Speeches by Chamberlain.

“There is an issue with the quality of responses. There is the old saying, “Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer,” so there is always that piece where there is a responsibility on Members. It is not unreasonable to point out that more than half of the House is new, so we are all learning. If your Committee report …”

“I broadly agree with Alex. The only other interesting point is that we have obviously seen a marked decrease in the number of SNP MPs in this new Session. From a straightforward perspective, they do not engage with devolved legislation, so they would not submit written parliamentary questions to a number of Departments…”

“Alex has pulled out a good point. Bambos, you asked a question about staff and access to MemberHub in relation to asking the questions, but I think what Alex was talking about is the responsibility of the Minister in relation to the response. I can think of a very good example from just a few weeks ago. I have a fishin…”

“Katrina, in your question, you mentioned evidence, so I suppose I am interested to know whether MPs would say that they had utilised AI. As you can imagine, in preparation for this session, I asked both Front Benchers and Back-Bench colleagues. Certainly no one from the Front-Bench team is using AI for drafting, and th…”

“At a very basic level, why would I submit questions during recess? Usually it would be because the work that is associated with the questions I would want to ask comes across my desk in that period, and sometimes that is the opportunity when staff, particularly the staff based here, have the opportunity to draw a bit o…”

“Coming back to the fact that more than half of the House is new, I would ask whether colleagues are actually aware of that. It is probably one of those things that you don’t know until you need to ask the question to find out, so that is an interesting point. I am very conscious that when we have an Opposition day comi…”

“I don’t know if I can answer the question in terms of appropriateness, but it is always good to review these things on a regular basis. I have certainly picked up from Members—both Front Benchers and Back Benchers—that it feels that there is an increased number of cardings by the Table Office. That is more for oral que…”

“3. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce energy prices for people in Scotland.”

“I am probably of a similar view. I accept that the evidence says that the numbers are increasing, but I suppose that what we need to know—we have not touched on this so far—is House resource in terms of responding from the Table Office and so on. Unless the Committee were persuaded that that is an issue from a resourci…”

“I largely share Alex’s view in that I think the current limits are appropriate. If colleagues want to submit more, there are ways to do that in person at the Table Office, so they can go and do that. I have already touched on this in my evidence, but colleagues are potentially thinking, “I will submit multiple short qu…”

“I apologise to the Committee, as I have not looked at the number of written parliamentary questions in the ’17-19 Parliament, but in the ’19-24 Parliament, I suggest that covid probably played a big role, in that that was such a huge part of it. I was elected in December 2019, and I can honestly say that written parlia…”

“The only thing that that would impact is named day questions, as it would extend the named day question by one. I personally don’t feel too strongly about that. I suppose my question would again be about the reasoning for that. If it is down to the Table Office and resource, I would be open to that.”

“Thank you very much. I will try to limit my remarks as much as possible to the role of Front Benchers in the third party, given I am aware that you have invited Back-Bench Members to come and talk about this. To follow on from what Alex said, one of the things about written parliamentary questions is that they are the …”

“Yes, of course, because that is how it is supposed to be.”

“I am Wendy Chamberlain. I am the Member of Parliament for North East Fife, and I have served as the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip since September 2020.”

“Twenty-two people a day are diagnosed with lobular breast cancer, including my colleague Councillor Fiona Corps in North East Fife, but many more are living with it, because researchers and clinicians know so little about it. In advance of vigils next week, can we ensure funding for the Moon Shot Project, to give these…”

“I congratulate the Chair of the Transport Committee, the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury), and my hon. Friend the Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone) on securing this debate. I am conscious that transport is devolved, but what I have already heard in the debate tells me that there are a lot …”

“My office has seen an increase in my constituents coming to me because of an uptick in visa processing delays—visas for which they are often paying an increased fee. I really do worry about the sustainability of the Home Office’s processes, particularly in the light of the immigration reforms that this Government are m…”

“The Chancellor has mentioned several times that households will benefit from £150 off their energy bills, but I had a constituent on the phone this morning who has been told that his energy bills are still rising and will not see the savings that the Chancellor is talking about. What conversations is she having with en…”

“The hon. Gentleman has made me remember something very important. When Sarah Everard was murdered, a number of us were lighting candles, and I remember having a conversation with my son and my daughter, during which my daughter, who was 15, told her brother about all the times that she had been cat-called and harassed …”