Speeches by Jopp.

“T9. It has been more than a fortnight since the Alaska summit, and the deadline set by President Trump at that time has now passed. What diplomatic efforts are the Government making to maintain US focus on the Ukrainian theatre of operations in the face of Russian intransigence?”

“It is a pleasure to come in on the side of David versus Goliath. Is my right hon. Friend aware that the 10,000 acres being proposed in his constituency could be replaced by 5,000 acres of floating solar on the reservoirs of this country? In my constituency, I have 2,000 acres of raised reservoirs. They are all closed s…”

“The Stanwell hotel in my constituency is being used to house asylum seekers. I wrote to Home Office Ministers on 24 July, again on 25 July, and again on 29 July, and I have had zero responses to any of those letters. Please will the Home Secretary show some respect to my constituents and the people of Spelthorne and re…”

“Spelthorne residents Emma and John lost Holly to cancer in October last year. They set up the charity Holly’s Heroes in her name. Before she died, Holly was given a wheelchair by the NHS, and Emma and John cannot now give it back to the NHS for love nor money. I have raised this with the chief executive of the trust, b…”

“I thank the Minister for that answer. On Friday, I had the opportunity to visit the outstanding Springfield primary school in my constituency. It has 500 pupils, 30 of whom have education, health and care plans, with six applications in currently. Can the Minister reassure the parents of those six children and the many…”

“13. What steps she is taking to support children with SEND who do not have an education, health and care plan.”

“The Leader of the House mentioned the statement by the Secretary of State for Defence about the super-injunction. The Defence Committee will undoubtedly embark on an inquiry, but before we do, can the Leader of the House state very clearly the Government’s position? Is it ever right to use a super-injunction?”

“Thank you, Mr Speaker. Following the magnificent success of the England cricket team earlier this week and the triumphal return of Mr Jofra Archer, does the Prime Minister agree that what he needs from his Ministers over the next 12 months is more pace and less spin?”

“Q11. I can see why you call these sessions Prime Minister’s questions and not Prime Minister’s answers, Mr Speaker.”

“We have been using floating solar technology in this country since 2016. Last month, the French started the largest plant in Europe, producing 74.3 MW. The Chinese have single plants that produce 350 MW. Given the scale of its use across the world, bar Britain, why did the Secretary of State refer to floating solar as …”

“I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and the tone of voice with which he delivered it. I commanded the Scots Guards in 2010 in Afghanistan, at the high watermark of violence. I was very well served by Naz and Mukhtar, and I will always be grateful both to the Ministry of Defence for getting them to Britain and …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I thank the 170,000 people who signed the petition, particularly those from my Spelthorne constituency. I served four tours in Northern Ireland and dedicated three and a half years of my life to trying to bring peace to that place. My first tour was in Belfa…”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“The hon. Member is giving a powerful speech. Will he put on record whether he thinks that any of the 500 veterans who he has met are naive?”

“I declare an interest as a Surrey Member of Parliament, and my constituency of Spelthorne is the northernmost borough of Surrey. Can I just confirm whether the changes that we are making today still require Spelthorne borough council to give permission for compulsory purchase, when we have handed those powers to Surrey…”

“We had an evidence session with Professor Peter Roberts from Exeter University, who said that, at the entry level, you are talking about £20 billion. Obviously, that is iterative because move creates countermove, which creates counter-countermove—it is a dialectic. It is important that we are getting into this business…”

“Begging your indulgence, Chair, I want to stay on this issue for one more question. Air Vice-Marshal, have you ever done a NATO job?”

“Some of your best friends have been to NATO. Air Vice-Marshal Flewin And have done very well in their careers. To the point that people do not have a fulfilling career out there, I think there is evidence to counter that. I think people go out, enjoy the role, enjoy the centrality of the role and the career, and then w…”

“It is just that I identified a bit of a schism between what you said and what the Minister was saying. Minister, I thought you were going to suggest something like you could not attain starred rank unless you had done a NATO post, and yet the Air Vice-Marshal said that the career managers have taken away the SDR, they …”

“Thank you very much indeed. Moving on to the prioritisation of resourcing between NATO and the Joint Expeditionary Force, who makes those balance of investment and resource prioritisation decisions in the Ministry of Defence?”