Speeches by Wrigley.

“I think that is likely, but this is causing great consternation with all our residents. We are trying to demonstrate that we are considering their needs, and balancing them with the needs of terminating HS2 is important for fairness.”

“I didn’t know that, and we have something tomorrow as well.”

“Speaking as—until recently—the leader of a district council and a long-term member of our planning committee, I do not recognise the issues that the Minister is citing. A lot of the things he says relate to the absence of a local plan. I fully agree with that. My council has just put in place a new local plan, which is…”

“Q10. The major GP practice groups in my constituency have written to me, detailing their precarious finances. They are considering their options as they plan for the year ahead, including redundancies, handing back their contracts or bankruptcy, and they have stopped recruiting GPs, resulting in fewer patient appointme…”

“There are a couple of other things in the Bill, including the NAU—the map of everything that is underground.”

“When I first started my professional career, we tried to do that for telephone lines for one customer, but we could not even do that, because they did not know what they were paying for. They were paying the bills but they did not know where these phones were. My final question is about the words in the Bill about the …”

“Excellent, that sounds good. Looking at the changes that you are proposing for the information for the ICO, how are you ensuring that it retains the full levels of independence that it requires to keep the adequacy levels?”

“I am delighted that you have started that, because that is long overdue, like you say. That has been a blight on most of our lives for a long, long time.”

“Fantastic. I come from a local council background, where we have literally, in the past three months, had to change the idea of putting trees in the pedestrianised area of the street because they suddenly found pipes underneath. How do you deal with the accuracy of the data, because the data as presented is not reality…”

“It is nice to meet you. It sounds like a fantastic, fascinating Department that you run, and I cannot imagine how you pick that up and get into that in five months, so that is amazing. I have a few practical questions, looking at some of the things in the Data (Use and Access) Bill—I have four. How ready are you for wh…”

“T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

“The storm in 2014 broke the Dawlish sea wall, collapsed cliffs and blocked the south-west main line for months. Will the Secretary of State assure us that the crucial rail resilience programme final phase will be funded so that Network Rail keeps the project alive, rather than halting it in its tracks?”

“T9. I have been shocked this week by all the major GP groups in my constituency detailing their financial situations. They are all close to the edge and are considering the options of bankruptcy, redundancies or handing in their contracts. What urgent respite can the Secretary of State give them?”

“Small and medium-sized enterprises in my constituency tell me that research and development funding has dried up since last December. What hope can the Minister offer to ensure that SMEs continue their vital innovation to keep the UK safe, and to help them turn their swords into ploughshares?”

“Professor Jones, you mentioned a couple of times things that intrigued me. You talked about the productivity problems in the Army. You talked about the gap in technical skills to follow up and embed innovation. Are we missing a trick, in that we are not looking at what you might regard as basic hygiene? A bit like the …”

“I come from a background of working with tech start-ups for the last 10 years or so and doing similar sorts of things. My first question is pretty similar to one we asked the first panel: is this Budget doing enough? Where should it be doing more? What could it be doing more? Is it going in the right directions?”

“The Secretary of State rightly refers to R&D spending and small firms, yet small firms in my constituency tell me that spending has dried up. Can he assure me that this is just a blip and that normal flow will resume as soon as possible?”

“Citizens Advice tells me that the DWP continues to start action on alleged overpayments more than six years after the event. That is longer than bank records are kept to prove otherwise. Does the Secretary of State think that that is fair and right?”

“We know that growth comes from investing in productivity and skills, and I, too, welcome the £22 billion for the NHS. Long-term public investment is essential for the security and stability that the UK needs. However, we heard about the issues relating to employers’ NI contributions, which will hit doctors, dentists, c…”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right: there are other ways that this money could have been found. The Liberal Democrats have long been saying that we should be looking to the banks, the big oil companies and the big international tech companies to pay their fair share, and that is where money should be sought. There is n…”