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Police Funding: London

Debate between James Gray and Rupa Huq
Wednesday 25th October 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Westminster Hall
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Rupa Huq Portrait Dr Huq
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Is the hon. Gentleman not being a bit disingenuous about the Transport for London resource grant, £2.8 billion of which was cut—

James Gray Portrait James Gray (in the Chair)
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Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Lady, but she may not use the word “disingenuous” with regard to another Member. Perhaps she will be kind enough to withdraw that expression.

Rupa Huq Portrait Dr Huq
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Is the hon. Gentleman not being tendentious, and overlooking the fact that the former Chancellor, who is now the editor of the Evening Standard, cut the TfL resource budget?

James Gray Portrait James Gray (in the Chair)
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I think we have got the general point, thank you.

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Young Jobseekers

Debate between James Gray and Rupa Huq
Tuesday 27th October 2015

(9 years, 1 month ago)

Westminster Hall
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Rupa Huq Portrait Dr Huq
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I am about to finish, so I would rather not, if that is okay.

The Prince’s Trust—we are talking about Prince Charles, the heir to the throne—youth index uses a measure of 16 to 25, another different definition of what counts as young. One fifth of the respondents for the index said that they regularly fall apart emotionally and that they suffer from anxiety. It found all those mental health issues, so we do not want to be stoking things up.

There is much to agree with in the YMCA report. If we pick up any modern humorous dictionary of quotations, we will find many phrases about young people and youthful folly, such as, “You are only young once.” One such quote is from Oscar Wilde, who said:

“Youth is wasted on the young.”

We do not want to be in a situation where youth is wasted.

James Gray Portrait Mr James Gray (in the Chair)
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Order. Can I say that if hon. Members want to be called to speak, it is quite helpful if they stand up?

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