Speeches by Foxcroft.

“I declare an interest: I have not smoked for more than a decade, and I vape. Does the Minister agree that we have to be careful that the language we use does not discourage people from changing from smoking to vaping? Vaping has been shown to be successful in getting many people to stop smoking. The health benefits are…”

“Q10. Housing is one of the biggest issues in my constituency. Lewisham council is working hard to improve things, and is bringing its housing stock back in house. Non-decent homes have fallen from one in four to one in 10, the repairs backlog has reduced by almost two thirds, and call waiting times have fallen from 70 …”

“Class is not a protected characteristic, but we know that the number of people from working-class backgrounds participating in and enjoying arts and culture has significantly declined. What is Arts Council England doing about addressing this?”

“Collecting data is obviously important. It is also important that from our arts and creative industries we have those working-class stories as part of what becomes our history in the future. On to education, as somebody who studied a BTEC in performing arts, and then drama and business studies at university after havin…”

“We heard that touring tax relief would have the most immediate impact. You referred to speaking to the Treasury about other different kinds of tax breaks or incentives. What role do you see ACE playing in shaping the case for that tax relief?”

“Why is the new touring service not beginning until 2027 with all the challenges we currently have?”

“The review places significant weight on touring as a core way of delivering access to excellence. How confident are you that ACE’s current and planned support for touring is sufficient, given rising costs and shrinking touring capacity?”

“If improving access to this is a priority, would Arts Council England be prepared to reallocate resources if it was required?”

“And has the number of removals been increasing?”

“The discussion on social media and the challenges with being able to ensure that young people under 16 are banned from it is quite timely. It links to what you are doing to make sure that under-13s are not on social media, as both your platforms say they should not be. How many do you think are getting through who shou…”

“How many do you remove?”

“Giles, it is great to hear that it is your primary responsibility to ensure that you remove things and that you have teams looking for risks. On red versus blue, when did you first identify the problem and when did you ensure that it was properly excluded from the platform?”

“Could you send that in writing?”

“You might have acted on the initial posts, but you did not act on all the additional posts. I think you have already alluded to that in your evidence.”

“What are you doing to make sure that under-13s are not using it?”

“What is that number as a percentage of the number of users?”

“What is that number as a percentage of the number of users?”

“Could you send that in writing?”

“As the MP for Lewisham North, this was a very big issue in my constituency. It was raised with me on the Thursday. Our schools were writing to parents, and we had police at all the schools monitoring it. I do not believe that all content was taken down until the following Wednesday or Thursday. It would be really usefu…”

“I understand why you do not want to describe the range of mechanisms, but would you share that with the Committee in private? Is that something we are allowed to ask for?”