Speeches

Thank you Ms Elliott, and it is a pleasure to be speaking under your chairmanship.

I beg to move that this House has considered The Future of Coastal Communities, and it is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship Dr Huq. 

Thank you, Madame Deputy Speaker.

I thank the Prime Minister for his dedication to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his aspiration for all in this country and his expectation that we can achieve great things as individuals and as a country.

Mr Speaker, this Bill should not be considered a controversial one. Absolutely not.

Thank you, Mr Speaker/Madam Deputy Speaker.

I beg to move that this House has considered the status of local enterprise partnerships.

It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Ms Rees, and I thank everyone for attending the debate.

Thank you Mr Speaker and I welcome this Bill to make provision about the minimum age for marriage and civil partnership; and for connected purposes.

Thank you Mr/Deputy/Speaker and I welcome this Bill brought forward by the the Rt. Hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam.

Thank Mr/Madam Deputy Speaker.

I want to start by congratulating my Honourable Friend, the Member for Workington, on bringing forward this important Bill, which is now before us in its remaining stages.

Thank you, Mr Speaker/Madame Deputy Speaker.