Speeches by Anderson.

“I thank the hon. and learned Member for rightly singing the praises of Wrightbus. The transition to net zero presents huge opportunities, as he has identified, for businesses like Wrightbus in Ballymena. It is producing 1,000 low-carbon buses, securing 500 jobs in its factory and creating 1,500 additional jobs across t…”

“I thank the right hon. Member for raising that issue. This is an excellent opportunity to raise something that I have not yet looked at. I will go away and study it, because it sounds like a very important aspect of our joint working. We have many international business opportunities to work with our counterparts in th…”

“This Government are working across the whole of the UK to promote those businesses, and the industrial strategy provides an excellent opportunity to have this discussion. The UK Government are working with businesses, trade unions, local and devolved leaders, experts and international partners to develop that internati…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for raising the important aspect of business innovation and for mentioning those businesses, which are important to Northern Ireland’s economy. We are working with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure the best outcome for Short Brothers and its staff in relation to Spirit. The Department for …”

“I thank my hon. Friend for raising that point and the connection to Weston-super-Mare. There is a lot of work that we can do to support innovation across the whole country, including through the business innovation grant that I mentioned, which is especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. It offers grants of u…”

“It is fantastic to hear of those close links, which are so important for innovation and business growth, in combination with the university sector. Northern Ireland’s universities are key partners in boosting innovation and growth; for example, through the UK Government’s new deal for Northern Ireland, £11 million of f…”

“I have met with Dr Alan Stout as well and talked with other medical organisations bringing together professionals in Northern Ireland. There was a recent conference at which Professor Bengoa, who wrote a report back in 2016 about how the health service can be transformed, has come back to say, “Yes, there has been some…”

“I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Alterations to the Search Powers Code for Northern Ireland) Order 2024. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, and I am grateful to the Committee for being here to consider this instrument. The order was laid before …”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising those important points about how the code of practice will be put into operation, as well as the wider points about the policing context in Northern Ireland. I also thank other hon. Members for their support. In terms of intimate search, it is really important to maintain the conf…”

“It is being worked out. Great British Energy, despite the name, is actually to benefit all four nations. The money being spent on setting it up is for an energy company for the whole of the four nations. Exactly what that means is being worked out because, as the Secretary of State said, it is a different market. It is…”

“The Government support integrated education through two particular funding streams. One of them is the integrated education fund, the IEF, and the other is the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education. Together, we have delivered £1.9 million of grant funding over three financial years. The integrated educatio…”

“I would agree with you. As a parent, it is one of those areas in which I cannot know what they are seeing online. The Government have to step in. There has to be regulation to do this. You cannot expect parents to do that. You cannot expect teachers to do that. It has to be the Government’s position to do that. I am al…”

“I am really glad you have raised it. I know the Chair has raised this issue in the past and so have other members of the Committee. I really welcome that, because we need to talk about this issue. If we are not all talking about it, everywhere that we can—in this Committee, wherever I go, in every single space—then we …”

“In terms of how we are working with Ministers, I am working with Minister Nesbitt, going around to see some of the places that funding has been put in for and really understanding what is behind that bidding so that it is not just about that fund, as we say. That is what I am doing as well.”

“It is for several years. It is early days for developing this and I hope to come back to the Committee in the future and say how this has developed, because it is early years. It is not just for one year, which is also a good thing.”

“It is a good news story. As part of the restoration package, the issue about lots of community organisations, especially smaller ones, not being able to get some of the funding that is available was raised. This million pounds is going to be for a capacity and capability support package specifically for smaller organis…”

“That is the part I am doing. Up until the interim budget, that was going to be finishing next March. Community organisations that were getting this funding were rightly really worried about that. Some of the delivery is absolutely excellent, getting people into work, with all sorts of programmes that have the trust of …”

“Thank you, Hilary. I will join you in welcoming all the Committee members to your positions. It will be an honour to work with you. Congratulations, Chair, on your role as well. Since my appointment 18 weeks ago, I have also counted up, and I have visited 15 times and held 70 external engagements. It is really importan…”

“Each of our missions maps in a different way. For the health service, it is clearly devolved. However, there is so much that we can learn together and I would describe it as an active partnership. What are the best ways in which health service transformation is happening across different parts of the UK? How can differ…”

“There are a couple of sides of it. There is who I meet, so my time and engagement, and ensuring that some of those communities that sometimes are not heard as much as others are listened to. That is going to the mosque in Belfast. I have been working with the African and Caribbean Support Organisation Northern Ireland.…”