Speeches by Western.

“Before I call the Minister, I gently remind him to allow a couple of minutes for the mover of the motion at the end.”

“Order. I am afraid I am going to have to reduce speeches to three minutes.”

“Last, but certainly not least, I call Jim Shannon.”

“I call Llinos Medi.”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for his excellent chairship of the Committee. He spoke about the grand challenges we face. We heard in the evidence sessions how we have such structural challenges—we have just heard about energy, and we could say the same about skills particularly —so could he say a bit more about some of …”

“At the height of the pandemic, Mr Speaker, you may recall the establishment of the Rosalind Franklin laboratory and national testing facility, which we were promised would be retained after the pandemic for more general testing. Sadly, it was unceremoniously put up for sale on Rightmove a couple of years ago. May we ha…”

“It would probably be the Department for Business and Trade.”

“I completely understand.”

“I am just interested to know, in terms of the general terms of the trade agreement, what you have been pleased with relative to your sector and where you think there are any gaps or what is missing. Perhaps, Russell Codling, I will start with you.”

“I thank the Committee. It felt strange to sit through other people’s presentations; I was struck by how good their submissions were and how important their topics are. My request is for a debate, ideally as long a debate as possible, in Westminster Hall. So many people are suffering under the cost of living crisis—90% …”

“Anyone who heard Carsten Breuer, Germany’s Chief of Defence, speak at the weekend will have found his words deeply sobering, so I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the SDR, which is modernising our defence, from Atlantic Bastion to the transformation of our defence and a tech-driven approach. I particularly welcome …”

“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…”

“7. What recent progress her Department has made on improving neighbourhood policing.”

“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 …”

“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.”

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