Speeches by Cooper.

“If I could paraphrase that, you are talking a lot about deterrence and detection. You are able to deter, you hope, with your new powers. You are hoping that you can pick up on the issues. The one that is missing is enforcement. You talk about how in a year’s time things are going to be great, but there are difficulties…”

“Phil, I am struggling to recognise this company. With my limited knowledge, I thought Ticketmaster was a big player in the UK, but you seem to be a plucky start-up fighting your way, with sharp elbows, in a shark-filled environment where there are lots of other people out there with their elbows out. What is the situat…”

“You must be doing all right, otherwise you would move out and do something else, would you not?”

“All that gives you the edge is simply that you are very good at what you do?”

“You do not have an advantage over your competitors. You talk to your competitors. They are doing the same things as you. You are just better at it, so you do not have anything that you do differently.”

“Sophie, I am a huge fan of the model. I use budget airlines all the time and commuted for 10 years between Scotland and Ireland using you and some of your rivals. Why do you pile on so many extra charges? Why are your prices sky high, as well as your aircraft? You talked there about how 40% of people do not pay these e…”

“The under-seat bag causes no end of difficulties, does it not, because it is so small? There are arguments at the gate about whether a person’s bag is going to fit under the seat. That is a reputational issue for you, is it not? The budget airline industry generally is notorious for these difficulties. One thing is cla…”

“Rob, what does good practice look like across the industry in this sphere? There is a reputational issue here with the idea that somehow people hit the final button, confirm, and the price is suddenly two, three, four or five times what they thought it was going to be.”

“Humza Yousaf, the former First Minister of Scotland, has invited those in this place to check their moral compass over the proscription of Palestine Action, but I think we have heard here today that no one is seriously suggesting that these people are anything other than saboteurs, and that anyone who expresses sympath…”

“Incontinence is no respecter of person, and no respecter of sex, and it is male incontinence that I rise to speak about. The wry old joke is that men do not know they have a prostate until their other half reads about it in the Daily Mail. Campaigning newspapers, such as the Daily Mail, and charity groups like Prostate…”

“The creation of another new authority will be met with an eye-rolling sigh in Scotland, because although it is called the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority—a very shiny title—the reality is that it will have little oversight in Scotland. The plan announced today will generate Barnett formula …”

“Israel is a democracy, a pluralistic society and an ally. In contrast, the unhappy and ignoble regime in Tehran is a theocracy that wants to wipe Israel from the map, that foments terrorism around the globe and that suppresses its own people to the extent that even dancing is a crime. Is not the best use of British mil…”

“I thank the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee for his hard work. It is really heartening that the report has received cross-party support on the Committee and across the House. This is about growth and the economy, which affect every single one of our constituents. Does he agree that the word “practical” is abs…”

“When it comes to bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis and the jobs at risk there, there is not an elephant in the room—there is a Chinese dragon. The company is in competition not with commercial organisations from China, but with entities of the Chinese state. What representations will the Secretary of State make to the …”

“At the risk of disappointing the hon. Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery), I rise not entirely to criticise the banks, which have done tremendous work on apps and the like, and many people—not all of them spring chickens—make great use of them. But as banks retreat from bricks and mortar locations, a problem is…”

“I thank my right hon. and gallant Friend for giving way on that point. Is this not a case of the old adage that rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obeyance of fools? Are we not seeing a punctilious following of rules here, when a man’s life is at risk?”

“That might also have a knock-on effect. Farmers face a double whammy. Arable farmers potentially face wheat prices dropping, and, for dairy and beef cattle farmers, a key food source might disappear.”

“What can you do about this? Your product eventually goes into fuel, so is there an opportunity there, or do you fear that you are going to be undercut?”

“To be clear, you are talking about a couple of weeks to save your industry.”

“That first question you have answered pretty fully. It is about the high-end part of the market.”