Speeches by Kohler.

“I applaud the Prime Minister’s judgment in this matter. I am in contact with British nationals trapped in a hotel in Qatar who are seeing missiles passing overhead, with more than 30 explosions just today. They texted me a few minutes ago to say there has been a lack of messaging from their Government. They are despera…”

“Q6. The Prime Minister recently stated:“we will not allow the powerful to treat justice as optional.” He was talking about Epstein’s enablers, but one of my constituents, who uses the pseudonym “Isabella”, has asked me to ask the Prime Minister whether his words also apply to those who assisted Britain’s Epstein, Moham…”

“The Windsor framework was meant to give Northern Ireland the best of both worlds: unfettered access to the UK internal market and barrier-free access to the EU. Not so, according to a recent survey conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses, which reports that more than half those trading between Great Britain and…”

“Could one argue that these proposals would incentivise employers to upskill and up wage rates for the domestic workforce?”

“We are getting off subject. Is there a TUC perspective?”

“On the skills issue beyond the care sector are the Government doing enough to develop skills in the domestic workforce?”

“Is the only way to address those issues to sort out social care?”

“Looking at the other side of the coin, talking about shortages in the domestic workforce, are the Government doing enough to upskill the domestic workforce and fill these areas?”

“Could you explain so we are all clear why you cannot progress your career under the 15-year rule?”

“Yes.”

“Martin, in the care industry what effect are these proposals having on workforce planning in the care sector?”

“We have heard from other witnesses previously that extending to 15 years will not affect the draw of the UK. Would you argue with that?”

“Matthew, how will these proposed changes affect planning for businesses and their strategies going forward?”

“Before I ask my question, I was trying to look up what other countries do with this issue when my phone intervened. Jus soli is still practiced in the Americas, nationality by birth, but not in the rest of the world. How come it can still be practised there but not in the rest of the world, particularly Europe?”

“No, that is a fair point. Anna. You have made the point that these proposals will hardly help what is already a dysfunctional Home Office function. Can you outline why?”

“I just find it bizarre that 30 countries in the world still practise that and I was wondering how they can but we do not but that is not knowledge that anyone has on the Committee.”

“Very quickly, Peter, did UNISON have any answer to these criticisms of sector-wide sponsorship?”

“Do you all agree with that?”

“Negative or just neutral?”

“So that ship has sailed and we will never get back to that position of nationality by birth. Is that what you are all telling me in reality?”