Speeches by Snell.

“Alcohol was a very prevalent part of my childhood. I was very fortunate to have grandparents who were able to step in when it was necessary, but I will never forget. It was the fear of knowing that the pubs had just closed and that my parent would be coming home in a horrible state to disrupt what would normally be a v…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. While she is looking at good local organisations, let me say that National Energy Action has often said that Stoke-on-Trent ranks first in the country for fuel poverty, but we are very lucky to have Fiona Miller and her team at Beat the Cold, who for 25 years have helped…”

“Thank you, Mr Holdsworth and Mr Simms, for those opening statements. What you have produced there is an incredibly interesting point that the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee could have considered, had you allowed those reports to be published in the usual way and through the political route t…”

“I appreciate that you may not want to speculate, but had the House declined to make that instruction to report, would that have changed the way that you thought about future decisions, how they may end up being involved in justiciable processes, and how you reported back to your supervisory Committee—to avoid, as you r…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Linsey Farnsworth) on securing this debate. I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a governor of Stoke-on-Trent sixth-form college and chair of the …”

“Thank you for coming, Mr Banister. Given that the Speaker’s Counsel advised the Charity Commission that it would be possible for it to challenge your decision via the normal processes of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, what conversations and correspondence have you had with that Committe…”

“I was asking about the practicalities of what you asked for against what you say you could have asked for, which were identical in my opinion.”

“Thank you. That is all I wanted.”

“You have answered most of my questions, Ms Salimi, but I am interested in the phrase “contempt of the House”, which is quite significant and obviously comes with a level of seriousness that should not be underestimated. It seems the Charity Commission was surprised that you thought this was in that realm. When you wrot…”

“Yes, because the House required them to be laid, Mr Simms. It is not because of the benefits that you allowed the PHSO to do; it is because the House commanded them to be laid.”

“I understand that, and we can argue about the different wording for how it is achieved, but would you accept that the practical outcomes of that is a statutory body that normally has rights to lay reports before Parliament did not do so at the request of another body?”

“Again, that is not necessarily the question I am asking, Mr Holdsworth. The question I am asking is: would you accept that the practical outcome, or what physically happened in the real world, is almost identical between what you asked of the PHSO and what an injunction would have required of the PHSO?”

“I am not asking you to; I am asking about the practical outcomes of whether a report reaches Parliament or not. Whether it is through an injunction or your request, the practical outcome is that the report, which could have come to Parliament, did not.”

“But the practical outcomes are basically the same, aren’t they?”

“Stoke-on-Trent has some of the oldest housing stock in the country: brick-built terraces, single skinned and in some places still single glazed. A programme by the last Labour Government that made a real difference was the housing market renewal programme, which ran up until 2010 and then was unceremoniously guillotine…”

“The Minister talks about things that are smelted, melted, forged and formed, and he will know that ceramics are crucial to those processes. He will also know that to deliver his ambitions for growth and recovery, and for virgin production, there will need to be an expansion of those processes. Is he having conversation…”

“No—but those workers know how they contribute to our national economy. When manufacturing, pride in place and identity overlap, that is something to be celebrated, because it drives innovation. Hannah Ault of Valentine Clays in Stoke-on-Trent is incredibly proud of the work she does. She is formulating a new clay that …”

“I make my regular plea to the Minister to consider extending the supercharger scheme to energy-intensive industries that are not currently covered, ahead of the introduction of the British industrial competitiveness scheme.”

“I am many things, but I have never been called an ideologue. We can have a debate about the Employment Rights Bill on a different occasion, but I suggest that securing the right for people to know what hours they are working does not seem to me like a minimum ask for anybody. I am glad that my hon. Friend the Member fo…”

“A lot of Members have talked about the importance of defence manufacturing; the Minister has talked about our economic resilience, but a big part of this is our sovereign capability and our national security resilience. I know that he has done work on that, so can he say more about how his work aligns with the work of …”