Speeches by Gilmour.

“The best start in life means a good education; good education means a good school; and a good school necessarily means a learning environment in which children can thrive. Tiverton high school in my constituency should not be an exception to that, but because of the decisions of successive Governments, it has been. I w…”

“I have a constituency interest because Ada lived in Porlock. There is a special project there, “Ada in Porlock”, which brings this into the 21st century, doing exactly what Lizzi said. It is amazing.”

“I speak with some expertise in this, because I worked for the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. Brain injury was something that came up time and time again, as did the complexities, as Sir John pointed out. I was a trustee of Headway in 1997. I have some expertise, and I support what Sir John is saying. It is als…”

“I agree.”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“Does the hon. Member accept that even with his emphasis on parental financial responsibility, the two-child benefit cap punishes the entirely innocent party—the children, who had no choice in their existence? Is that not deeply unjust?”

“This is a deeply sensitive debate. Two of my brothers served as officers in Northern Ireland, and the memory of Operation Banner has been raised time and again by many of my constituents. The truth is that many of the soldiers in Northern Ireland were young lads from working-class communities sent by their Government a…”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“Does the hon. Member agree that although expanding nursery-based provision in schools is unquestionably laudable in improving access to childcare, we must guard against inadvertently passing on to primary school teachers the responsibility for teaching basic life skills that could and should have been nurtured earlier,…”

“No, I think that’s me done.”

“Thank you, Mr Chair—that’s me done.”

“How confident are you that there will be a smooth transition when Capita takes over in December, and that you can guarantee members that there will be no disruption to the service?”

“In more specific terms, have you any contingency plans if Capita’s IT systems are not ready?”

“Would you mind writing to us at the end of July to give us an update?”

“This is a simple question for Cat Little and Duncan Watson. Why are complaints at their highest level for nine years?”

“I congratulate the hon. Lady profoundly on securing this much-needed debate. Does she agree that it is shameful that Labour made personal pledges to WASPI women over social media as a vehicle to get elected, but then tossed aside those promises and turned its back on more than 7,000 women, including Gill in Tiverton an…”

“While I welcome the Government’s rural growth plans, I am concerned about the persistent poverty in many rural areas. The additional costs of living in these communities—known as the rural premium—exacerbate hardship. What specific steps will the Chancellor take to support those in, or near, poverty in rural areas, and…”