Speeches by Bloore.

“Can I just come back on a couple of things? The Business and Trade Committee recently went to Canada and saw first-hand how the federal and provincial governments are working hand in hand on exporting. There is a very similar position in Canada, where there are lots of small businesses that make up the framework of the…”

“On telling the story, do you know when the Export Champions scheme will be unpaused and restarted?”

“Minister McDougall, when we visited Northern Ireland, we talked about trade quite a lot. There was quite a mixed picture of feedback and reaction from both the businesses and the trade associations, which were concerned about whether we were making the best efforts that we could to support businesses in Northern Irelan…”

“I thank the Minister for his statement and for delivering the option supported by five out of seven councils in Worcestershire, including the Conservative leaders of Wychavon, Bromsgrove and my council, Redditch borough council. I am hopeful that the decision to create North and South Worcestershire unitaries will mean…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for her answer. Rail bottlenecks choke regional trade and hold back Redditch businesses. Delivering the midlands rail hub is fundamentally both pro-business and pro-worker. Will the Secretary of State update me on when she expects critical engineering upgrades to start to ensure that Redd…”

“Care Quality Commission guidelines state that to be a fit and proper person to be a care home director, a person has to be honest, trustworthy, reliable and respectable. Through numerous complaints from my constituents, including court cases, the director of Wayside care home—which serves my constituents—has repeatedly…”

“6. What progress she has made on the midlands rail hub.”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mr Reynolds) on securing this urgent question, and the Minister on his answer and on the Government’s bold action. Redditch manufacturers rely on British Steel, and to be frank, want more and different grades of it to expand their own production. I fully support the measur…”

“On learning that the average completion time is 33 months, is that something that concerns you, or is it something that you would want to dig a bit deeper into to find out why it takes that long?”

“First of all, thank you for being here and putting yourself forward. Congratulations on being nominated. It is a very impressive CV. When I told a group of high school children that I was coming to do this this week, they immediately asked, “Is that like the BBC and HBO drama series ‘Industry’?” I said it probably was …”

“I congratulate the Minister on securing this deal, which is the sixth from his Department—not bad for a Government made up of public sector workers, as derided by those on the Opposition Front Bench. I was interested in what he said in his statement about this being a statement of intent for future co-operation. I hope…”

“Just to follow up on that, are there any particular sectors or regions that you have concerns about right now?”

“Kate, you have a track record of working to protect working people and have done a lot of work in your current role to enhance people’s rights at work, which we are very grateful for. You will probably realise that there is still a lot of scepticism and concern about AI and how it will impact people’s jobs. Without sca…”

“Do you think it lets Governments off the hook?”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. I declare an interest as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for packaging in the circular economy. Like her, I have engaged extensively with manufacturers across the supply chain. They support the EPR in principle but raise concerns about its implementat…”

“Thanks to everyone for your evidence so far. It is pretty clear from the evidence that has been submitted that there is a frustration that the approach to reconciliation across the three Governments involved is perhaps not as co-ordinated as it could be. We are interested in how the absence of such a coherent strategy …”

“Thank you for your evidence so far, Mr Taylor. The FWA has prioritised visible and impactful enforcement. You have touched on this already, but I wanted to know what that means in practice and how it will differ from previous bodies that have had the responsibility.”

“Would you say that your biggest challenge is not potentially people breaking the laws or regulations but an awareness of what the laws and regulations are in the first place?”

“I am not really sure I can follow that, but I am going to go on to forced labour. I am going to put the pretext that I know, Minister Bryant, that you were quite strong about forced labour issues in the Chamber prior to taking on your current role. In 2021, you co-signed a letter calling for a Uyghur slave labour gover…”

“As ever, Minister, you are very charismatic and very engaging.”