Speeches by Madders.

“Yes.”

“You just referred in your evidence to an issue that we picked up in the previous evidence session, the vagaries of local differences in terms of access to the markets. One of the questions I posited to the witnesses was where a UK would company go if it wanted to understand the framework at a local level, and what barr…”

“It is warm words with no real teeth; is that a fair description?”

“A question for you, Tom, on the upholding of international labour standards. Will this agreement be helpful in that?”

“If you were a UK company, who would you go to in order to understand that dynamic a bit better?”

“No, just more generally in terms of trade.”

“I have a broad question, not being a particular expert on the Indian constitution and the whys and wherefores: are there barriers or different levels of entry requirement that might be needed at a state level or even a local level that we still have to address?”

“One side of this debate is access to global talent. The other side of the debate, which has been raised by some members of the Institute of Directors, is that this could be seen as a way of undercutting UK-based workers. Do you see any risk of undercutting in terms of the costs? Do you see that as being a risk at all?”

“The double contributions convention and the mobility chapter were some of the parts that got the widest media coverage when this was announced. What do you see the effect of that being on movements of labour? Are there particular sectors that you think will be seeing more movement one way or the other? Can I have gener…”

“The hon. Gentleman must have seen my speech, because I am just about to talk about that issue. He is right that there are a number of unanswered questions. First, it is important to say that we do need to change to a pay-per-mile system for electric vehicles. The revenue we raise from fuel duty is clearly going to go d…”

“My hon. Friend is right to point out that the policy punished children for being born, which is not something any Labour Government should be part of. We hear that this decision may encourage people not to work, but we all know from the statistics that a majority of people in receipt of benefits are in some form of emp…”

“I am sorry; I am not going to take any more interventions. I think the pay-per-mile system is the right thing to do, although I do have concerns about the timing and how it will work in practice. I have to say, I did enjoy putting the question to Conservative Treasury Ministers when they were in government and never ge…”

“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. As always with a Budget, there is far more to say than one can fit in a speech, but I just want to start by saying that the decision by the Chancellor to increase the headroom is not one that will garner many headlines or capture the public’s imagination, …”

“I am pleased to see that the Employment Rights Bill is coming back to us shortly. It has been eight and a half months since we first sent it to the other place, and the Lords keep blocking it. Now the Greens have joined the Tories and Lib Dems in blocking our manifesto commitment. I am worried that we will not get Roya…”

“There are a number of other actors in this, are there not? There are the people who you catch red-handed, for want of a better description. You can disqualify them if they are a director. You can fine them. You can imprison them. Do we know how many fines have been issued? How many people have been imprisoned for the w…”

“Can I just go on to another element of enforcement? This is particularly for you, Martin. Companies House has given evidence to this Committee that it was going to increase the number of prosecutions. That was about eight months ago. How many more prosecutions have been commenced in that time?”

“You were suggesting earlier that some landlords are not so concerned about who is renting as long as they get the money. There is definitely something in making them do a little bit more due diligence before they rent these properties out.”

“By amazing coincidence, Wendy, while you were speaking I had an email from my local authority about one of these shops where they opened up next door and they now have a closure order against next door. The common denominator here, I would suggest, is the owner of the property. Do we need to be tougher on landlords?”

“That makes it sound like I have the solution. I attended some raids with the local police and other agencies over the summer. Lots of illegal stuff was obtained and closure orders were sought. Those shops are now open. It makes a bit of a mockery of it all, does it not? What do we need to do to deal with this on a perm…”

“I have done some questioning around illegal car washes. The Home Office does not seem to know how many of those fines have been paid. Indeed, they cannot tell us much about enforcement. When you issue fines, are you confident that you are fining someone who is going to pay them?”