Speeches by Turner.

“The hon. Member talks of the national interest, but does he agree that it was disgraceful that Gazprom was allowed to acquire an interest in the North sea in the years after 2011, without a word of protest from his party when it was in government?”

“My hon. Friend is making an outstanding case. Does he also agree that gas is an important feed stock in a number of critical industries, such as the production of ammonia, which is essential in the agricultural sector?”

“The motion in the right hon. Lady’s name states that “balances will never rise faster than RPI inflation”. She was a senior Treasury Minister. Does she share my regret at the decision to suspend routine methodological improvements to the retail prices index, which led to the gap between the RPI and the lower consumer p…”

“Is it not also the case that kids from working-class backgrounds were increasingly shut out of traditional apprenticeship routes under the previous Government because of the artificial entrance requirements, which employers said were blocking them from hiring the best? Employers said that those requirements should be s…”

“The responsibility for this area is split across different Government Departments. Keith, you talked about local authorities, so this is perhaps for the other panellists: do you think the central Government Departments are integrated enough in their decision making around integrated transport?”

“You said in your written evidence that there is perhaps an imbalance between the focus on densification and planning of amenities and wider services. One issue I found in my area, which is a city constituency that opens into a largely rural county area, is that the railway stations that would be affected by this policy…”

“As has been touched on, the Government have already made changes through other Departments on transport and planning policy, in particular through the national planning policy framework. Do you think the NPPF is effective in supporting the integration of transport and planning?”

“Li, I have a follow-up question on your point about incremental value capture and the Crossrail business rates model. Why do you think that model has not been adopted more widely in this country?”

“If I have understood correctly, are you saying that if minimum standards were in place, it would actually help with some planning issues and refusals?”

“Long-term observers of the industry might feel a certain sense of déjà vu because the predecessor Transport Committee published a report in 2022 that covered much of the ground we have been talking about today. One recommendation of that report was that the Government should set out a statutory code of conduct containi…”

“In respect of those seven recommendations, are there particular recommendations that you have seen particularly strong or weak progress on?”

“As a former researcher, I feel obliged to place an enthusiastic defence of a good body of surveys on record. On that point, I have a question directed to Alex. In June 2025, Transport Focus convened a roundtable of attendees across the sector to focus on this issue and an action plan was published in November of that y…”

“One issue that has been raised through constituency casework is roadworks, limiting access to dedicated facilities and then blocking lay-by access. When that happens over multiple locations, I have had constituents who are drivers and they have said it has had a severe impact on their welfare. It is an issue we have lo…”

“I have one follow-up on something you said about surveillance. It certainly accords with my experience as a union officer that invasive and at times unscientific monitoring was a real problem in the sector. To your knowledge, are any operators collecting information data through surveillance during rest periods? Would …”

“Just before we move on to the next question, the National Highways’ work to prevent suicide and reduce the number of suicides among all drivers has relevance here. If any witnesses wanted to submit evidence in writing about the National Highways’ role in reducing suicide rates, it would be interesting for the Committee…”

“It is clear that the NHS barcode prioritisation system broke down, but the problem is not limited to NHS letters. I want to highlight the Government’s Tell Us Once service following a bereavement. Many hon. Members will know the urgency and distressing nature of that correspondence, so will the Minister—who has been ex…”

“Mr Robertson, just before we move on, do the surveys and other evidence that exist allow us to rank driver facilities relative to other factors to a satisfactory degree?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Newport West and Islwyn (Ruth Jones) for securing this debate and for all her work to bring her private Member’s Bill to the House. It stands in the tradition of the private Member’s Bill of my right hon. Friend the Member…”

“Thank you for calling me to speak, Sir Alec. I am grateful to everyone who made the petition and the debate possible. In the short time available, the best service I can provide is to represent just some of the 181 Northfield constituents who signed the petition, in their own words. My constituent Charlotte said: “As a…”

“1. If he will commission new works under the Official History Programme.”