Speeches by Griffiths.

“You mentioned speeds at the very beginning of your answer, which I thought was perceptive. What would you prioritise to shift the dial on the speed of change?”

“That is very helpful nuance, thank you. Mr Tubby, do you think that the scope and delivery of the Forestry Commission’s targets for the restoration of ancient woodland are driving the right outcomes?”

“Before I move on, Mr Knight, was there anything you wanted to add the previous answers, or to your own previous answer?”

“I am going to focus on Mr Tubby and Dr Weatherall, because I think that you have answered some of this already, Mr Knight, but feel free to come in on it too. For plantations on ancient woodland sites, what stops us going beyond management, and restoring them to something more like ancient and semi-natural woodland? Fo…”

“Following International Women’s Day and with English Tourism Week approaching, I have been meeting female entrepreneurs across Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, including Kathleen at the Navigator Hotel, who featured on “The Hotel Inspector” only last week, and many others through my business club. These businesses are v…”

“Businesses in my constituency have told me categorically that they are very concerned about this. Entrepreneurs who have taken all the risks to create jobs in their communities run the risk of the Fair Work Agency, which will be given these powers, coming into their businesses and riding roughshod over the work they ar…”

“20. What assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment.”

“I recently launched my Bognor Regis and Littlehampton business club. Many who joined are independent hospitality and leisure businesses, and their No.1 concern is how difficult it is to take on new staff under this Government. What assessment has the Department made of the impact of the Treasury’s new jobs tax, and the…”

“So what is the gap in-between? What is the trigger that pushes you to the next stage?”

“I want to go back to the point about new sanctions coming in on the fourth anniversary. The key question I have is: why wait until the fourth anniversary, which in all honesty, while an emotional and symbolic date, is actually arbitrary? If the additional sanctions are needed, surely they should have been imposed earli…”

“I would not say that was the overarching thing, but carry on.”

“I want to follow up on the comment you made about investment having been low for a long time. I was director of strategy at Innovate Finance, the fintech trade body. I am sure you are aware that in fintech, we are third—behind only China and the US—for inward investment. That is on the back of the rule of law, skills a…”

“I am delighted to hear the Minister’s response. Zachary Merton hospital in Rustington was closed temporarily, but that closure became permanent and the site is being progressed for disposal. More than half of residents in Rustington are elderly, and rely on intermediate and step-down care. They have not been consulted …”

“15. What steps he is taking to increase access to care in the community.”

“I suppose that is an internal piece, but you said that you should always look to do more, and I was asking specifically about interventions. What have you not intervened in that you think you should have been?”

“Do you feel that you are intervening as much as you need to, or do you plan to do more?”

“Is that something that you need the DBT to approve?”

“Once you have picked an area, what criteria are you then going to apply to determine how to take it forward?”

“I want to move on to the criteria and principles that you apply when you are determining on what to intervene. Can you start with overarching principles and then get down to some more specific criteria that you would address?”

“The continued use of legacy IT equipment is a particular vulnerability across the Government estate. That will take some time to address entirely, but is there a strategy in place to prioritise the upgrading of this legacy equipment, given that it is one of the greatest areas of exposure?”