Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lillian Jones and Lindsay Hoyle

Wednesday 10th June 2026 Commons Chamber

[Lillian Jones]

Happy birthday, Mr Speaker.

I was delighted that the Darvel Improvement Group was awarded £200,000 of Pride in Place funding, meaning that it can now progress its work to restore the Sir Alexander Fleming commemorative garden and create an educational memorial in Hastings Square. My right hon. Friend will know that 2028 marks 100 years since the discovery of penicillin, a world-changing breakthrough that has saved millions of lives across the world. For local people across my constituency, that is a source of deep pride—Scotland’s contribution to science from a man born in Darvel in Ayrshire, aka God’s country. Does my right hon. Friend agree that by putting power into the hands of local people, we are helping communities to deliver—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The Secretary of State will have grasped the question.