Speeches by Martin.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I would like to speak on amendments 50 and 51. Portsmouth is a part of a minerals partnership and collaborates with Hampshire county council, Southampton city council, New Forest national park authority and the South Downs national park authority. Together,…”

“Does the hon. Member accept that two thirds of local planning authorities in England—around 206 councils—do not have an up-to-date local plan?”

“indicated dissent.”

“What an honour that is, Madam Deputy Speaker. I start with an apology for my over-zealous intervention earlier and refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and by taking the opportunity to congratulate both Portsmouth’s men’s and women’s teams on securing championship status this season. As a …”

“We will hear a number of speeches today, and we have a number of football fans in the Chamber, representing many football clubs across many leagues, so I expect that many of us will not be surprised to hear the chant: “Well, it’s all gone quiet over there!” Is the Secretary of State, like me, surprised at the apparent …”

“As well as the concerns around Brexit, there is the Gibraltar-Spain border, which we are still in the process of dealing with, despite the previous Government.”

“Does the Secretary of State agree that the list of things that SNP Members oppose includes jobs being created in that constituency?”

“Q I am not a councillor, so I am coming at this from a different angle. We had some answers from the previous panel on compulsory purchase orders, particularly from the NFU. I am not dismissing its comments in any way, but not all compulsory purchase orders are about farmland and areas like that. In my city of Portsmou…”

“Q My question is a supplementary to that. John spoke about Scottish coastal towns. I am from Portsmouth and we have a ferry port that is working really hard to have clean power. Do you believe that unlocking some of the grid elements of power will help other coastal areas in England as well as in Scotland? Dhara Vyas: …”

“Q Minister Pennycook, how will this help SMEs, obviously when we have unlocked that grid? Matthew Pennycook: There are a variety of ways in which the Bill will help SMEs. It is probably worth my saying, because we have had a variety of questions on issues that are not directly within the scope of the Bill—the new towns…”

“Q Very few homes have been built in my constituency in the last decade. Sam, you highlighted how previous Governments failed catastrophically with the amount of time and taxpayers’ money that was put into planning and development across the country. Jack, you said the existing system is “okay”. Is “okay” enough for my …”

“Q First, it is welcome that we have a Government who are working on a Bill across Departments, so it is not only on planning but also on the environment. We have heard from a panel today on the move from the “first come, first served” approach to “first ready, first connected” for connections to the grid. We know, and …”

“Q Robbie, you said you had no fundamental concerns democratically with the Bill. Could you give us a bit more on how you think the proposals will ensure continued meaningful engagement with affected communities and interested parties? Robbie Owen: I would say two things. First, any right-minded applicant for a developm…”

“We have heard a number of comments today on the financial uncertainty across the sector. Do you think this financial uncertainty is impacting Britain’s market position internationally as a world-class higher education provider? As a teacher myself, optimistically, what could we do—just in a bullet point or two? What co…”

“Welcome, everybody. On key policies, we have talked around the capping that was done here on international students and the changes, but policies are being pursued in Australia, which is seeking to cap and slow down visa applications. The Canada federal Government are also inducing a cap on international students. Both…”

“Thank you. That is really helpful.”

“Edward Peck called for greater collaboration among universities. This morning, Professor Dame Jessica Corner adhered to the same sort of working. Is the university sector restricted from undertaking discussions on collaboration because of competition law?”

“Welcome, everyone. Thank you for joining us. My question is for you, Professor Press. We are aware that 25 universities have applied to the Office for Students for permission to delay their 2023 and 2024 accounts being published and some are still not published. The former chair of the British Universities Finance Dire…”

“We have heard a number of comments today on the financial uncertainty across the sector. Do you think this financial uncertainty is impacting Britain’s market position internationally as a world-class higher education provider? As a teacher myself, optimistically, what could we do—just in a bullet point or two? What co…”

“Welcome, everybody. On key policies, we have talked around the capping that was done here on international students and the changes, but policies are being pursued in Australia, which is seeking to cap and slow down visa applications. The Canada federal Government are also inducing a cap on international students. Both…”