Speeches by Griffiths.

“Is your perception that, if it is a female product, or a product or service specifically for a female audience, male investors are generally just not that interested? Is that the general message coming through here?”

“I have a question for each of you. What has your personal experience been of seeking investment for your businesses in the UK?”

“There is certainly no mandate for either. If a Government wish to change something as fundamental as how we prove who we are, they need to be up front about it; they need to win consent for it. Attacks on our privacy and personal freedom must be debated in depth, not sneaked in through the back door. Over two thirds of…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Sir Edward. I am grateful to the Petitions Committee for granting this debate, which could not be more timely. People in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton have been talking to me about digital ID for months, and more than 5,300 have signed the petition. I w…”

“Are you going too fast with this?”

“There will be no businesses left by the time you get there.”

“How do we measure you on that? How do we measure the success of that?”

“Secretary of State, it is great to have you here. You have talked already about the words of despair that you have been hearing, but you have also said that you want to make things distributionally fair as you go forwards. I am vice-Chair of the Business and Trade Committee and—I am sure this is the case with many othe…”

“What does “finding costs in the rest of the energy system” mean?”

“Will the Minister give way on that point?”

“A key plank of the SNP’s dogmatic argument against new nuclear is cost. Will the right hon. Gentleman find a quiet moment—perhaps when the winds fall light and the turbines stop—to point out to them to reduced costs of small modular reactors?”

“15. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the potential for new nuclear power sites in Scotland.”

“12. What steps he is taking to help prevent industrial action in the NHS.”

“After warnings from the NHS Confederation and NHS Providers, my constituents are still rightly concerned that services may yet be cut, appointments lost and operations delayed as a direct result of the BMA’s industrial action. These strikes did not need to happen. What will the Secretary of State do to reassure patient…”

“You have heard from Paul Greenwood, the UK chair of ExxonMobil, that energy costs are driving the destruction of these businesses. We are talking about high street businesses, we are talking about hospitality, but we are also talking about businesses right at the top of the tree. Even ExxonMobil cannot keep a plant goi…”

“Are they entirely cash-only operations?”

“What are Government planning to do in the meantime to protect businesses from mis-selling and aggressive sales tactics from these brokers?”

“Just to clarify, for the record, the Pride in Place funding that you just referenced applies in one single ward in my constituency. It is not going to apply to the vast majority of businesses in my constituency.”

“What about in the meantime?”

“Just for the record and to get us all to the same place in terms of understanding and knowledge, Wendy and Sal, you have both been talking about what takes place on the high streets. As someone who is not familiar with this world, what is the business model, as you see it, on the high street and what is the underpinnin…”