Speeches by Hobhouse.

“This section is a little bit about required skills levels and widening participation. The Committee has already sort of established in a previous session that, ultimately, raising standards is not really the issue around recruitment. Would you agree? There are other reasons why recruitment in the sector can be tricky, …”

“But should they not then also write a write-up of what went wrong—a script for people to avoid the mistakes they have made? Should that not be part of it?”

“Okay, in their own home—sorry. Understood.”

“I am trying to understand how I should think about it. They are given the heat pumps and are told, “Install it in your house”?”

“Does the hon. Lady agree that it is shame that there has not been recognition from the Dispatch Box that there would be no premier league if there was no grassroots football? The better our grassroots football, the better the league will be.”

“I intend to call the Front-Bench spokespeople at about 7.5 pm. The debate is heavily oversubscribed, so I am putting an informal time limit of two minutes on all speeches. Even with that I might not get everybody in, but let us see how it goes. I call the Chair of the Transport Committee.”

“I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called to speak.”

“I am sorry, but I will have to stop Back-Bench contributions here. Members have been incredibly good at sticking to a very tight time limit. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I will impose a one-minute limit on speeches now, so that we can get as many in as possible.”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. He has put his correction on the record.”

“Order. Will the hon. Gentleman bring his remarks quickly to a close?”

“We are hearing about the previous Government’s efforts to save British Steel, and we have heard a somewhat confusing account of the deal that the now Leader of the Opposition negotiated. If such a deal existed, can we see a record of it?”

“Ineffective energy trading with the EU is a major barrier for global investors. According to Energy UK, we are losing out on £30 billion of investment in interconnectors alone. What will the Government do to improve our energy trading with the EU to unlock this vital opportunity?”

“Autonomous vehicles are the next step into the future. What discussions has the Secretary of State had with UK manufacturers to ensure that they can take full advantage of the next revolution in how we use cars?”

“How do you measure that?”

“Do you have one short comment, since we need to move on?”

“Let us move on to the next question about complexity of local energy clubs. Again to Benedict, we have heard that the regulatory and administrative complexity of setting up local energy clubs limits their future potential. First of all, do you agree, and how would you respond to this criticism?”

“Stephen, would you say that the licence exemptions have very narrow criteria and therefore were not designed to support community energy, but, as we heard, hospitals or other arrangements? Therefore, should there be a more bespoke solution?”

“Steve, do you have anything to add?”

“Should this requirement be removed, Benedict?”