to see done to increase those different…”

“I thank the Foreign Secretary and the shadow Foreign Secretary for their powerful words on the horrific antisemitic attack in Australia. Jimmy Lai has been persecuted for standing up for human rights and democracy, and I know that the Bracknell Forest Hong Kong community shares my utter horror at this cowardly act by t…”

“These are dangerous times for democracies in Europe and across the world. I will not be alone in having heard one particular word used increasingly to describe our social and political state as a country over the last 10 years: “divided.” From Brexit to immigration, from the conflict in Gaza to LGBT+ rights, it feels a…”

“The Minister is setting out the strong action that the Government are taking to target those threats. Does he think that social media companies are doing enough to ensure that their platforms are not being used by Russia and others to undermine democracy?”

“The hon. Lady is making a powerful case about Reform UK speaking on Russia’s talking points. Of course, the biggest talking point of them all is that NATO is the enemy. When her leader says that the Green party believes we should leave NATO, is that not a Russian talking point?”