Speeches by Hoare.

“I am not suggesting that the hon. Lady should have been hanging on my every word yesterday, but she was in the Chamber during that debate. I would not call 100 votes in favour and 100 votes against a win. A ten-minute rule Bill will go nowhere. Why her leader jumps up and down on social media as if he has just introduc…”

“The pub was bought by the village for £500,000. It is a community asset-type pub. One significant stakeholder is the TUC itself, which decided that thirsty trade unionists might, after the martyrs memorial, enjoy a pint and, indeed, one of the excellent sandwiches that the hon. Lady has referenced. After the Budget, Ma…”

“It is a lovely pub. The hon. Lady has been and has not been barred yet. Anybody who knows their trade union history, as I know she does, will know about the Tolpuddle martyrs in 1834. The pub is named after them.”

“Thank you very much.”

“That is very helpful. Forgive me. I misunderstood.”

“Thank you for that clarification.”

“I just have a very quick challenge on that, if I may. Studies of the national health service would show that it is more innovative and increases productivity when money is scarce. Pumping additional funds into something often just allows the norm to perpetuate, because innovative thinking is off the agenda. Do you have…”

“Over the next 10 years—another “wow” moment. Jam tomorrow—well, we don’t even know if it is jam tomorrow; it is a promise of something that might materialise, but these sectors need support now. Let me conclude my remarks by highlighting what I fear will be a terrible downward-pulling spiral in confidence from investor…”

“From one state school boy to another state school boy—we were also the first in our families to go to university—does my hon. Friend agree that we all have gaps in our knowledge, understanding and experience, but that the way you fill them is by asking the people who practise in a sector and listening to what they have…”

“As a quick follow-up on what you have both said, there is clearly considerable merit in ending the psychology of exceptionalism, if you will: “Ah, but it is”; “Oh, but don’t forget”. Do the authorities, this place, Stormont or other service providers in the policing and security arena have the antennae and, allied to t…”

“That is helpful. Thank you.”

“I will, but let me finish this point. Roofing prices are up 7%, bricks 8%, blocks 9%, landscaping 8%, drainage 8%, and plaster, plasterboard and cladding 7%. Costs can be increased, and companies can absorb as much as they can, but at some point, as Travis Perkins points out, those increased costs can no longer be self…”

“I want to set aside money and retention, because we will come on to that.”

“As it is the Christmas season, I may give you two.”

“Let us set aside finance, and recruitment and retention issues, because colleagues will deal with those directly. I just wondered whether you could summarise, if you had a media microphone stuffed under your noses, what the key challenge facing the PSNI today is.”

“I rise to oppose the Bill—for those who know me, yes, I did say “oppose”, and smelling salts are available through the usual channels, I am sure. I listened intently to what my friend the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Dr Pinkerton) had to say, and he said it with great passion and his typical eloquence. He and I have w…”

“In the hope that the Government had listened to the National Farmers’ Union and others, a North Dorset farming family sat to watch the Chancellor’s Budget statement, in expectation. They were disappointed with the announcement on the family farm tax. The farmer withdrew from his medical treatment, and three days later …”

“Thank you. Mr Hall, in your evidence, you described the youth and women’s justice blueprints as being improvements. How have they improved things, and how can their success be replicated for other aspects of the criminal justice system in Wales?”

“Mr Jones, do you have an observation on that?”

“I want to turn to intergovernmental relations. In all these inquiries, we try to identify something good and then try to identify things where we can nudge for a bit of improvement. Could you both give one example of where the UK and Welsh Governments work particularly well together and identify one thing that is okay …”