Speeches by Morello.

“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…”

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

“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 …”

“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…”

“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…”

“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 …”

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

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

“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 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…”

“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.”

“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…”

“Mr Collis, you have talked about the Assad regime being a criminal enterprise. Syria was obviously also a narco state, with something like 80% or 90% of the world’s Captagon production happening inside Syria. I am interested to understand to what extent HTS is dealing with that in the areas that it controls. Is it deal…”

“I will confess that before being elected to this place, I spent 10 years in renewable energy finance. It is a common claim from certain activists and newspapers that we should put solar on commercial buildings. I do not disagree with that. The problem is the economics of it do not stand up from a finance perspective. U…”

“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.”

“Mr Collis, you have talked about the Assad regime being a criminal enterprise. Syria was obviously also a narco state, with something like 80% or 90% of the world’s Captagon production happening inside Syria. I am interested to understand to what extent HTS is dealing with that in the areas that it controls. Is it deal…”

“Just to follow up on that, because I am interested in this money issue, I have seen figures of anywhere between $5 billion and $55 billion in terms of the size of the Captagon market. Dr Khatib, if you have a new Syria right now that does not have a source of income, is there any risk that we see the new regime, crimin…”