Speeches by Maynard.

“I thank the Minister and everyone involved in the review for their hard work; this is a difficult subject, so it is much appreciated. Today’s report has confirmed what perhaps all of us knew for many years, which is that PIP is supposed to act as a lifeline, but is administered through a broken system. Disabled people …”

“On behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Bicester and Woodstock (Calum Miller), I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement. As we have come to expect of all major international summits, NATO’s meeting in Ankara was taken over entirely by Donald Trump’s tantrums and threats. He restated his clai…”

“Iran is continuing to hold the global economy to ransom through its reckless strikes in the strait of Hormuz—we all agree on that. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s continuing tit-for-tat retaliations risk dragging the whole region back into a full-blown conflict. This would threaten the lives of citizens across the middle eas…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) for bringing such an important debate to the House. I appreciate all the speeches that have been given with such force. The issue is enormously important to many of my constituents in Witney. A disaster is happening in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.…”

“Fair enough. Just switching over, “AI Scenarios 2030” was put together by AISI, DSIT and other experts across Government, academia and industry. The report concludes, “AI could cause serious, potentially even existential harms, without government intervention.” That is from your Department, I understand. I will just re…”

“Last October, MI5 noted the risks of these systems. What comfort can you give us and the country that this Government are on top of it? This is existential, in your own Department’s words. The fact that we have second looks at these models does not give a lot of people much comfort.”

“We cannot stop those models going out, can we?”

“Is that all the models or some of the models?”

“For OpenAI’s GPT-5.5, the UK AISI was unable to verify the effectiveness of the final configuration. For Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, AISI’s own testing is producing only interim results from a compressed testing window. We are relying on the good graces of America. I accept that the rest of the world is too, but we ar…”

“Kanishka, we are all in agreement that these AI models are extraordinarily powerful, developing extraordinarily quickly and offer an enormous force for good in many respects. I want to explore the downsides. There is the AI Security Institute, which is responsible for our safety. At the moment, it has no statutory auth…”

“Talking about British Steel, as I understand it, and correct me if I am wrong, working capital from April last year to May this year is £484 million in. I think that that is going to increase this year. As per the supplementary estimates that are coming out next February, I think that it is going to increase again ther…”

“I do not understand, given that the country is already paying £1.6 billion, why we have to wait rather than talking any numbers now. That conversation can start now, and I do not understand why taxpayers should be picking up the bill while they just wait it out.”

“Regarding contracts for difference, will the Government now consider moving from a 100% revenue guarantee model to a partial coverage model, along the lines of what Australia now has?”

“How does this company compete in its environment to serve the UK market well while not being a drain on the taxpayer and becoming fully funded? Are you looking to hold it forever or to sell it?”

“Maybe it should.”

“For the 10,000 you are talking about.”

“Sorry, but that is an optimistic interpretation. Essentially, we have now done those free trade deals. How would you compare the commitments that you are lining up with, say, Switzerland with the GCC? Are you saying that you have the same human rights agreements with Switzerland as you do with the GCC?”

“Just on that, in terms of human rights, GCC but also India went pretty light on that. Just talk us through the trade-offs that you are comfortable or uncomfortable with in regard to the deals being made. Human rights was largely carved out.”

“I am trying to reconcile your statements on high ambition and being focused on growth with the fact that the UK voted to leave the EU, but we did not vote to leave the single market and the customs union. Frontier Economics published something two weeks ago that said that being inside the single market and customs unio…”

“Is that a secure footing behind large tariff barriers, or are you confident that in three years it is going to be back in an open-market environment and making money? How long do you think it needs to be back in an open-market environment, not behind tariff barriers and making money? What is your take on ownership?”