Speeches by Gilmour.

“Will the right hon. Gentleman give way? I will be quick and nice.”

“I am sure that my farmers, like me, will be hugely grateful to know that the ban will operate with cross-party support; our farmers are more important than party politics. Back in 2001, I was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Totnes constituency. The amount of communication with farmers before the outbreak was the…”

“It is a pleasure to be called to speak in today’s debate on such an important topic. The Bill has many laudable aims, and represents a once-in-a generation opportunity to finally fix the private rented sector for the 11 million people in England—including me—who rent privately. I know that about 13,000 private renters …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) on securing this important debate. We all know the importance of strong and effective railway services in the south-west. I will give a bit of background on my constituency. As I …”

“In the past, the Department for Education has used several different measures to assess the attainment of disadvantaged children, but it goes without saying that there are weaknesses in its approach because things change. Your main measure for assessing progress—the disadvantage attainment gap index—compares national p…”

“Can I make a couple of observations? I know exactly what you are talking about, because at Tiverton High School in my constituency, which is very disadvantaged, the headteacher has said over and over again that she has a constant number of vacancies. Something that came across my desk at one of my surgeries was somebod…”

“I know that historically—I am talking back to the beginning of the century, which makes me sound ancient—the Labour Government did exactly the same with their early years. They put money in there, and then where it dropped off and where the working-class white boys Mr Betts identified fell through the gap was when they…”

“My second and third questions really fall out of that. How do you decide the balance of investment across all your interventions, and do you consider any trade-offs? I hope the answer to that is no. How confident are you that DFE teams equally prioritise support for disadvantaged children and work together? Those two q…”

“To me, “core” means silo.”

“Referring to figure 5 on page 22 and figure 6 on page 25 of the Report, can you tell me something that, possibly because I am not as intelligent as you, is not obvious to me? Why have you not brought departmental work to support disadvantaged children together into a clear strategy or approach? I have to say that we fi…”

“To follow on from that, Juliet, I can understand the index, but how do you understand, monitor and factor into that local challenges and variations, given that it is a national measure not a regional measure?”

“From what Ms Acland-Hood said, I think that is a bit harsh. I have to say that this is the first time I have been at a hearing when I have heard civil servants use words like “professional” and “deeply interested”, and you have been able to support what you are saying to us very well. We like words like “outcomes” and,…”

“So we are not talking about a huge fluctuation.”

“Sorry.”

“That is what I have just said.”

“That is Sir Brian Leveson’s starting point—it’s broke; it ain’t working.”

“It will be really brief. What you are saying—that the Crown court sat at maximum capacity for three years—sounds good. But if it sat at maximum capacity for three years and the backlog is still going up, that tells us that maximum capacity is not sufficient to deal with the combination of factors you have referenced. O…”

“On that point—”

“Will the hon. Lady give way? She has heard me.”

“Does the right hon. Member agree that the essence of the petition is in fact the political manifestation of buyer’s remorse, and that the delivery and introduction of proportional representation would not lead to such remorse so soon?”