“but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech does not commit to boosting defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 with a fully funded plan, fails to include measures that provide an adequate deterrent to migrants crossing the channel illegally, fails to mention rural communities, farming and fishing, does not include a legally binding target to enhance the UK’s food security or a commitment to increase the UK-wide agriculture budget by £1 billion over the course of the Parliament, introduces new burdens on businesses without sufficient measures to support them, fails to set out a concrete plan to tackle the unsustainable post-covid rise in the welfare bill, does not adequately protect family finances and the UK’s energy security in the move to net zero, and fails to provide adequate protections for pensioners and working people to keep more of the money they have worked hard for.” “There’s only two people from my generation that I could see leading the Conservative party: Rishi Sunak or Vicky Atkins.” “if everyone had the good health of the least deprived 10% of the population, there would have been 1 million fewer deaths in England in the period 2012 to 2019.” “If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.” “We’re addicted to sentencing, we’re addicted to punishment. So many people who are in prison, in my view, shouldn’t be there.” “If health has stopped improving it is a sign that society has stopped improving.” “At end add ‘and submits that the Government should immediately recognise the state of Palestine.’” “I am privileged to represent a constituency of huge diversity, vibrancy and tolerance, and while we must never be complacent, our communities generally live harmoniously together. We are part of a city renowned across the world for welcoming incomers. Families have come from across the globe to make their home in Leicester South…Our diversity”- “enriches our cultural, social and civic life, and contributes immensely to our economy, too.”-[Official Report, 8 June 2011; Vol. 529, c. 200-201.] “My heart is ten times lighter than my looks.” “We need to stop the decline and start fighting for a better future.”-[Official Report, 15 November 2023; Vol. 740, c. 742 “never change the system because they think they don’t need to. And when they lose, they have no power to change it.”