Speeches by Chope.

“May I apologise first of all for not being here earlier? I also serve on the Procedure Committee, and we had another meeting at the same time. Can I ask about the hot topic of critical minerals, with the news that the United States and Ukraine may be close to signing an agreement in relation to some of Ukraine’s critic…”

“If you were going to have a descriptor after your “Labour”, would it be “temporarily suspended”, or it could also have “Labour withdrawn” or something like that?”

“Is there a distinction in your party between having the Whip withdrawn and the Whip suspended? Or does it amount to the same thing?”

“As somebody who very much supports the principle of independently-minded MPs, can I ask you, John, first, obviously if you are elected as a Labour member and then the Labour party expels you, you are no longer entitled to the party political descriptor of being Labour? However, unless or until you are expelled, is what…”

“You could still have the Whip withdrawn, but not be expelled from the party?”

“There are three speakers, and we have five minutes to go.”

“What the Minister says is all very well, but why do the Government not support my Exemption from Value Added Tax (Public Electric Vehicle Charging Points) Bill?”

“I would like to ask Mr Ayers to start off with whether he believes that the mortgage lenders are wrong to withdraw mortgages from 250,000 homes.”

“Can I ask all of you about the issue relating to the preparation for these schemes? I think anybody listening to the evidence today would not touch a heat pump installation with a barge pole, for all sorts of reasons, including the issue around whether or not insulation is needed and other adaptations to the house. We …”

“Who pays for that?”

“Yes, exactly.”

“I would like to ask Mr Ayers to start off with whether he believes that the mortgage lenders are wrong to withdraw mortgages from 250,000 homes.”

“Who pays for that?”

“Can I ask all of you about the issue relating to the preparation for these schemes? I think anybody listening to the evidence today would not touch a heat pump installation with a barge pole, for all sorts of reasons, including the issue around whether or not insulation is needed and other adaptations to the house. We …”

“Yes, exactly.”

“For all the virtues of AstraZeneca, let us not forget that thousands of people suffered serious injury or death as a result of having the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccines. Why, then, are the Government continuing to waste taxpayers’ money on indemnifying AstraZeneca against claims for civil liability brought by those vict…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that one organisation that fits his description is the Climate Change Committee, which is charged with various responsibilities but has neglected its responsibility to promote adaptation and resilience?”

“I am grateful to the hon. Lady for having engaged with me about her Bill. She shared with me the frustrations she has had in discussing its contents with the Government. Can we get to the key issue here? She talks about urgency, but is it true that the Government are intent on kicking the Bill into the long grass becau…”

“I very much welcome the Minister’s announcement, but can she tell us where we are getting to with the industrial strategy in utilising Rolls-Royce’s expertise to produce small modular reactors? There seems to have been a lot of delays in actually delivering on those, yet Rolls-Royce has demonstrated by this contract th…”

“My hon. Friend has not mentioned China specifically, but China is still intent on increasing its CO2 emissions until at least 2030. As a result, it is able to compete unfairly with what would be UK enterprise if we had not put a stranglehold on it with all these regulatory restrictions. How does he expect to deal with …”