Speeches by Taylor.

“Residents across my constituency, particularly those in the SM1, SM2 and SM3 postcodes, have been reporting issues with their deliveries for years. Local social media is full of people reporting one-day-a-week deliveries and asking which other roads that is occurring on. I have visited my delivery office for the last t…”

“The abolition and the creation of ALBs, to achieve largely the same aims, in different cases and examples.”

“Or providing better services. I don’t know whether you can give any examples.”

“To pick up that point, through your years of appearances before us—please be reassured that we do feel it is headline news and extremely exciting—what drift have you got from the questioning? Is there anything you feel needs to be dug into that has not been, or where there is a fundamental misunderstanding between how …”

“Much of my question has been covered, and we have had a very interesting session. The basis of the question is about how different Governments at different times have either abolished or established ALBs to broadly achieve very similar stated aims. Can you give some examples of where you had success during the coalitio…”

“Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal war on the Iranian regime has shocked and disgusted our constituents, just like the Iranian regime’s crackdowns on opposition protests for decades. The horrors that we have seen reinforce the feeling in this country that international events are happening to us, and that since Brexit and s…”

“I could not agree more with the hon. Member’s point. When the condition of an asset does not attract staff, particularly in more deprived areas, the challenges will be greater. Those compounding challenges are borne out visibly through the physical asset, and everything becomes much more difficult. I should not have to…”

“Thank you, Mr Western. An MP Josh Taylor—that would be a beast, would it not? It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship. I thank my constituency neighbour and hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Bobby Dean) for introducing this incredibly important debate. He and I have written op-ed articles for…”

“It would be remiss of me not to ask at this point, while the hon. Gentleman is speaking about transparency and funding for hospital projects, about the previous Government’s imagined 40 new hospitals. I invite him to give some transparency as to where the money to fund that hospital programme was supposed to come from …”

“I join all colleagues in the Chamber in expressing my shock about the news this morning. I am also disgusted that the Chinese state has targeted the partners of sitting and former MPs. From a personal perspective, may I ask the Government and the Minister to ensure that those affected are supported, following this utte…”

“Of course it is, because they are not doing their job; they are not doing their day job.”

“Can I ask for a bit of clarity? How does the police investigation impact questions of the line of succession? Are they not separate? One is a matter of principle; the other is entirely separate.”

“Is there a review and reflection process happening around documents that are held and may be the subject of future requests, so that when that does occur the documentation is easier to find and the information easier to provide to interested parties, making sure that as we deal with this we improve the process for futu…”

“Obviously that is a much more historical investigation. We have seen that some of the broader investigation has been hampered by the availability of documents; have you found any challenges in accessing original versions of documents from the time?”

“Part 2—the sequel: last Tuesday we had a second Humble Address relating to the creation of the role of special representative for trade and investment, and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment to that role. What role does the Cabinet Office have in fulfilling the response to that Humble Address? I also have similar…”

“On the appointment of Lord Mandelson, is there a reflection within the Cabinet Office on the use of non-corporate communication channels by Ministers and senior officials for the discussions that lead up to incredibly important decisions, such as the appointment in the first place?”

“Humble Addresses are back in fashion. Cat, you agreed the process that the Cabinet Office is leading to respond to the two Humble Addresses. The first was agreed by the House on 4 February and was related to papers on Lord Mandelson’s appointment as His Majesty’s ambassador to the United States of America. Can you give…”

“But they are not doing something else; they are having to clear up the mess of a private company.”

“She cares about the taxpayer paying to clear up a company’s mess.”

“I totally agree that one of the best things about reading is the reason it develops empathy is because it allows you to put yourself in the mind and eyes of someone else and see the world through their perspective. The challenge we have is that 25% of boys enjoy reading for pleasure. That means that three quarters do n…”