Speeches by Wilson.

“Dr Joel, would you comment on some of the points that were made and how practical they are? For example, when you produce PFAS and then it is used further downstream, what responsibility should you have for ensuring that it does not cause a problem in the environment?”

“From your experience, Professor Orsini and Mr Sanders, can you think of countries that do monitoring, detection or remediation differently or better than we do it here? What are the characteristics of what they do as opposed to what we do?”

“Are you saying that in the regulations so far—whether it is in the manufacture and the waste from the manufacturing plants or the downstream uses of them—we should be looking in our inquiry at what additional safeguards can be put in place?”

“Ms Metzger made the point earlier that sometimes there may be regulations regarding certain contents of the chemicals that you are using, but there is no limit on the amount that you can dispose of. Regardless of that, are you saying that it does not that that is not the regulations, because you are looking at the cont…”

“So a lot of the evidence that you have that these are not harmful would be studies done by the company itself? Or, on balance, is it independent studies that would give you that evidence?”

“It has asked you not to do analysis?”

“Dr Joel, in one of your earlier answers, you indicated that the products that you produce do not have an impact on the body and quickly disperse once they enter rivers or the sea. How do you independently demonstrate that that is the case? Is it studies done by the company or is it studies done by outside bodies that h…”

“There is some indication that the EU is now saying that even though there is this long chain and everything else, there is a cumulative effect and therefore they should be regulated. What is your view on that?”

“Dr Joel and Mr Ede, how do you monitor around your own plants for the accumulation of any pollution that there may be from the products that you produce, and find out or try to measure the degree of contamination?”

“I thank the Minister for giving way. Having issued that invitation to my hon. Friend the Member for East Londonderry (Mr Campbell), Members in this Chamber will probably raise a whole lot more cases. The Minister has indicated that, as a result of the SPS agreement and so on, checks will be reduced even further. Could …”

“Does the hon. and learned Gentleman agree that the Government, in their own words in the framework document, have accepted that without smooth trading there will be economic and constitutional impacts? They not only owe it to the economy of Northern Ireland to sort out these issues; if they do not, they are accepting t…”

“Let us look at the facts behind Israel’s strike. We have a bunch of terrorists who have been sitting in the safety of Qatar for years, organising and financing acts of terror, including the mass murder of civilians in Israel this week, and boasting about their involvement in it. Is it not an advance that those people a…”

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“Does the hon. and learned Gentleman not find it astounding not only that the laws on the border were made by the European Union, but that when it comes to those laws being applied, EU officials are actually directing officials from Northern Ireland as to which lorry should be searched, which goods should be looked for …”

“Ofcom does not have the power to remove harmful content; it is really up to the companies to do that. Does that not leave a huge gap in the regulation? We have heard evidence that when people have complained to the companies, nothing has happened. They simply delay removing this stuff, or say it is okay to leave it. Sh…”

“The Minister is right to state that the business environment has not been good for the UK steel industry. The main cause for that adverse environment, of course, has been high energy prices—twice as high as those of European competitors and three times higher than those of US competitors. Given that the energy sector r…”

“It is a pity that the Government have had to be dragged screaming into granting this inquiry into Pakistani rape and grooming gangs, but the inquiry is welcome. However, given the fact that nobody has been appointed yet, the terms of reference have not be determined and we do not even know how long the inquiry is going…”

“I appreciate that the Minister has stepped in at short notice and is probably reading from the Government brief, but I am really disappointed. He talked about the review of the internal market and how the legislation was designed to uphold Northern Ireland’s position and ensure the free movement of goods. I do not know…”

“The right hon. Member is absolutely correct. I will talk about some of that bureaucracy later in my speech. Fifty-eight per cent of businesses have faced significant or moderate difficulties, including rising transport costs, significant disruption to supplies, stock shortfalls, shortages, loss of sales and increased b…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered barriers to trade in the UK internal market. I am pleased to have been granted this debate. I do not have much luck securing debates in Westminster Hall, but I thought that perhaps nobody else would apply for a debate at the end of the last day before recess. I think I gues…”