Speeches by Johnson.

“My hon. Friend is right, but I do not believe that the land will ever be returned to farmland, and many of my constituents feel the same. It is worth noting that 99.1% of solar installations cover the best and most versatile land, but tests procured by the developers appear to suggest that soil is of poorer quality tha…”

“My right hon. Friend is right. I will come on to the cumulative effect later in my speech. He will recall that the previous Government brought in measures to ensure that happened, but it does not seem to be happening. In my survey, 91% of respondents were concerned about the enormous scale of proposals, and 73% were co…”

“I agree wholeheartedly that we should not use our best agricultural farmland for solar panels. The previous Government took steps to establish a £50 million fund to incentivise rooftop installations on farm buildings. That is the right measure to maximise the efficient use of land. This Government’s approach, by contra…”

“My right hon. Friend is of course right, as usual, and I will address that point in more detail later in my speech. Even if we could resolve all those production, recycling and transportation issues, and so accept that solar is viable for the UK, ground-mounted solar projects are not the right approach. Panels installe…”

“Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. My point was that under a Labour Government and Secretary of State, a Labour donor has been given permission to build a great big solar farm just outside my constituency. That is the point I was making: the Labour—”

“I think the hon. Member is making part of the point that I was trying to make in my speech. Some 7% of my constituency is the subject of solar panel applications. Does he agree that that is an obscene amount of solar panels to put on our best quality farmland?”

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“I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I wonder if the average jumbo jet flying into Heathrow does a loop-the-loop on its way in. RAF Digby is the headquarters of the joint cyber and electromagnetic activities group. Any interference with that part of the defence estate could cause significant harm. My constituenc…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered solar farms. I must first inform the House that my husband is a farmer and agricultural contractor. I am very grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for allowing me time for a debate on large-scale solar farms. There are some things that Members across the House can a…”

“Independent schools are inspected against the independent schools standards, which are different because they have related entries for flexibility of governance, selection admissions and other things, so the standards are necessarily different. However, it has been suggested that in some areas of SEND metrics for asses…”

“You talked about exclusions, part-time timetables, alternative provision of resources being used. Could those things be considered a reflection of inadequate resources? I met some head teachers recently who talked about the behaviour challenges for the whole class. They have a duty to the child with special needs but t…”

“Yes. Head teachers are telling me that if they do not have adequate resources to manage a particular child within the classroom as they required to, they are caught in a Catch-22 situation. If they bring the child into the classroom and try to manage them with inadequate resources, the whole class potentially does not …”

“My question is for Adam. In Lincolnshire, where my constituency is, the SEND services have been rated “outstanding”, which from what you have said is quite an unusually good rating for across the country. What are you doing to ensure that other counties and other areas can learn from where Lincolnshire is doing things …”

“Looking at the effect on the other children is part of the question.”

“Would that help children with special needs or could it lead to some schools changing admission criteria?”

“Before the Minister concludes, could she answer my questions on national insurance and on below-inflation pay rises? If not, will she commit to answering my remaining questions by letter?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. The draft regulations will make amendments to the Medical Device Regulations 2002, the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005 and the Medical Devices (Northern Ireland Protocol) Regulations 2021. The core changes made by the draft regulations will inclu…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for that answer, and I would be delighted to meet him to discuss it further. Unfortunately, when Labour negotiates, Britain loses. The Government capitulated to union demands with nothing in return. It is therefore of no surprise to anyone that within months, they are back in dispute with…”

“Taking medicines on time is important, especially for those with conditions such as diabetes and epilepsy. Dr Acheson, an A&E consultant who has time-critical medicines for his own Parkinson’s disease, understands that well. He has been running a quality improvement programme to ensure that time-critical medicines …”

“My right hon. Friend raises important questions that I hope the Minister will answer. It is important to look at the data that we already have. That was the next part of my speech—my right hon. Friend is, as usual, reading my mind. Given that these drugs have been used on hundreds of patients at GIDS alone, why not loo…”