Speeches by Morello.

“I want to understand what Iran’s plans are if it is not to come to the negotiating table. Does Iran plan to escalate the conflict by closing the strait of Hormuz, or is Iran willing to rule that out completely? As a country that is heavily reliant on the free movement of goods around the globe, we have a vested interes…”

“I am simply pointing out that there is evidence that counters your argument that Iran is not providing any material military aid, but we are getting sidetracked.”

“But you are providing arms to them. You are providing arms and funding to ideological groups that share your view, and they are delivering the outcome that Iran wishes. Seyed Ali Mousavi: We had the very important Islamic revolution, which is a source of inspiration to all people in our region. The Islamic revolution i…”

“The reality on the ground dictates that, in the current situation— Seyed Ali Mousavi: The reality on the ground is the IAEA inspector. The IAEA has a very different interaction with us.”

“I do. I would take a slightly different view to what you have just outlined, Ambassador. Members of the IRGC providing military training to Iranian proxies have been assassinated in Lebanon and Iraq. I am not sure that the idea that Iran is not providing material support to countries that are attacking Israel is backed…”

“I absolutely agree. The costs for disabled people who live in rural areas include more expensive journeys to access healthcare, unreliable and sparse public transport, and higher energy bills for heating homes that are often older and less efficient. Hundreds of my constituents have expressed their concerns to me over …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I congratulate the hon. Member for Poole (Neil Duncan-Jordan), my colleague from Dorset, on securing this important debate. I will attempt to edit my speech as I go along to buy back some time. Ensuring fairness starts with recognising those who need support t…”

“The hon. Gentleman raises the incredibly important issue of imports. Every pig or chicken farmer I speak to in West Dorset fully supports a transition, but they all raise the prospect of how we avoid driving up production costs and so increasing the cost to consumers and making imports look more attractive.”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Steve Darling) on securing the debate. I will be as brief as I can. I would love to talk about the lack of NHS dentist appointments in West Dorset or the problem with the funding model for community pharmacies, but instead I will just make the point that integrated c…”

“I understand the point that you have both been making about the powers to designate residing with the Executive. In terms of parliamentary scrutiny, though, we have seen, for example with FIRS, countries go on to the enhanced tier of FIRS without understanding why. You can look at other countries and, from the outside,…”

“You will have to forgive my ignorance on this, but on that differentiation between post designation and enforcement, I take your point about there being no feedback process for this. What role can or should Parliament have in understanding the effectiveness of the enforcement and of the sanction?”

“I understand the point that you have both been making about the powers to designate residing with the Executive. In terms of parliamentary scrutiny, though, we have seen, for example with FIRS, countries go on to the enhanced tier of FIRS without understanding why. You can look at other countries and, from the outside,…”

“You will have to forgive my ignorance on this, but on that differentiation between post designation and enforcement, I take your point about there being no feedback process for this. What role can or should Parliament have in understanding the effectiveness of the enforcement and of the sanction?”

“New solar is 11% cheaper than the lowest-cost fossil fuel, and onshore wind is 39% cheaper, yet the marginal pricing system that ties electricity costs to the market price of gas has resulted in British consumers enduring the fourth-highest global energy prices during a cost of living crisis. Does the Minister agree th…”

“7. What steps his Department is taking to decouple electricity and gas prices.”

“My hon. Friend is right that a lot of this comes down to the funding model. When funding is allocated under the current model, it is always rural communities that lose out. I ask that the rurality of places such as West Dorset be recognised in both the workplace planning and the resource allocation, because the south-w…”

“I know that my hon. Friend’s constituency suffers from a lot of the same issues as West Dorset, given their similarity. The consequences of the lack of NHS dental care are stark: only 36% of adults in West Dorset have seen a dentist in the past two years, and just 50% of children have had a dental appointment in that t…”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn) on securing the debate. I was delighted to be able to support her application, because this issue deeply affects my constituents. Dentistry is in crisis nationally, and nowhere is that felt more so than in rural communities such as West Dors…”

“I was touched by the hon. Gentleman’s story of his father’s role in contributing to the economy. I hope that he will be present in the immigration debate later this afternoon to make the same points about the vital work of immigrants contributing to wealth creation in the UK. The hon. Gentleman mentions NICs and the ot…”

“The Minister asked for specific questions. Part of the problem is that the cost of customer acquisition is four to five times larger in rural Britain than it is in urban areas, so the big companies prioritise urban areas, where they can find a lot of customers, leaving rural areas to small businesses that then face the…”