Speeches by Mather.

“May I add something? I thought the BPA representative in your session last week made a good point about making sure that the NPSP is clear, offers strong guidance and direction and sets the ambition on things like renewable energy and shoreside electrification, but not making the document overfull and therefore losing …”

“The DfT always hopes to think strategically about how to take our ports sector forward, but to an extent there is a risk of looking down the wrong end of the telescope on this issue. The UK ports sector’s main strength is the market-led approach—which I believe you discussed with the panellists the other day—whereby UK…”

“It is true that we need to be cognisant that the Government must think very carefully about how freight is managed through our port system. If global events and the destabilisation we have seen have taught us anything, it is that we need both flexibility and resilience within the system to ensure that UK trade is prote…”

“It is not quite go with the flow; it is about making sure that we have a constructive approach with a marketised sector to make sure we are getting what we need from a UK national security and resilience perspective, while recognising the fact that, overall, a marketised ports sector is a model that has worked very wel…”

“The NPS takes account of other NPSs and, where possible, it does its very best to mirror their drafting. The national networks and energy NPSs may present relevant considerations for port decisions, and it is very important that we have that kind of synchronicity between the NPSs to make sure that we understand the int…”

“I thank the shadow Minister for his constructive tone in engaging with me on the important issue of aviation safety. He asked how the CAA will put the powers to use. It intends to use them to delegate to qualified third parties the training and examination of drone pilots, as well as the assessments of drones’ flightwo…”

“I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford, and to discuss the draft regulations, which were laid before the House on 16 July—my first statutory instrument in my new role. I look forward to many ex…”

“The right hon. Gentleman will know that through the ATI programme, the Department for Business and Trade co-invests with industry in research and technology development in the UK to maintain and grow the UK’s competitive position in civil aerospace. In addition, we fund the UK SAF Clearing House to help fuel producers …”

“The Government are supporting the UK’s sustainable aviation fuel industry through the SAF mandate, the advanced fuels fund and new legislation introducing a revenue certainty mechanism. We are working with industry to cut emissions, to boost UK production, to create high-quality green jobs and to attract investment whi…”

“My hon. Friend has championed Prestwick airport and the aviation sector in his constituency, and I agree with him that aviation is vital to the UK’s industrial and regional prosperity. In 2022, air transport and aerospace supported around 240,000 jobs nationwide. The Government remain committed to backing the sector to…”

“The hon. Member speaks with passion about the state of ferry services in his constituency. It is an issue that I am keen to engage with him on further; I know the former maritime Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Wythenshawe and Sale East (Mike Kane), was very engaged in this work, too. I am looking to meet the h…”

“Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. This year, our Department will publish the integrated national transport strategy outlining our long-term vision for transport in England. It will set out how the transport sector, Government and local leaders should work together to improve people’s everyday journeys however they choos…”

“Our airports are gateways to the world for the British people and for investment into the UK from across the globe. The Government are committed to supporting the aviation sector as a central part of our growth mission. We are progressing airport planning decisions and modernising airspace; we invited and received prop…”

“What an attractive proposition from my hon. Friend—and so early in my tenure in this position. He raises an incredibly important matter, and it would be remiss of me not to give it the full attention it deserves, and therefore I will respond to his specific questions further in writing.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Hallam (Olivia Blake) for securing this incredibly important debate. She has a formidable record of advocating for the rights of migrants in this place, and does so on behalf of her constituents in Sheffield, who sha…”

“My hon. Friend is right to point to the achievements of the last Labour Government in making progress on this issue. She is also right to hold my feet to the fire and say that no distance is too far when it comes to tackling child poverty. That needs to be at the core and be the philosophy of everything that this Labou…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I gave prior notice, both to the Speaker’s Office and to the Member concerned, that I intended to raise this point of order. Yesterday, the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness (Richard Tice) appeared on Channel 4 in his role as deputy leader of Reform UK. Filming in my constit…”

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“Q I want to ask about the confidence that individual farmers will have in these measures. We are in an unenviable situation at the moment. Farmers in my constituency deal with criminality frequently, and they have to step up themselves and put themselves in danger. I was speaking to a farmer in Brotherton the other mon…”

“Q Thank you for coming to give evidence today, Mr Durham. Rural crime absolutely blights communities across my rural North Yorkshire constituency, and a lot of the measures in the Bill will make a difference, whether they are to deal with off-road bikes, the theft of equipment from farm vehicles or fly-tipping. However…”