Speeches by Swann.

“To all three of you, what is your assessment of the adequacy of the UK Government’s current industrial strategies specifically for your own sectors? Is there anything missing in those?”

“Who holds SONI to account for that?”

“Shane, you talked about SONI. What is the impact on your industry of SONI missing those projects? That is just something I picked up.”

“Transformation needs to be embedded through a recurrent budget. We are three months into this financial year, at Northern Ireland political speed, and we still do not have a recurrent budget. What steps is the Northern Ireland Office taking to bring about such a financial budget in Northern Ireland?”

“Sam, with regard to that skillset, you mentioned AMIC Global Point earlier—that is in my constituency—and the interaction with the council. How do you find it? You talked about it and how well it supports you. With regard to the promotion of skills or gauging where those gaps are in the skills pipeline, do you have any…”

“Steven, Ms Eastwood was asking you about the interaction you have with the Department for the Economy with regard to skills. What interaction do you have with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs? AFBI is a natural fit there. You mentioned CAFRE and colleges as well. How much of skills training …”

“That is a historical issue. I sat on the old DCAL Committee at that stage, a long time ago. Has that political or departmental impact been lost because there is not a specific focus on this within a Government Department in Northern Ireland? Is that still there? Is it too watered down?”

“You have talked about collaboration. Do you feel there is enough collaboration? I know what you are saying about that organic collaboration in Northern Ireland because of who we are, but is there enough collaboration between UK Government and Northern Ireland Executive Departments and the private sector? If that were c…”

“Northern Ireland is home to some innovative carbon capture businesses with real export potential, but many UK clean technologies face a gap between successful pilot innovation and that first commercial deployment. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that high-value opportunities can be scaled, thereby suppor…”

“Northern Ireland is home to some innovative carbon capture businesses with real export potential, but many UK clean technologies face a gap between successful pilot innovation and that first commercial deployment. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that high-value opportunities can be scaled, thereby suppor…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for raising that. If I read the Bill right, schedule 8 allows the CQC to carry out investigations into Northern Ireland and Wales, whereas the CQC has no presence or remit within Northern Ireland, because health is devolved and those functions are carried out by the Regulation and Quality…”

“Q15. In a parliamentary Session that started out with a degree of anticipation, a level of expectation and a promise of change, in what could be the Prime Minister’s last Prime Minister’s question time, may I ask him why does he think it went so wrong? Was it his failure to support our WASPI women, his failure to suppo…”

“What price does the Secretary of State put on a Northern Ireland life? What price does he put on the lives of PSNI officers, whom we have praised in this House today for saving so many lives at the weekend? The majority of his answers at the start of this session referred to Barnett consequentials and budgets, not the …”

“In response to Sorcha’s question, the Chancellor yesterday mentioned two support mechanisms over here in terms of £150 per home, and the British industrial competitive scheme. How do you feel about seeing those schemes being mentioned over here but not being introduced? What more could be done with them?”

“So the majority of it is coming back to Northern Ireland schemes, or supports in regard to that.”

“When you said several million, then, what would be the split between formal and informal? What sort of percentage is formal and gets returned to Treasury?”

“Sorry. Where does that go?”

“John, in your earlier answer, you mentioned the £7 million fine that you had applied to suppliers.”

“With regard to sector resilience, David, you mentioned the kerosene. Is there any other alternative contingency planning or preparedness being made with regard to other sources rather than specifically looking to that supply from the middle east?”

“Gavin mentioned red diesel. The anomaly we also have back home is green diesel, and red diesel that gets the colour taken out of it. David, you mentioned the transport of fuel coming across from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland. Is there anything being done with regard to increased surveillance regarding s…”