Speeches by Bool.

“If time permitted, I would happily take an intervention from any Government Member on where it was in the Labour manifesto that such a measure would be included, or if any member of the Government could actually tell us how much the scheme would cost. But I will save them the trouble, because it was not and they do not…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. “Why are they needed when we already have secure ways to identify ourselves?” “This is being pushed under the façade of security.” “The cost to the taxpayer would be prohibitive.” “This system would be incredibly vulnerable to hacking.” Those direct quotes …”

“To the extent that he is able, can the Minister please explain what steps he is taking to secure UK commercial ports, given recent reports of individuals with links to the Russian military entering via those routes?”

“T2. First, I want to echo the concerns of the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael): the Paymaster General really must meet with the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee to discuss the sanitary and phytosanitary agreement—meeting with the Chair in private is not enough. When it comes to Eur…”

“3. What steps she is taking with the Home Secretary to help tackle grooming gangs in Wales.”

“Welsh Labour voted against a grooming gangs inquiry in the Senedd. Now Scottish MPs are bemoaning the lack of action from the Scottish National party and the Scottish Government. Given that Welsh Labour is also dragging its heels over this inquiry, will the Secretary of State step up and ensure that it holds a Wales-wi…”

“If the Chancellor really takes the integrity of the Budget as seriously as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury says, she would not have leaked so much of it to the media beforehand. There is speculation and then there is being spoon-fed. The only principle guiding the Chancellor was keeping her Back Benchers happy and …”

“I think we would like to hear from the Minister, so I will push on. Although it is unsurprising, given the continuing restrictions on freedom, the fact that the Government assume that those who arrive on the BNO route will settle after five years, and that those who switch on to the route will also settle after five ye…”

“I thank you for chairing the debate, Sir Edward, and the hon. Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) for allowing Members the opportunity to discuss the impact of the reforms on humanitarian visa routes. I also congratulate him on his recent appointment as patron of Hong Kong Watch, an organisation that has done a great d…”

“How can the Minister justify the former Deputy Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner) receiving severance pay after she had to resign in disgrace?”

“T8. A more dynamic and active market unblocking pathways to home ownership and boosting local businesses by up to £1.2 billion—I am sure if someone offered that to the Secretary of State, he would bite their hand off, so why, when those are the benefits of scrapping stamp duty on homes, is he not lobbying the Chancello…”

“Just one more question from me, then, before I hand over to Terry Jermy. Some farmers receive less than 1% profit on their food; obviously, you and your predecessor have talked about the importance of profitability. What are you seeing? Where is your vision for how you can make farming more profitable?”

“To back up that same point, we know that pubs particularly are crucial to rural communities—they are often the only source of contact some people have—but they have said that they already have to pay commercial waste contractors to handle their waste and recycling, and then are being charged again under the EPR scheme …”

“Thank you. It is good that you have learnt some lessons because it has been a pretty distressing year or more.”

“Yes. I said that I do not want to steal Charlie Dewhirst’s thunder—he will be coming on with food production—but one point I will make about solar is that the issue probably also lies with the grid connections. It is okay having the solar farms, but if you do not have the grid connections, they are useless. The Green H…”

“I think we will come on to food production in a little bit so I will not steal Charlie’s thunder.”

“To follow up on that in terms of that roadmap and Land Use Framework, you said next year. We have been waiting a long time for that. They are the things that set out the vision for that farming community. Some of our farmers are worried especially about the Land Use Framework because there is a tension there when looki…”

“Thank you, Chair. You said that you are new to your role, a few weeks in. What is your vision for agriculture in the UK?”

“What do you mean when you say you hope to be able to say something more formal?”

“I am very sorry that that was the experience faced by the hon. Lady’s constituent, but it is good that she has managed to get the opportunity to work. That is the thing; that is the difference. Changes need to be made. We have come to the Chamber today to try to find a route through this issue for all of us. That is wh…”