Speeches by Western.

“Under the previous Government, the number of PCSOs more than halved in Warwickshire. Indeed, in summer 2023, local teachers were forced to police a park in Warwick and Leamington after a knife gang terrorised pupils, stealing their bikes. More widely, constituents are fed up with crime and antisocial behaviour; 50% say…”

“Since the creation of the role of the National Security Adviser in 2010, every incumbent has come before the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy—until this Government. The Leader of the House will understand how accountability to this place is the cornerstone of our democracy, and a failure of the NSA to …”

“Kevin Craven, can I ask your view and the view of ADS? What do you think about the threats out there—whether they be state actors or grey actors on behalf of states—and the resilience and monitoring in the defence and aerospace sector?”

“Do you think your members are well plugged in to the various agencies to help them in their protection—say against cyber-attacks?”

“Correct me if I am wrong, but Spain and Portugal have a large amount of renewable energy in their mix already, but they had a power outage that affected about half of their network. Do you think that could happen here?”

“Henrik Pedersen?”

“Dr Brendan Casey, and then Dr Simon Thomas?”

“And it would aid investment or funding coming through.”

“I am interested to hear your views on the current threats to critical national infrastructure and whether these challenges have become harder to respond to.”

“The same applies to the North sea gas pipelines. They are vulnerable; you can have attacks on those as well. I want to understand your views on state actors and state threats to our port system. How could they bring about a closure of ports, for example, and what tools or security would you have in place?”

“It was Oxford!”

“Mike King, do you have anything to add?”

“That reminds me of the lithium-ion battery, which of course was invented in Oxford, wasn’t it?”

“One of you mentioned the Inflation Reduction Act—that massive intervention. Can we learn from any other country’s approach? I was looking through some briefing notes on the Japanese Organisation for Metals and Energy Security. Does the UK have anything similar? I do not think we do, but maybe you can tell me differentl…”

“What type of magnet?”

“How do you think the Government should balance the need for national security protections while also fostering the emerging technology sector?”

“Briefly, it is interesting what you say about cultures within organisations and bringing about change. In the light of recent events—the British Library is still basically shut down, and we have seen attacks across the public sector, not just in business—do you think the time has come, as Estonia did all those years ag…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, which I chair, is responsible for examining cross-cutting issues of national security. You will appreciate that the UK faces a great range of external threats and internal challenges around resilience and the choices it makes …”

“I rise to present a petition on behalf of the residents of the little village of Radford Semele. Locally, a separate petition has been signed by over 440 residents with regard to the proposed development of a 213 acre, 49.99 MW solar farm on their doorstep, just outside the village. The petitioners’ concerns are about …”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her comprehensive response. The frustration is that, after two years, there is real fatigue among the community about the district council, the Environment Agency and environmental health not listening and taking this problem seriously, so I do not think that we can just complete online forms…”