Speeches by Downie.

“For the other two panel members: do you think the seven years that the Government argued they would take to deliver zonal pricing was correct or do you think that was maybe a little bit of being scared?”

“You mentioned some of the signals that you could give on location price signals. What might some of them be?”

“I will move on to questions around zonal pricing. We obviously had the decision over the summer of the Government on zonal pricing, which was after some delay. What effect do you think that delay had on different parts of the system? How effective do you think the package of measures that the Government have put forwar…”

“Does anyone else want to come in?”

“I get the pleasure of being the last person to question, which means I get a slight chance to reflect on what has happened so far. I have some questions specifically around zonal pricing but, reflecting on the points made so far, to my mind an efficient market is one that is transparent, least complex as possible and o…”

“That is really helpful. Thank you.”

“Short term is 2030, medium term is 2030 to 2035, and long term is post-2035?”

“What is medium term?”

“A truthful answer is always the answer we want.”

“What do you mean by “short run”?”

“I was going to say that it is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Monica Harding). At the beginning of the debate, we talked about films with the shadow Chancellor, and the hon. Lady reminds us of “Back to the Future”, as that really was 2010 all over again. Perhaps a couple of steps to the righ…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for raising the issue of family farms; I have a number of them in my constituency. Does he agree that it is important to strike a balance in his part of the country, as well as in the devolved Administrations, and to put the tax burden in the correct place, while protecting small family farms?”

“Did the hon. Gentleman have a similar conversation with his constituents after Liz Truss’s disastrous Budget, which he supported? What did they say?”

“Last week, I spoke with trade unions in Scotland. They argue that the ideological ban on nuclear power is costing young people career opportunities for well-paid and long-term jobs. In my constituency, an SNP councillor is spreading misinformation and arguing against highly skilled nuclear jobs in the safe dismantlemen…”

“I thank the Prime Minister for his continued support of Ukraine. Going back to the announcement about the £4 billion deal with Indonesia at the G20, may I thank the Prime Minister for his efforts in securing that maritime partnership programme for Babcock? It will benefit people in my constituency and secure hundreds o…”

“Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to take you back to a Saturday in March 1993. I was getting ready to leave the house to get on a little blue Sprinter bus that stopped outside. It would take me into town. I was meeting friends there for a couple of hours. I had probably told my Mum that I needed to buy a Mother’s Day card,…”

“I thank the Minister for his statement, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward) for exposing the frankly ridiculous lack of transparency from ExxonMobil. My constituents certainly know exactly where the blame for today’s announcement lies: with ExxonMobil. I wish to bring one …”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right: the complexity of Parkinson’s itself and the other conditions it presents with is another reason why this is something we must tackle immediately. I want to make sure I am not using up other people’s time by repeating some of the information in the Parky charter. However, I think the…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Parkinson’s, it is my privilege to take part in this debate. In May this year I was delighted to secure the first substantive debate on Parkinson’s held in the Chamber. It is fantastic to see that as a result of …”

“I thank my hon. Friend for the moving way he has talked about his father-in-law. Does he agree that what he has said emphasises the need to make sure that families are also supported during Parkinson’s care?”