Speeches by Hoare.

“Of course—it gives me an extra minute.”

“As long as you keep eBay, I agree with you.”

“You could go to Birmingham, Cardiff, Wolverhampton or Coventry. You could go to a whole variety of places to say, “These are the things you should be looking out for. These are the questions you should be asking. These are the signs.” You do not have to start from ground zero.”

“We see you as responsible for everything, Mr Speaker! The Minister was clearly right to point out the inflationary cost pressures as a result of the Iranian situation. He might be reminded that the announcement the Chancellor made on the increase in fuel duty predates that situation. Were it not to have been made, and …”

“When I woke up this morning and sprang out of bed thinking about my upcoming 57th birthday, I was feeling quite young and sprightly, but having listened to the speech of the hon. Member for Kettering (Rosie Wrighting) I feel particularly ancient and amazed that I have managed to get to my feet to give this speech. The …”

“In June last year, Mr Trump told the world that the Iranian nuclear sites had been “completely destroyed”, but the last few weeks prove that he did not believe that to be true. Last week, the President told the world that the war was nearly completely won and that he needed no help. He has said in recent months that NA…”

“It frankly beggars belief that the Secretary of State does not understand the impact that the Government’s policies on business, tax and regulation have had on the confidence of businesses up and down the country to invest and employ. There is a direct causal link, and nobody will understand why the Secretary of State …”

“On behalf of the low-income families of North Dorset, I very much welcome the Minister’s statement, but what help can he give to those who are not classified as low income but who are, in the old parlance, just about managing? Surely a VAT holiday for all customers would be of benefit right across the piece. May I urge…”

“Given the nature and detail of your work, would I be right to suspect that if those statistics were collated and available in the public sphere, you would have seen them, noticed them and come across them?”

“Forgive me if I misheard you, but I think you said in an answer to an earlier question that granular data is not available to totalise the asylum claims made by people in Northern Ireland. Did I hear you correctly?”

“The postal delivery landscape is a fast-moving one, as the Minister will recognise. That is evidenced by the fact that Denmark very recently ended its postal service entirely—everybody now has to use a private courier. What weight does he put on the words of Royal Mail when it says that it recognises the problems and i…”

“I acknowledge what the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister said with regards to my role as Chair of the Committee looking at documents pro tem on behalf of the House. As he knows, that will be done properly. Following the point made by the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough (Justin Madders), the Chief Sec…”

“Predecessor Committees were assured by then Ministers and representatives of law enforcement, from both sides of the Irish border, that policing and law enforcement post Brexit would be, by definition, different in methodology, but equal in robustness and outcomes. In a yes or no answer, has that help/prediction been b…”

“It might be that we write to the Home Secretary in any event to ask whether that is done.”

“The Home Secretary may know that I and other Opposition Members have signed at least two letters to the Prime Minister in recent months calling for recognition of the state of Palestine, but I also support the decision the Home Secretary has taken today. I think she has demonstrated seriousness of purpose in taking a v…”

“That would be helpful, because we are trying to assess the scale. If the Government are successful on, for example, channel crossings, but a new route then opens up, it would be helpful for us to be able to compare some baselines and assess whether it is evolving at all. That would be enormously helpful to try to advan…”

“Forgive me if I misheard you, but I think you said in an answer to an earlier question that granular data is not available to totalise the asylum claims made by people in Northern Ireland. Did I hear you correctly?”

“Predecessor Committees were assured by then Ministers and representatives of law enforcement, from both sides of the Irish border, that policing and law enforcement post Brexit would be, by definition, different in methodology, but equal in robustness and outcomes. In a yes or no answer, has that help/prediction been b…”

“That would be helpful, because we are trying to assess the scale. If the Government are successful on, for example, channel crossings, but a new route then opens up, it would be helpful for us to be able to compare some baselines and assess whether it is evolving at all. That would be enormously helpful to try to advan…”

“It might be that we write to the Home Secretary in any event to ask whether that is done.”