Speeches by Morello.

“But the core of my question was whether it is your view that Ukraine must accept the loss of territory to achieve peace.”

“I would struggle to think of a policy that would be worse for microbusinesses. Meanwhile, transport and parking infrastructure across rural West Dorset is stretched to breaking point, something made worse by the 42% surge in population during peak season. If visitors cannot reach our businesses or cannot park, it is lo…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Butler. I congratulate the hon. Member for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire (Mike Wood) on securing this debate. It is unusually cruelly timed, as I feel that I have not stopped sweating in about three days and quite frankly I can think of nowhere I would rather…”

“The hon. Gentleman has red kites in his constituency, but we have sea eagles on the south coast. They have recently been reintroduced but sadly there have been cases of them being poisoned. Given its rural nature, I was somewhat surprised that my constituency of West Dorset had one of the highest numbers of signatories…”

“After a year of being a Member of Parliament, it is wonderful that not a week passes without my discovering a new arcane practice that seems designed to stand in the way of doing things well and at speed. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Gloucester for taking the opportunity to get rid of at least one regulatory bu…”

“I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this debate during English Wine Week. I could not allow her to list the places where we produce wine without mentioning beautiful West Dorset, which has 11 small wine producers, many of whom have been in touch with me about what this Parliament can do to help small producers in …”

“The Minister mentions the ageing demographic of the south-west. I do not know if it is actually a fact, but one of my favourite things that I have ever been told about the population of West Dorset is that if we were a country, we would have an older population than Japan—we would be the oldest country in the world. Th…”

“I am interested in your opinion. You can destroy facilities and set back its plans, but, ultimately, Iran still has the technical know-how, the scientists, the manufacturing ability and the uranium mines to rebuild the enrichment process over some period of time, should it wish to. In terms of what the desired outcome …”

“Thank you, Mr Lapid. I am interested in following on a little bit from the Chair’s point and going back to the five things that you outlined in terms of what Israel is looking for Iran to agree to. I am struck by the fact that having just been bombed by two nuclear powers would not seem to incentivise the Iranian regim…”

“Mr Lapid, I am interested in your view, based on the intelligence that you have seen, on, time-wise, how close Israel believes Iran was to having nuclear capability prior to the strikes by Israel and the US. What is your assessment of how far that has been pushed out as a result of the attacks, or do you believe that i…”

“To the second part of my question, as a result of the strikes, what is your view on where Iran’s capability is now in terms of timeline?”

“The national security strategy document outlines an expanded meaning of national security to include areas such as food security. If food security is national security—I certainly agree it is—we need to increase domestic production instead of cutting support for farmers and increasing our reliance on imports from the o…”

“On page 39, the “National Security Strategy 2025” states: “Instances of China’s espionage, interference in our democracy and the undermining of our economic security have increased in recent years.” Just three pages later, it talks about the importance of “creating the basis for a reciprocal and balanced economic relat…”

“The future of our country is being shaped every day in our classrooms, yet we are failing too many children, too many families and too many schools in places like West Dorset because the Government funding formula relies too heavily on deprivation as a metric, and fails to recognise the very real challenges that rural …”

“2. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the UK’s involvement in the Security Action for Europe initiative.”

“In an increasingly unstable world, working with our European allies on defence and weapons production is vital for our security and our economy. If investment is needed, providing it should not stand in the way of the opportunity to support UK defence manufacturers, enable joint research and development and promote Bri…”

“I am interested in the weighting of the payments. The £165 million a year for the first three years seems to align with the parliamentary schedule of Mauritius, which suggests that we are effectively benefiting the current Government who are signing this contract, at the disadvantage of future Governments. For the bene…”

“Sir Mark, I am interested in your views on the role of the Secretary-General versus the UN Security Council. The current Secretary-General is coming up to 18 months or a year left on his second and final term. In your mind, is there a benefit to having a more activist Secretary-General who is more willing to impose the…”

“Last week, I think, the Italian Foreign Minister was on record questioning the relevance of the United Nations. I wonder if that is intrinsically tied to the fact that we currently have a Secretary-General who perhaps is not of the activist mould—and is a bit more passive in international events—and whether it is to th…”

“Sir John has done an exceptionally good job of asking all the questions that I intended to ask.”