Speeches by Jopp.

“I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. Given what he is saying about Northern Ireland, would he support a private Member’s Bill that would set out in law that there should be no further investigations, inquiries, inquests or prosecutions unless, in the view of a Supreme Court judge, new and compelling evid…”

“This is a joke, right, Madam Deputy Speaker? We have got the Deputy Prime Minister here giving a statement on a G7 summit that he was not at. I am embarrassed to point that out in front of the Public Gallery and the world. Can the Deputy Prime Minister name a single Prime Minister who has gone to a G7, a G8 or a G20 an…”

“Members of a mini-Parliament from Town Farm primary school in Stanwell, in my constituency, visited me here this morning and asked me some very good questions. I was, for instance, asked for my view of the new right hon. Member for Makerfield (Andy Burnham), but we will leave that one where it is. The school’s head, Mr…”

“When these things take place, it is abhorrent to the whole House. Laws mean nothing when the state lacks even the most basic capacities to enforce them. Among this chaos, bad actors are thriving. We have long known that Russia deploys mercenaries in Sudan in return for a free hand to smuggle gold and a Red sea port for…”

“T6. The Secretary of State will be aware of the provision in the national planning policy framework that if a proposed development is within 800 metres of a train station, it is a presumed yes from the planning inspector’s point of view. However, that creates a planning loophole in my Spelthorne constituency because Ke…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Barker. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing the debate, and Members from across the House for their thoughtful and heartfelt contributions. The hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Dr Pinkerton) has actually been to Sudan, which is a rarity in t…”

“How are things looking on the home front in Ukraine? We have seen the change in Russian operational tempo when it comes to semi-deep strikes on both infrastructure and civilian populations. Can you give us a trend analysis, rather than a snapshot, of support for the war, and national morale and resilience? Where are we…”

“I thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement. What exactly are the Brits going to contribute to the multinational maritime mission in terms of hardware? Has Ukraine offered up its two Sandown-class mine-clearing vessels and crew, which are currently in Portsmouth?”

“This is not my specialist subject, so I ask the Minister to bear with me. Thames Covers in Shepperton in my Spelthorne constituency, which is a boat fitter, has been told that the cost of stainless steel tubing will go up by 50% from 1 July because of a new tariff kicking in. As I understand it, the tariff is to encour…”

“The Committee was there in November last year, and one of the more controversial areas was conscription. It is kind of a corollary to national resilience. Have the conscription rules changed in any way since we were there, in terms of age and gender?”

“This is a really niche question about the middle east. The Ukrainians have two Sandown-class minehunters, which we gifted them, but they cannot go back because of the Montreux convention. When President Trump was saying that he was going to open the strait of Hormuz, I suggested in the Chamber that Zelenskyy offer them…”

“What about people avoiding the draft when their 25th birthday is coming round?”

“I think this may be one for Professor Michael—but please do all chip in. On the coalition of the willing, I would love to hear what numbers you are hearing as to the British contribution. I have not checked the defence planning assumptions recently, but I assume we can still do one medium-scale endurer—a fully swept-up…”

“This is not my specialist subject, so I ask the Minister to bear with me. Thames Covers in Shepperton in my Spelthorne constituency, which is a boat fitter, has been told that the cost of stainless steel tubing will go up by 50% from 1 July because of a new tariff kicking in. As I understand it, the tariff is to encour…”

“Interesting. Thank you.”

“I thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement. What exactly are the Brits going to contribute to the multinational maritime mission in terms of hardware? Has Ukraine offered up its two Sandown-class mine-clearing vessels and crew, which are currently in Portsmouth?”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. A few moments ago, I asked the Minister why he came to the Floor of the House to answer an urgent question rather than bringing forward a Government statement. I believe his answer was that he thought Home Office Ministers had made a statement earlier today. The Minister and I…”

“Why is the Minister answering an urgent question rather than bringing forward a Government statement?”

“One of the sources of contamination that the Minister did not mention is human waste being discharged over the side from slum boats on EA land. The EA claims that its statutory obligation is only to register boats on its land when an application is received, and that it is discretionary. It basically does not police sl…”

“6. What steps he is taking to replace the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023.”