Gill Furniss MP: speeches

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24 Jun 2025 · Gaza: Humanitarian Situation · Hansard source
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6. What steps he is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
24 Jun 2025 · Gaza: Humanitarian Situation · Hansard source
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More than 450 Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks as Israeli forces have opened fire on those attempting to collect aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The people of Gaza not only face daily risks from bombs and bullets, but the ever-present danger of man-made drought and famine. Will the Government commit to using all resources at their disposal, including further sanctions and an arms embargo to ensure that aid is delivered to Gaza under the auspices of the UN and other suitably qualified bodies?
5 Jun 2025 · Police Presence on High Streets · Hansard source
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I will have to reduce the time limit to three minutes. If people want to intervene, I ask them to be very brief so that we can get everyone in.
5 Jun 2025 · Police Presence on High Streets · Hansard source
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I will be putting in a formal four-minute limit, which means that Members will be cut off after four minutes. Can Members try to get their speeches in within that time, so we can ensure everyone gets to speak?
5 Jun 2025 · Police Presence on High Streets · Hansard source
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I will start by imposing an informal limit of four minutes on speeches. There are plenty of you here who can fill the time, so we are keen for you to get on with it. I call Sir Iain Duncan Smith.
29 Apr 2025 · Antisocial Behaviour: Dudley · Hansard source
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I will call Sonia Kumar to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make only a very short speech with the prior permission of the Member in charge and the Minister. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for a 30-minute debate.
29 Apr 2025 · Staffordshire: Cultural Contribution · Hansard source
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I call the Opposition spokesperson.
29 Apr 2025 · Staffordshire: Cultural Contribution · Hansard source
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I will have to limit speeches to three minutes, as so many Members have asked to speak.
29 Apr 2025 · Staffordshire: Cultural Contribution · Hansard source
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I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate.
29 Apr 2025 · Staffordshire: Cultural Contribution · Hansard source
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Order. I call the Minister to respond to the debate.
29 Apr 2025 · Staffordshire: Cultural Contribution · Hansard source
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I will now limit speeches to two and a half minutes.
28 Apr 2025 · Football Governance Bill [Lords] · Hansard source
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I am wholeheartedly in favour of the Bill, as are many of my constituents. I place on record my regard for Dame Tracey Crouch; we would not be here today if she had not initiated this excellent Bill. I also give a mention to the former Members for South East Cambridgeshire and for Bristol West, along with all the fan groups and other bodies that have engaged in this lengthy process. Sheffield is at the heart of football’s story. Although I am sure that many hon. Members are aware of Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United, it has often flown under the radar that our city is also home to the oldest club in the world: Sheffield football club. The club is approaching its 170th birthday, and to this day it still plays in the oldest derby in the world against Hallam FC. Critics of this Bill question why the Government are getting involved in football, but stories such as that illustrate that football clubs are no ordinary businesses. Many of our largest clubs were originally formed by workers in towns and cities up and down the country, and they remain an essential part of the heart and soul of our communities. I have had the privilege of seeing at first hand some of the excellent work being done in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by Marcus and his team at the Sheffield Wednesday FC Community Programme, and I place on the record my thanks for all that they do. The good work that many of our clubs do for constituents in need and the joy that they can bring to many more only emphasise further why the Government are right to protect these vital assets. Our clubs are not the playthings of the wealthy, to be recklessly mismanaged and tossed aside when the lustre of custodianship wears off. Last week, I and a number of other Members, including my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts), had the privilege of meeting with the SWFC Supporters Trust to hear its concerns about the direction of the club under its present custodianship. I do not have enough time to list the many issues highlighted at the meeting, but one key issue was the disregard for fan engagement and even abusive disdain for the trust and other groups from the club. I gently remind all those fortunate enough to be custodians of football clubs that without the fans, clubs are nothing. That is why I am pleased that this Bill will introduce a minimum standard for fan engagement and compel clubs to democratically select their fan representatives. I strongly welcome another change that this Government have made from the previous iteration of the Bill in allowing the regulator to examine parachute payments. The strength of our football pyramid is the envy of many nations, but a pyramid is nothing without a stable foundation. I believe that providing support to relegated clubs is important, but parachute payments in their current form are undermining our pyramid; they have ballooned to become one of the most distortive elements of the modern game. Last season’s parachute payments to five recently relegated clubs were three times as much as the amount that 67 other EFL teams received in total. In my view, that is the driving force behind many of our beloved clubs being run in increasingly unsustainable ways. It is no wonder that the majority of the top 92 clubs in the game are technically insolvent. The damage that irresponsible owners leave in their wake is immeasurable, as too many of my hon. Friends have sadly been able to attest to today. I am pleased that Government are getting to grips with the situation, and I look forward to supporting this Bill as it makes its way through Parliament, helping to safeguard the future of all the clubs in the pyramid.
27 Mar 2025 · Hughes Report: First Anniversary · Hansard source
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After the next speaker, we will limit speeches to three minutes. That means that your microphone will be cut off at that time, so I would appreciate it if you looked at the clock while speaking.
27 Mar 2025 · Hughes Report: First Anniversary · Hansard source
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I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. At this stage, there are a lot of you to get in, so we are limiting speeches to four minutes.
27 Mar 2025 · Decarbonising Transport · Hansard source
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14. What steps she is taking to decarbonise the transport sector.
27 Mar 2025 · Decarbonising Transport · Hansard source
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I am delighted that our Labour Mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, is bringing local buses back under public control. Does the Minister agree that taking back control of our buses will allow us to deliver on a low-carbon future for local transport services? What steps is she taking to increase the roll-out of zero emission buses nationwide?
13 Mar 2025 · Young Carers: Educational Opportunities · Hansard source
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I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called to speak.
13 Mar 2025 · Young Carers: Educational Opportunities · Hansard source
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I call Chris Vince, who has two minutes to wind up the debate.
10 Mar 2025 · Topical Questions · Hansard source
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T6. I have often raised the importance of further education and the transformative impact it can have. I know that the Minister and the Secretary of State share my belief in excellent education for all, instead of the broken skills system that the Tories left behind. To that end, what steps is the Minister taking to ensure that students without the necessary qualifications to get on to T-levels do not end up falling through the net?
5 Feb 2025 · Maternal Mental Health · Hansard source
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About 10 Members have indicated that they wish to speak or intervene, which is unusual in a 30-minute debate. To make a speech in this debate, a Back Bencher must have the leave of the Member in charge, Ms Kyrke-Smith, and of the Minister. Obviously, there also needs to be time enough. If you wish to make a speech as opposed to intervening and have secured the necessary permissions, please stand as usual when the Member in charge has finished moving the motion and remain on your feet while I assess demand and the need for a time limit. I am expecting that we will need a two-minute limit. I request that other Members seek to intervene very, very briefly and only during the speeches of the Member in charge and the Minister. I will call the Minister to reply at 11.20 am.
5 Feb 2025 · Maternal Mental Health · Hansard source
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Members should stand if they wish to speak. You have a very short amount of time.
5 Feb 2025 · Closure of High Street Services: Rural Areas · Hansard source
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There are still many of you wishing to speak, so I will restrict you each to two minutes because we want to hear a response from the Minister and the spokespeople. I call Alison Hume.
5 Feb 2025 · Closure of High Street Services: Rural Areas · Hansard source
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We have quite a lot of speakers, so I will limit speeches to three minutes each so that everyone will get an opportunity to get in the debate. I reiterate that interventions should be brief so that colleagues get the opportunities that they are here for.
5 Feb 2025 · Closure of High Street Services: Rural Areas · Hansard source
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Order. I ask Members to keep strictly to three minutes. You are going over that limit and speaking other people out. If you cannot keep to the limit, we will have to put the timer on, and you will be cut short.
5 Feb 2025 · Closure of High Street Services: Rural Areas · Hansard source
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Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. I also remind them that interventions are meant to be very brief if we are to allow everyone to speak in this big debate.

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