Speeches by Hoare.

“Thank you, Lord Murphy, for the work that you did on this. It is clearly important. If I may, I want to ask you a cheeky question—”

“Write it down!”

“You referenced the constraints of the terms of reference, one of which is the requirement for cross-party unanimity. Momentarily setting aside those terms of reference, and if you had a blank cheque, was there anything that was not able to secure cross-party unanimity but that you thought was absolutely key? What is th…”

“A novel approach, but let’s have a go. Specifically, in terms of the commissioners themselves—although I think you have addressed that—if or when there is recourse to the courts, and an expectation of criminal investigation via the PSNI, do they have capacity headroom to deal with these things in a full and timely fash…”

“You referenced the constraints of the terms of reference, one of which is the requirement for cross-party unanimity. Momentarily setting aside those terms of reference, and if you had a blank cheque, was there anything that was not able to secure cross-party unanimity but that you thought was absolutely key? What is th…”

“Thank you, Lord Murphy, for the work that you did on this. It is clearly important. If I may, I want to ask you a cheeky question—”

“Secretary of State, while we are on this area of your proposals, are you able to say a word or two with regard to the resourcing of it? I want to break resourcing down into two parts: resourcing in terms of financial requirements to make all these things work, and to work well and at pace, and any thoughts or conversat…”

“Q8. As last week’s urgent question highlighted, Jhoots—the pharmacy non-provider—is effectively de facto bankrupt and possibly even insolvent too. Last week we discussed at great length the impact that is having on patients securing their prescriptions. It is now becoming increasingly evident that while His Majesty’s R…”

“I have a couple of quick questions for Ms Thompson. As no problem is ever really new, what, if any, other examples of recovery projects of a similar type or scale have you been looking at to try to learn how best to deal speedily with this important matter? Secondly, as Minister Muir said, these are bite-sized chunks. …”

“There is life after Belfast City Council, then.”

“Is that about breaking down departmental silos and having a taskforce-type approach?”

“Forgive me if we do not all rush out and do the conga with excitement because it has been delegated as a priority.”

“It is to everybody, really. Let us start with Mr Darby.”

“We have had figures bandied around. We have had multiple five-year plans and reviews—“It is not X%; it is Y%. It is not Z%; it is T%”—as if that answers the question. Can I go back to this energy question? This is a precious and unique resource, which, when environmentally and ecologically destroyed, has no comeback po…”

“Is that personnel or financial?”

“Mr Curran, why can the models not be done concurrently rather than consecutively?”

“This is a question we will probably also ask of the Minister. You have referenced reports and studies. Given the scale of the challenge and the arrival at, or certainly closeness to, a tipping point, does the panel understand and share the frustration of many at the passing of the buck, as it were, between interested p…”

“We have established that the situation provides environmental and ecological challenge and danger, which is potentially irreversible. We have clearly established that there is an impact on livelihoods as far as fishermen are concerned. Mr Curran, given the backdrop and what we know, what measures has NI Water introduce…”

“Does anybody have a handle on the spread and the quantum of the algae this summer compared with last? It struck me that last year the headlines were very dominant across media, and this year apparently less so.”

“Ms McBride, you set out the impacts clearly. Could I ask Mr Darby about the public health and ecological consequences of these recurring blooms?”