Speeches by Race.

“The women’s rugby world cup is providing a fantastic sporting showcase, including the seven matches hosted by Sandy Park in Exeter to sell-out crowds. Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating the organisers, including the staff at Exeter city council and the teams for an excellent tournament so far, and s…”

“I welcome the Minister to his place. Exeter has a very strong life sciences and R&D sector and just recently the University of Exeter was awarded £10.5 million from UK Research and Innovation to set up the metamaterials hub—that is real cutting-edge science—which also leveraged extra private sector investment of an…”

“In just one year, up to 2,970 more children will receive free school meals in Exeter. We have received capital investment for Newtown and St Gabriel’s primary schools. Three primary schools in my constituency—Whipton Barton junior and infants and St Sidwell’s—are in the roll-out of breakfast clubs. This week, we have a…”

“I completely agree, and of course Chad is home to many of the displaced Sudanese too. Poverty and suffering persist and provide fertile recruiting grounds for extremism. It is encouraging to see the UK continue to take a leadership role as the penholder on Sudan at the UN Security Council, and through convening the Lon…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I, too, thank my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield (Harpreet Uppal) for securing time for this debate, and for her continued commitment to raising the humanitarian situation in Sudan through debates, questions in the House and briefing meetings for Member…”

“I know that the Minister will agree with me that in Exeter we have two of the country’s most outstanding FE institutions. Exeter college is rated outstanding by Ofsted and as “strong” in its approach to meeting the skills needs of our area—the first time a college has achieved both. Exeter maths school is also rated ou…”

“12. What steps she is taking to improve the quality of the further education estate.”

“There has been some question in the US about AUKUS generally and pillar 2 specifically. What is the likelihood that the US at some point might pull out of AUKUS? It is unlikely to survive without the US, right?”

“You just mentioned AUKUS, and I want to talk about some of the big programmes. AUKUS is pretty deep and broad in science and technology collaboration. We have GCAP on a smaller scale. What is your assessment of the importance and impact of these agreements in the global environment and particularly for our science dipl…”

“Q4. From homelessness to child poverty, so many of the challenges I see people facing in Exeter can be traced back to early years, so I welcome the Government rebuilding on the legacy of Sure Start, which was so cruelly dismantled by the Conservative party. Will the Prime Minister set out what difference that will make…”

“I want to talk about public sector capability and capacity. How would you assess the quality of digital technical leaders in the NHS, whatever level they are working at, from the centre and down to individual trusts? Where are the opportunities? Where have you found it quite easy, and what have been the challenges in w…”

“Does your platform communicate with the federated data platform?”

“You referred to NHSX and NHS Digital sitting outside, and being brought into NHS England. Obviously, NHS England is now going, merging with DH. That means that the technical aspects of the team will sit within the Department, essentially. Do you think that that is the best place for them? Some people have said to me th…”

“This is a question for Dr Diwakar and Mr Crossley. What feedback have you had from trusts on the federated data platform, and what is the feedback mechanism?”

“Finally from me, where do you think the challenges are in attracting real talent from the tech sector into public service? What should the Government do to change things and get the best people into the service?”

“We had Iain Duncan Smith here a couple of sessions ago, talking about the implementation of universal credit in DWP. His big challenge to the rest of the Government was that you cannot have big transformational IT programmes delivered by, essentially, civil servants who do not have a technical background. You need prog…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for the statement, and I welcome the long-overdue and funded commitment to the new Cullompton train station, which will benefit Exeter. I commend the activists across the area for their successful campaign, and I also welcome the work done by the hon. Member for Taunton and Wellington (Gi…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain, especially as this is my first time speaking in a Bill Committee. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear!”] Thank you so much, everyone. Few issues are more important to people than bus services generally and the accessibility of bus services and buses, which is at the…”

“Next week, we have the second day of debate on Report for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which is important to many of my Exeter constituents. Does the Leader of the House agree with me and with Ruth Fox of the Hansard Society that consideration of the Bill should continue to be thorough and with signifi…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that the next Archbishop of Canterbury should be someone who can show leadership on this issue, both for congregants and clergy who would want to participate in such a service, and ensure that the Church of England finally treats LGBT Anglicans in Exeter and beyond equally within the church?”