Speeches by Kyle.

“Of course. I will be open to any representations that you make, personally as an MP or as a Committee.”

“This is a great Committee. In my day, I had to fight to get the Committee to talk about regulation and procurement because it was not seen as being “retail” enough. Those are things that I care very much about. The Procurement Act is now on the statute book. We now have access to it—because it took quite a while for so…”

“There is a venture capital unit within the Department for Business and Trade. It is about to announce and undertake its second female cohort of funders within that unit. There are specific work programmes such as that where we are trying to embed the kind of work that you are championing within the Department itself.”

“Thank you. I will look into that.”

“You are correct that I raised these issues in China with my counterparts at every opportunity that I had. Let me just say that, since you and I visited China together, I have found that the ability to do so in a more forthright way now exists, and I exploited that opportunity to the full. There was no ambiguity in the …”

“I think it will be more granular than that. There will be areas where we will be tougher. There will be other areas where we believe we can be more fulsome, because we do not perceive there to be a pressing national security reason for us not to be. I do not think that you can say carte blanche that we will be one thin…”

“No. As I said, each country will have a different trading relationship with other countries. I will always be here to explain the decisions that we take. As I have said, the first trade talks for seven years are now under way, and these are areas that we are looking into very carefully. When it comes to very specific a…”

“We are certainly looking at all the aspects of the trading relationship that need to have oversight, and we are providing that oversight. I have just outlined the framework within which we are operating. There are areas in which we want to increase our trade with China; that is the purpose of talks. China is in no doub…”

“Exactly.”

“We have Wrightbus in Northern Ireland, which is leading on battery and hydrogen technology. I think that people should not be looking further afield than these companies domestically—”

“Of course, any story like that would concern me. My Department is deeply involved in ensuring the resilience of our society, our economy and our research sector. These are things that this Government are very actively involved in. When it comes to buses specifically, we are blessed to have two great bus companies—”

“You will know that the framework we are operating within is one where we co-operate where we can, challenge where we must but always make sure that national security is our primary concern. Within that, we must have a framework as a Government that is fit for the moment we are living in. China is our third largest trad…”

“I certainly read everything internally that goes past my desk. As you know, I am also involved in the discussions in all parts of Government on China. I visited China in my first week in this job and undertook our first set of trade talks for seven years as a country. I met with the Vice-Premier and with their equivale…”

“Okay.”

“Indeed, but you can see from the actions that this Government have taken that we are doubling down. We have accelerated the claims. I am really pleased that Sir Alan is now publicly acknowledged as having settled. I truly wish him and others that have settled the best. To those whose claims are outstanding, I can assur…”

“We do not have any plans to change that. We are in the last push to get this resolved. I do not think that changing the organisational structure at this moment would deliver a quicker or more just outcome, but I can assure you that my Department is giving all the oversight that people would expect at ministerial and of…”

“As you know, this is something that we are very struck by. Once again, I am a new Secretary of State and have not yet had the chance to put on the record my extreme concerns and condolences for those who have been through the most horrific, unnecessary experiences. As a result, this Government came in and we doubled do…”

“I share the premise of your question. As I said, I met last week with Matthew Taylor, and it was a really productive session. We have had our settlement from the spending review. We are in the process of allocating those resources as we move from three agencies to one agency. I am satisfied that the Fair Work Agency wi…”

“I was on this Committee when we looked into exactly this—Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Uber itself. All those companies have moved quite some way since the days when I was on this Committee and we were looking at outright exploitation of people who were on those apps. There has been some movement. Our economy is moving incr…”

“I am grateful for the right hon. Member’s insightful and thoughtful contribution. As I said, striking trade deals is vital. That is why we put so much energy into it and have had so much success, and there will be more to come. It is very important that the whole British economy and Government make sure that we exploit…”