Speeches by Reed.

“Picking up on what Vince said about rewards, incentives and good ideas from the cold war, is there anything that we can draw today from those historical lessons?”

“Blairite policies told 50% of my generation to go to university. Looking back at those conversations, we see that rarely did anyone ever talk about who would pay for those students to go to university, or how the jobs market would then take on that amount of graduates. It is clear that the student finance system does n…”

“Very nice!”

“I think we can all agree that international law has an important role to play, but the world is changing and we must adapt to protect our national security. Given that international law is broad in nature and open to interpretation—we have seen that in the differing views of the Attorney General and the shadow Attorney…”

“As a former Royal Marine, Gibraltar has a special place in my heart—we have “Gibraltar” emblazoned above our globe and laurel crest for the valiant efforts of former bootnecks in 1704. Having transferred seamlessly through Gibraltar on previous operations, I know how important it is to be able to transfer kit and equip…”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for the work she and her Committee have done on this report. To my knowledge, this is the first time artificial intelligence has hallucinated and given a response that has been used by a public body to make a decision. To my right hon. Friend’s understanding, has West Midlands police learne…”

“William, can I touch on a few of the points you raised? On my understanding, you will get the guidance from the MOD, and you will go off and implement and monitor it. Then you will have three touch points throughout the year with the MOD.”

“Is there a view that there might be regional disparities across the UK when that is put in place?”

“I have a very short question. Caroline, you touched on this in one of your previous answers. Is it the view at the moment that extending the Covenant’s duty to Whitehall Departments will make it easier to collaborate properly with delivery bodies?”

“I think the vast majority of Members of this House can agree that the arguments for giving away our Chagos islands have been threadbare at best, which leads one to believe that there must be sensitive elements to the deal. It was, then, interesting to read what the former FCDO special adviser Ben Judah wrote: “Once you…”

“How is that going to work in practice? Will it be a case of you presenting to them, or do you see it as more of a collaborative process, where they are sharing what good looks like? Following on from that, Nick, are you going to have a similar process in DWP? Is this going to be a cross-Whitehall and NHS thing? Is ther…”

“Caroline, Kate, Mike and Canon Peter, thank you for being with us today and—to echo the sentiments of the rest of the Committee—thank you for all you do for our armed forces. I want to refer to a Royal British Legion study that was conducted last August on the UK public’s awareness of the Covenant. It states that 67% o…”

“There will be disparities across different Departments about the data that you collect, whether quant or qual. Are you aware of what the MOD will be asking for, and do you think there will be consistency in what it asks for from your Departments?”

“The Government now admit that they cannot ratify the Chagos treaty without first amending the UK-US agreement on Diego Garcia. Currently, that binding agreement requires Chagos to remain under UK sovereignty until at least 2036. Can the Minister confirm that if the United States does not agree to amend that agreement, …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. We all know the world is becoming more dangerous. We talk about it all the time. We have these conversations in Parliament. We have them at home with constituents, family and friends, but we all know that words and conversations alone will not protect us. We nee…”

“The former Foreign Secretary said very explicitly last year that if the United States does not like this deal, it will not go ahead. The US does not like this deal; it has been very explicit on that. Can the Minister tell us whether the now Deputy Prime Minister was telling the truth when he made those comments?”

“That is exactly what it is.”

“I am so happy that the Government are finally waking up to this issue and how serious it is, and that there is a cross-party consensus on the need to ban social media for under-16s. Social media platforms are designed to be addictive; we all know that. Most adults cannot control themselves, so how can we expect our chi…”

“The good people of Exeter want their elections to go ahead as planned in May, yet the Labour super-majorities both on Exeter city council and here in Westminster leave no realistic prospect of fighting the decision. Does the Minister agree that Exeter city council is quickly losing its democratic mandate and is moving …”

“Does the Minister’s Department assess that the Iranian regime can come back from this and move into a position of strength? If so, does he assess that the sanctions packages being put forward are enough to limit that happening?”