Speeches by Glover.

“One of the things the ORR was critical of in its efficiency review was the change that you have made from measuring performance against fixed targets to adopting target ranges. How do you respond to that criticism and what is the rationale for the change?”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and he is absolutely right to raise prison as another setting where people are often vulnerable and where more needs to be done in relation to SUDEP. Sepsis, which has a similar history of systemic failure, will shortly benefit from a modern service framework co-produced…”

“Given the big cost of this scheme and the fact that it is creating a new Thames crossing, do you feel opportunities have been missed in terms of using it for other forms of transport? No cycle crossing or scheduled bus service is proposed; I understand there are proposals to rely on a shuttle for cyclists. Active Trave…”

“Some of the ORR’s comments are pretty damning. It has said that the ranges you have proposed are largely arbitrary. That is very strong language for the ORR, would you not say? Or are you saying that you have now reached a position of harmony and consensus with the ORR on this?”

“In the United Kingdom, more than 600,000 people—one in a 100—live with epilepsy and every day around 80 people are diagnosed. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, abbreviated as SUDEP, is the term used when a person with epilepsy dies suddenly and unexpectedly. At least 21 people die every week in the UK from SUDEP, an…”

“When you received the RIS3 funding settlement, was there anything that caused you to have to defer planned works or scale back some of the ambition? If that was something that you had to do, where has that had the greatest impact?”

“Please feel free.”

“The hon. Gentleman’s ask is entirely legitimate and justified. We hope that the current Scottish Government will, in the first instance, build on the wonderful achievement of the Scottish Liberal Democrat-Labour coalition in 2003 of introducing a Scottish Mountain Rescue grant. In terms of our asks of the Minister, it …”

“National Highways has previously given evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee about pollution from road runoff across your network, which was in September last year. How would you assess the current scale of the problem and what steps are you putting in place to address it?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I thank the hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) for introducing this important and sensitive debate with his customary eloquence. I thank the 464 of my constituents who signed the e-petition, placing my constituency in the top 25 nati…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I commend the determined and forensic work on this topic by my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley). The key reason I am attending and speaking today is because we love our national health service. For all its challenges and flaws, it is…”

“I very much agree with my hon. Friend that accountability to this House is always a critical consideration. The second concern is Palantir’s track record and motivations. I shall not repeat too much of what others have said, but its close ties with the US Government and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, as…”

“The kiss and ride concept.”

“That is genuinely what it is called.”

“We have touched already on the multiplicity of transport providers and local authorities, and now we are going to have mayoral strategic authorities in some places, and whatever the other type is—non-strategic mayoral authority or whatever it is. I cannot even begin to fathom it and, frankly, I do not think the Governm…”

“Or parking time, or whatever.”

“Or the other way round.”

“I was very interested in what you said about autonomous vehicles, Mr Hillcoat, and I agree. Would you agree that the threat or disruption likely to come from autonomous electric vehicles further emphasises the importance of tackling some of the issues we have been discussing in terms of public transport being perceived…”

“On that point, some of us have asked that question wearing a different hat. The Government have said that as part of CWIS3—cycling and walking investment strategy 3—they are going to be setting targets like that. You are right to say that at the moment, in terms of hard numbers, it is non-committal, which is interestin…”

“It is unquestionable that in quite a few parts of the country the car is the only option because, in effect, there is no bus service, and the distances are such that people would be unlikely to use active travel. It is interesting to see the different behaviours, because in those areas with limited public transport for…”