Roger Gale MP: speeches 2025

Speeches

• 7 Jan 2025 · Workplace Pay Gaps · Hansard source

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  We now come, slightly earlier than anticipated, to the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

• 7 Jan 2025 · Workplace Pay Gaps · Hansard source

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  Order. This is entirely my fault. I imposed a time limit on speeches earlier, but two Members then dropped out, which has left us, perversely, slightly under-running. I should have indicated to the Front Benchers at the start of the Front-Bench contributions that we had a little more time than we might need. It is probably in the interests of the House that we hear what the Minister has to say, so I am going to allow the Minister to run over very slightly; if she wishes to take the intervention, she may do so.

• 7 Jan 2025 · Employer National Insurance Contributions: Charities · Hansard source

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  I am sorry to intrude on the Minister’s time. As I understand it, the extension of the children’s hospices grant will not meet the costs of national insurance for children’s hospices. Will she ask the Treasury to clarify that, and if necessary, discuss it with the executives of the children’s hospice movement?

• 7 Jan 2025 · Employer National Insurance Contributions: Charities · Hansard source

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  Shooting Star and Demelza House are two children’s cancer hospice charities that make a significant contribution to the national health service. Is it not absolutely ludicrous that money given for charitable purposes should effectively be siphoned off to the Treasury instead of being used to provide the support to children and their families for which it is intended?

• 7 Jan 2025 · National Resilience and Preparedness · Hansard source

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  Order. The hon. Gentleman is an old friend and has been here a long time. We really must get out of the habit of reading into the record pre-prepared interventions. An intervention is an intervention, not a contribution to the debate.

• 7 Jan 2025 · National Resilience and Preparedness · Hansard source

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  Order. I suspended the sitting until 11 o’clock but, with the mover of the motion and the Minister present, I see no reason not to start. I will call Richard Foord to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. As is always the case with 30-minute debates, there is no opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up. Without further ado, I call Richard Foord.