Speeches by Naish.

“I thank the Secretary of State for her statement. I welcome the announcements about the A46 bypass, given that the A46 goes through my constituency, and about the midlands rail hub that will connect Nottingham to Birmingham. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group for the east midlands, however, I must mention th…”

“Two of my local firms—MJC Law and Nottingham Law Centre—have contacted me about this issue. MJC Law said: “This has left legal aid law firms, often small businesses, to decide whether to take on the risk of cases and hope they will be approved and paid retrospectively”. Cash flow could become a genuinely serious issue …”

“Thank you, Chair and Committee members, for hearing my application. I am here to request time for a debate on the potential impacts of the Government’s proposed immigration reforms on humanitarian visa routes and, from my perspective, specifically on British national overseas visa holders from Hong Kong, who have made …”

“I guess that is because we are assuming Thursday will be earlier.”

“A Thursday or a Tuesday—whichever is earliest.”

“My personal view is that it would need to come pretty quickly after the summer recess, to perhaps have a significant influence on decision making, so I ask the Committee to consider that.”

“Yes, and I am sure that many more will want to join, because the Hongkonger community is dispersed across the country. There was a very good response to my application and it will be a very timely debate, given the ongoing discussions around the immigration White Paper. But yes, we would make sure that contributions ar…”

“I was just about to get on to the fact that under the previous Government only two of 49 major defence projects were delivered on time, and SMEs have been locked out of that procurement process, so my hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the importance of changing that. The new defence industrial strategy puts …”

“It is a privilege to rise on estimates day, during Armed Forces Week, an annual moment of national recognition for the extraordinary contribution of our armed forces, to speak about the importance of our defence industry. Across the country this week, from school assemblies to community events, people will quite rightl…”

“Thank you. David, I will come to you, if that is okay? Despite growing global commitment to energy for all, what we are seeing is electricity access rates declining for displaced populations. Could you explain that in more detail? What are the key reasons we are seeing that?”

“Yes, that is fascinating. Emilie, is there anything that you specifically want to add on that point around capacity building in a context specific way?”

“Is that due to having seen situations before where solutions have been designed but they do not work in that local context?”

“Juliette, the same question around the context of specific support.”

“Given the UK’s domestic experience from an EST perspective with community energy, do you think there is untapped potential for sharing that expertise internationally?”

“Building on some of what you have been talking about—and if I go left to right, Ed, so I will come to you first—how do you specifically support local capacity building in a context-sensitive way?”

“That is helpful. Finally, David, for Mercy Corps, that balance between short-term humanitarian goals and the work you are needing to do and this longer-term community energy, climate-based investment, how do you balance the two? What objectives are you working to when making choices?”

“What needs to change then? Is it mind-set and understanding of the opportunity or are there other barriers to enabling greater access?”

“That is exactly where I was going, which is: are you seeing things that can be translated back into the UK’s domestic market, from the innovations that you are seeing internationally, for our community energy?”

“Given the UK’s domestic experience from an EST perspective with community energy, do you think there is untapped potential for sharing that expertise internationally?”

“Yes, that is fascinating. Emilie, is there anything that you specifically want to add on that point around capacity building in a context specific way?”