Speeches by Turner.

“On port freight demand forecasts, we have been told that within the investment decision-making structures of the various private entities that operate in the sector, the forecast may actually prove to be a limitation because of how they are assessed. The way I took it was that people up the chain were perhaps taking th…”

“Thank you. On the other side of the equation, we have heard concerns that community engagement in the planning of port developments may prove to be a tick-box exercise. How are you ensuring that that will not be the case?”

“And if it proves not to be the case as the new energy CNP status is introduced, the Department may look at it again—I think that is what we take from that contribution.”

“A secondary argument was made to us in the previous session that CNP status would not just help to get new development through; it would also help to resist some of the encroachment issues that have already been raised in this session. Do you think that is accurate?”

“Good afternoon. We had a lengthy discussion with the last panel about critical national priority status, and a number of respondents have made the argument that ports should have the same critical national priority status for planning applications as that afforded to low-carbon energy infrastructure. Are you sympatheti…”

“Does the hon. Member agree that fair notice may be relative to the industry we are talking about? What is fair notice in, say, the retail sector may be completely different from what is fair notice for someone working on an offshore oil rig.”

“I am grateful for being able to contribute to this debate. It is a privilege to follow so many powerful speeches, and the speech delivered by my hon. Friend the Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen) was the most powerful I have heard in this place. Her words rose to the moment; mine are inadequate by comparison. I can on…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for raising a very powerful and relevant point. She is absolutely right that those are the groups of workers who would enjoy greater protection as a result of this legislation being carried. I want to respond to a couple of points that have been made in this debate. It was a shame that the right …”

“My hon. Friend speaks about care workers. Does he agree that one issue so brutally exposed during the pandemic was the fact that many thousands of care workers were classed as workers, not employees? As a consequence, they could not get full access to sick pay. One consequence of that was that the fatality rates among …”

“My hon. Friend is making a very powerful case. I rise merely to support what he is saying. About a decade ago, the University of Manchester published research that found that being in forms of insecure employment may be more damaging to health than being unemployed.”

“My right hon. Friend is rightly talking about the contributions made in the debate by hon. Members of various parties. I am always reluctant to criticise individual Members who may not attend a debate, because they often have good reasons, but there has now become a pattern: at no point in the Bill’s passage has any Re…”

“Half the bus sector’s funding now comes from public sources, but during the summer, National Express announced changes to bus services in my constituency with just two weeks’ public notice, which will have a really negative effect on residents in New Frankley, Allens Cross and Bournville Gardens Village retirement home…”

“I welcome the Minister to his place. The life sciences sector is helping to regenerate parts of south Birmingham’s economy, from the new Waters pharmaceutical factory on the old Longbridge MG Rover site in my constituency to the University of Birmingham’s life science incubator. The Minister has been extremely generous…”

“I will do my best to speak at high speed, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to say a few words about my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood): she was an outstanding Minister and the Department’s loss is the Whips Office’s gain. She will be much missed on the Transport Front Bench. I am grateful, to…”

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“Does the shadow Minister agree with his predecessor—the last Conservative Rail Minister, Huw Merriman—who said this: “Whilst it’s legitimate to debate the terms of the deal, the demonisation of train drivers and those onboard and at stations, who carry out a difficult and skilled job for the safety of passengers, is co…”

“Is there anything that could quantify it?”

“Both Robbie and Cathy referred to investor confidence and the proven role of critical national priority status in getting certain projects through. Has any modelling been done about the increase in investment in the sector that could be achieved as a result of potential planning changes? That could relate to critical n…”

“I want to ask about critical national priority status. Do you think that port projects should have it under the NPS, and what practical impact would the grant of that status have on the progression of investment projects?”

“A number of the organisations that submitted written evidence raised the Department’s freight demand forecasts, which Stephanie said needed to be treated as indicative and not predictive. Taking the old maxim that all models are wrong, but some models are useful as a starting point, to what extent do you think that the…”