Speeches by Madders.

“It is quite interesting that Horizon may have been installed earlier than we thought—that probably needs a bit of processing in itself. In terms of the time that this has taken, these convictions were obviously 30-plus years ago in some cases. Are you concerned that some of the people involved may pass away before this…”

“Sometimes the information is just not going to be there any more, but are there occasions when there is information, but it is taking rather longer than it ought to get hold of it?”

“When you start looking at one of these, it sounds like you have literally no idea where it will lead or how long it will take. That is something that we want to try to understand: do you have any idea what sort of length of time the investigations will take?”

“Given that you have already indicated that you wish to make a contribution towards the costs, has there been any discussion about payment terms being altered in any way to take account of that—an advance payment, for example?”

“You are confident. Do you know the approximate value of the reprocurement exercises?”

“Okay, but in terms of completely new business—”

“Of that 46, some of them would probably come within the third category: where there is a requirement for new goods and services not currently provided by Fujitsu with its existing customers, Fujitsu would very carefully assess the existing customers’ requirements and need for Fujitsu’s skills and capabilities. You are …”

“Okay. Have there been any circumstances where contracts have come up for retendering within the description when you have decided not to bid?”

“If it is a new contract issued by Government, you have no guarantees that you would get it, so surely that would be new business.”

“And they have advised that it is not necessary to make a provision in the accounts?”

“Okay. That’s fine. I will move on to new contracts. You have made statements about not bidding for new Government contracts. It is probably helpful to go through the detail of that, because it is not quite as clearcut as some of the other statements that have been made. I am looking particularly at the letter that Fuji…”

“The Foreign Secretary has set out that it is possible to not shed a tear for Maduro’s removal but be concerned about upholding international law. In that regard, this should not be seen as a green light for Greenland. With that in mind, will the Foreign Secretary confirm to the House that when she spoke to Secretary of…”

“I welcome this review and the fact that it is independent. It is really important that this is seen to be above party politics, because we must protect our democracy; it is very clear that it is fragile and under attack from foreign forces. I want to ask the Secretary of State about the terms of reference. Will the rev…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is a slightly unusual point of order, but one that it is important to deal with now as it may become more of an issue going forward. Last week, it was claimed I had participated in a Westminster Hall debate on digital ID, where I allegedly not only spoke but voted in favo…”

“I am glad that there are some Conservative Back Benchers here. Last week they were all somewhere else, but now we are hearing some contributions. I was not in the room when the negotiations took place, but I understand that that was the deal. I am afraid that there have been some wilful misunderstandings on the Conserv…”

“May I first declare my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and donations from the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers trade union, as well as my membership of the GMB and Unite trade unions? I am not sure if we are on a ping or a pong now, but there is a whiff of stubbornness about the fact…”

“Late on Friday, I received notification that the Eastham walk-in centre was to be temporarily closed for four weeks, which appears to be a move in response to the real pressures in the NHS, as I think most of the staff are to be redeployed to the local A&E. Given that previously I and my hon. Friend the Member for …”

“T7. I am sure the Department will be aware of the coverage this week of some harrowing stories about the treatment of Vodafone franchisees. Without asking Ministers to comment on specific cases, they will no doubt recognise the power imbalance in that relationship. Will they consider looking at measures to redress that…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on bringing this debate. I declare for the record my membership of the GMB trade union. I was at that Westminster Hall debate, in which the Minister at the time said that a search had been undertaken. Given what my hon. Friend has said today about the highest levels of Government pushing t…”

“Our constituents will consider it absurd that we spend billions of pounds every year on training doctors who will never work in the NHS. I am pleased that we are grappling with this issue, just like the Secretary of State is grappling with many others. He has shown that by working constructively through the issues, we …”