Speeches by Morello.

“7. What steps his Department is taking to help support growth in the agriculture sector.”

“Farmers in West Dorset are struggling with rising costs, the regulatory burden, market instability and supermarkets paying unsustainably low prices for what they produce. This forces many farmers to diversify away from food production in order to survive. Given the vital role that farming plays in both our rural econom…”

“The Minister seems to be outlining very succinctly the failure of the banks to provide a service and the importance of post offices in providing services. I am struggling to understand why the Government are punishing the Post Office with national insurance contribution rises while maintaining the Tory tax cuts for the…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I would also like to thank my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) for securing this important debate. The wonderful towns of West Dorset may be small, but they are mighty. The resilience of our local bu…”

“While I am grateful for the additional funding outlined in the Police Grant Report, it is clear that it does not go far enough. Police forces in rural constituencies such as mine continue to struggle with historic underfunding, and once again the funding settlement falls short of what is needed. Dorset police will see …”

“I think the decision would run counter to the aim of increasing engagement in the sport. The hon. Member will know that the Rugby Football Union receives £28 million of taxpayers’ money to not only deliver the women’s rugby world cup but improve engagement in the women’s game. However, is he aware that the joint ventur…”

“The Minister makes valid points about the contribution that the Government have made. However, the RFU has lost £30 million and overseen three premiership clubs going bust, so I question whether the Government are doing enough to scrutinise the governing bodies of the game in England.”

“You have raised an interesting question. Originally, when the League of Nations started to institutionalise sanctions, Woodrow Wilson said that it would remove the need for force. You have raised the question of what the purpose of sanctions is. Is there any evidence that sanctions are actually an effective way of diss…”

“I want to circle back to a topic that we touched on earlier: guidance to the private sector.”

“I want to return to what we were talking about earlier on the private sector, understanding the guidance and the circumnavigation of sanctions more broadly. There are some interesting numbers. Prior to the war in Ukraine breaking out, UK car exports to Azerbaijan were valued at about £58 million; since the war broke ou…”

“Those are country-level issues. What I am trying to understand relates to British manufacturers exporting to third countries with the clear understanding that there is a clear pathway into Russia—because there is absolutely no way that the demand for heavy machinery and drones parts in Kyrgyzstan has shot up 1,100% ove…”

“For clarity, would any investigation into any kind of breach fall within the National Crime Agency’s purview?”

“The NCA is pretty experienced at dealing with the financial services sector. Is there any evidence that HMRC is fulfilling its duty? On Tom’s point about learning opportunities, what we are talking about there is somebody being hung out to dry and made an example of. Is HMRC doing that?”

“I have a question that I suppose goes back to where we started: the effectiveness of sanctions. I distinctly remember hearing somebody say a long time ago that, prior to the Iranian sanctions, the IRGC had control of about 5% of the Iranian economy, on the basis that no one wanted to buy a toaster or refrigerator from …”

“Also, if we want countries to take foreign nationals in Britain back, we have to accept that we have to take British nationals in foreign countries back. That is just the quid pro quo.”

“On that point, we have had discussions with some of those Members who had the opportunity to go to Jordan fairly recently. The invitation of the Jordanian Government was around the fact that the rules of the future Syrian society are going to be based by the people who are there, yet obviously an enormous number of peo…”

“John, I was interested on the drug side, but I know you are. We will piggyback.”

“Also, if we want countries to take foreign nationals in Britain back, we have to accept that we have to take British nationals in foreign countries back. That is just the quid pro quo.”

“You could just strip them of their citizenship and pretend this is now somebody else’s problem somewhere else in the world.”

“The issue here goes back to the point about what the threshold is for proving your ability to evidence that they have committed a crime, because it goes back to this political will issue. If you bring somebody back who has just spent the better part of a decade being radicalised in a Syrian prison, whether they went in…”