Speeches by Sullivan.

“I thank the right hon. Member for that point, which he made very well. Indeed, my grandfather served in Burma, yet that story is not really known in our family as it was a story not told at the time. It is important to bring those stories into the light and to hear about the sacrifices, which are quite unimaginable to …”

“The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, and one that I will come on to. I agree wholeheartedly with his sentiment. Gerry wrote to me in a plea to shine a light on the tragedy when the Lisbon Maru sank, which impacted many families. I spoke to him last week in my office and the message he wanted me to convey this e…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for making that powerful and important point: people did not come home from war and people came home from war changed, not the same person who left. We owe them a debt of gratitude and we owe it to them never to forget the sacrifices they made and the legacy that they left for us in securing our …”

“Mr Chant, you mentioned that there is currently no concept of managing civil and defence pipeline together. Am I correct in thinking that you believe there would be a benefit to doing that? Would there be synergies, economies of scale and opportunity for more strategic partnerships across stakeholder groups in both tho…”

“As I understand it, there is a weighting towards quality and cost, but you feel that social value should play a stronger role in that?”

“Would you say that now is the time to be looking at the value in a broader way, to perhaps give more weighting to the social value? Particularly thinking in terms of the jobs created, the development of skills—we have heard a lot about skill shortages—and then the direct investment that goes into communities from the c…”

“Back in 2015, the original contract cost for the two ferries was £97 million. You have said that the projected cost to complete the Glen Rosa has now risen to £172.5 million, so it is almost double that just for one of the boats. What factors have contributed to that increase? I do appreciate that you were not there at…”

“Do you think there have been errors made in the project management, in terms of the timeline and decision points throughout the various phases of the project?”

“I appreciate that you want to focus on the future, because that is really important in increasing confidence in your abilities, corporately speaking, to get your pipeline in place. It is also important that we understand where the failures were so that lessons are learned. I am keen to understand more about the governa…”

“I appreciate that that work will take place at some point in the future. Assuming that the forecasts hold, what do you estimate the total combined cost of delivering both boats will be?”

“We have touched on this in some questions already this morning, but how important do you think public procurement is in sustaining UK civil shipbuilding?”

“That will be £324.5 million.”

“To pick up on your previous point briefly, I wonder how much of the investment in new technology could help attract new contracts, so having more of that up front to directly help you to attract more work into the yard.”

“With the new governance measures that you have in place, do you have confidence that those timelines will work in your favour and that you are able to do that work in parallel?”

“What is your assessment of how social value was assessed in the recent contract that that was lost to the Polish firm?”

“I thank the hon. Member for securing this important debate. Does she agree that the injustices faced by people who were forced out of the armed forces because of their sexuality have had profound and long-lasting impacts on their mental health, financial wellbeing and career prospects? Those impacts endure today.”

“We have already touched upon the housing crisis in Scotland and how that might impact veterans. Do you think that the problems veterans are experiencing in accessing housing are any greater than those of the general population? We have already touched on that, but I would just like to examine that in a bit more detail …”

“But we are talking about the potential for SAF production at Grangemouth, so are you able to give us any assurances that Government Departments are working together, taking into account that this was a key recommendation from Project Willow?”

“Ae you able to give us assurances on how Government Departments are working together to try to deliver on some of this?”

“I will take that into account and ask my next question. It also touches on the point that you mentioned about the taskforce dealing with regulatory and policy changes. What is preventing the Government from extending the HEFA cap and exempting certain feedstocks to facilitate SAF production at Grangemouth?”