Speeches by Smith.

“If the right hon. Member bears with me, I will get to exactly that point. The second area of concern is the marketplace. The FFCC reports that farming productivity increased by 60% from the ’70s to the 2020s, but that farming incomes have not increased in line with that. The size of and competition between supermarkets…”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. He will see this in the road map and in the Government’s approach. There needs to be the right balance between environmental approach, renewables and food production. I agree that the decision about where solar farms go is key. We need to help British farming to develop grea…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the financial sustainability of the farming sector. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. In a shameless effort to garner sympathy, I thank you for allowing me to sit down if I need to; I have a bad back today. Members can feel free to be sympathe…”

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“Motion lapsed, and sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for his detailed and nuanced statement. Notwithstanding the risks of using puberty blockers on children, which he has outlined, and the inability to guarantee that they will not be harmed by participation in the trial, how can the trial determine long-term impacts of the use of puberty bloc…”

“Young people in Berwick in my constituency have been taught for over a decade in a crumbling high school—the only high school in the town in a wide surrounding area. Following sustained calls from families in Berwick, the Conservative county council promised five years ago to rebuild Berwick academy. A planning applica…”

“13. What progress the school rebuilding programme has made.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger, and an absolute pleasure to stand alongside my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (Johanna Baxter), who made a fantastic speech. She was exactly the right person to make it: no one in this place is more of a Sir David Attenborough superfa…”

“My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. He has just made the point that I wanted to make, which is that we surely cannot make an ideological decision that it is always right to put national assets of sovereign capacity back into the private sector when, over generations, private industry has singularly failed to …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger, and an absolute pleasure to stand alongside my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (Johanna Baxter), who made a fantastic speech. She was exactly the right person to make it: no one in this place is more of a Sir David Attenborough superfa…”

“My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. He has just made the point that I wanted to make, which is that we surely cannot make an ideological decision that it is always right to put national assets of sovereign capacity back into the private sector when, over generations, private industry has singularly failed to …”

“5. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the defence industrial strategy 2025 on Northern Ireland.”

“I thank my hon. Friend for that answer. I also welcome the good news that this week alone, Thales in Belfast has been given a £36 million contract to provide those multi-role missiles, which will support 700 highly skilled jobs in Belfast. Does the Minister agree that the defence industrial strategy represents a huge o…”

“It is an opportunity being missed at the moment.”

“You hinted at this, Sam. This is a similar question in terms of how it is advanced or even explained and people are brought into the opportunity. Are the Department for Business and Trade or other UK Government Departments highlighting this effectively in Northern Ireland, the possibilities of dual market access? If th…”

“Steven, from an agritech perspective, is it similar in terms of that?”

“Morning again, gents. Thanks for coming in. Sam, I could not agree more with your comments about the value of vocational training and how we need to honour that more. That is not what my question is about; I just wanted to say that. You have both talked about the almost pregnant pause of interest and investment in Nort…”

“It is an opportunity being missed at the moment.”

“You hinted at this, Sam. This is a similar question in terms of how it is advanced or even explained and people are brought into the opportunity. Are the Department for Business and Trade or other UK Government Departments highlighting this effectively in Northern Ireland, the possibilities of dual market access? If th…”