Speeches by Jopp.

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“I am particularly concerned about the cash flow of small businesses in Northern Ireland in the event that the EU increases its tariffs. In his discussions with HMRC, has the Secretary of State established what the average waiting time is for the duty reimbursement scheme to kick in? Is there any prospect of shortening …”

“7. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK international investment summit 2024 on levels of foreign investment.”

“Does the hon. and gallant Member think that our Northern Ireland veterans, and specifically our former special forces members, are under attack from the very state that they served? Does he think that they deserve protection under the armed forces covenant?”

“I had not intended to speak in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker, so forgive me for not being as eloquent as other contributors. It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Dr Pinkerton). He mentioned David Stirling, and it would be remiss of me not to mention, particularly while wearing this tie, that …”

“On Friday, I met with Jacqui, Gary and Simon in Fairwater Drive in my Spelthorne constituency. Jacqui’s service charge is going up from £1,500 a year to £4,800. I sat down and had a look at the bills, and they are without any itemisation, so it is impossible to know where to start with the property manager. The Ministe…”

“13. What steps she is taking to ensure that property management companies are adequately regulated.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I congratulate the hon. Member for Derby South (Baggy Shanker) on securing this debate. I hope my speech will be a lesson to those hon. Members lucky enough to not yet have an incinerator in their constituency. The Surrey waste transfer station is in my cons…”

“I am very grateful for your forbearance, Mr Pritchard, and it is a great honour to serve under your chairmanship. [Interruption.]”

“I want to add my own words of tribute to my brothers in the Irish Guards. My warrior sergeant was a man a called Glyn Crawley. As a result of an accident he had, I think as a child, he only had one eye, and he was known universally as the “one IG”, which is one for the military among us to appreciate. In the 1st Battal…”

“I thank the Minister and the right hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson) for their generosity. Before the suspension, I was talking about the extraordinary work of the Blackthorn rally. It is great fun, delivers conservation projects around the world and takes with it former service personnel who are in some ca…”

“I can see that Dr Alexandra is desperate to get in, but I want to ask one more supplementary question. Have you made any form of assessment of the impact of the North Korean contribution to the Russian forces?”

“Dr de Hoop Scheffer, is there anything you would like to add?”

“Those were two amazing opening remarks. Given the frantic rewriting of questions all around me, I am very glad I went first.”

“Professor, good morning and thank you for coming this morning. You were required reading at various courses that I did throughout my military career, so it is a great pleasure to see you in person. Could we set the context for our discussion and invite you to give us your assessment of where we are currently at in Ukra…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hinckley and Bosworth (Dr Evans) on securing this debate. In my constituency of Spelthorne, we have 2,500 veterans, and I want to talk about one of them—Alderman Robin Sider, who was awarded the British Empire Me…”

“Does the Minister have full confidence in the chair of the NHS Business Services Authority?”

“In Ashford and Staines in my constituency we have a real plague of shoplifting and antisocial behaviour. Inspector Matthew Walton of the North division is doing a great job with his team to tackle it, in combination with the community and the retailers, but still the problem is getting worse. After the success of the f…”

“We may disagree about what we heard earlier on today in the spring statement about whether the economy is growing, but we are certain that this Government will grasp ever more desperately at the will-o’-the-wisp of growth in the months and years to come. Does he agree that—unlike the hon. and learned Member for Folkest…”

“Minister, you said that the defence review will reflect its terms of reference, although the Robertson review is a 2.5% review. It has been slightly overtaken by events, because the Prime Minister has now said that it will be 3% in the next Parliament. Are you going to have another review to work out how to spend that …”