Speeches by Griffiths.

“Q8. At 19, I was in a coma after contracting bacterial meningitis. I lost 70% of my hearing and needed open-heart surgery. The menB vaccine has saved lives since its introduction in 2015 for infants, but there remains a gap for the high-risk adolescents who were not vaccinated under the Joint Committee on Vaccination a…”

“This is particularly for Professor Murphy and Sam Olsen. I am really interested in which sectors of the UK economy you feel are most dependent on Chinese suppliers.”

“Businesses in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton need stable and affordable energy to grow and invest, so does my right hon. Friend agree that our “get Britain drilling” Bill is vital not just for energy security but for our future economic security?”

“On Friday, I opened the new Premier Inn in my constituency—a project that was passed under the last Conservative Government—but many businesses in my constituency are failing because of increased costs and regulation. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this is an absolute travesty for our country?”

“On that point, will the Secretary of State give way?”

“Businesses in my constituency are not asking for special treatment; they are asking for a Government who stop making it harder to employ people, harder to grow and harder to invest. Right now, too many feel that Labour is taking the country in the wrong direction. Through my business club and regular conversations with…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for giving way and for his astounding shopping list of action that he is taking, but the Conservatives can make life easy for him: if he had not put 2% on national insurance, increased the national minimum wage and used the Employment Rights Act 2025 to remove the option of zero-hours con…”

“What would be your biggest recommendation?”

“Can I ask specifically what your engagement is like with DESNZ? We have heard throughout about the impact of energy costs.”

“Still thinking about economic dynamism, I just wanted to come back to the triangulation you were talking about before, between DESNZ, DBT and Treasury. The real concern that I continue to have—and I know every business in my constituency continues to have—is around energy costs, and the conflict between the policies th…”

“I think all of us on the Opposition Benches would be keen to understand why, if the Minister is so confident that pension funds will invest, he does not make it a choice rather than a mandate.”

“The House of Lords has identified clear gaps and proposed practical solutions, and has sent improvements back to us. The Lords has acted to put in place clear safeguards, and the Government respond by stripping them out and pressing ahead regardless. Let us take Lords amendment 38. The Lords were clear that they requir…”

“Of what order of magnitude is the level of innovation happening in China relative to the UK or other parts of the world? Is it the education system that is bringing out people who think differently? What are the drivers behind it?”

“To go back to the earlier conversation around risk-reward, you have talked a lot about innovation in China. We have heard in previous panels from other organisations that the level and quality of innovation and the talent available to deliver that innovation in China is world beating. The question that I have for you i…”

“How do you both see this changing over the next five to 10 years, just to look to the future? What are the risks, how are businesses approaching them and what is the risk mitigation?”

“What about e-bikes?”

“What do you think those risks are? What do they perceive those risks as being?”

“What about for the CBI and your members?”

“Could I ask each of you to comment on how important China is to the growth of UK financial and professional services? What potential do you see for future growth and indeed what might hamper that? Will deepening the links between the UK and China produce any strategic vulnerabilities?”

“This flows quite well from what we have just been speaking about. When you are speaking to your members, how do they weigh up the risks and rewards of doing business in China? I would be quite interested to hear what that looks like right now and going forwards into the future, but also how that has changed in recent y…”