Speeches by Johnson.

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I hope the Minister has listened carefully to what has been said, and has understood that this is not about nimbys—it is not about “not in my back yard” and it is not even about the aesthetics of solar farms. It is about the overwhelming scale of the proposals and the fact that solar fa…”

“My right hon. Friend is of course right, as usual, and I will address that point in more detail later in my speech. Even if we could resolve all those production, recycling and transportation issues, and so accept that solar is viable for the UK, ground-mounted solar projects are not the right approach. Panels installe…”

“The Minister says that this is not a competition between energy security and farming security. It should not be; the reason it is becoming one is that his Government are allowing our best and most versatile farmland, used for growing crops, to be taken over by solar farms.”

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“I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I wonder if the average jumbo jet flying into Heathrow does a loop-the-loop on its way in. RAF Digby is the headquarters of the joint cyber and electromagnetic activities group. Any interference with that part of the defence estate could cause significant harm. My constituenc…”

“My hon. Friend is right. As a farmer’s wife, I understand that farmers are being put under a lot of pressure by the various changes that this Government have made to taxation on cab pick-ups, inheritance tax, national insurance and much more. Displacing our farmland leaves us reliant on imports, which use more land, ma…”

“My hon. Friend is right, but I do not believe that the land will ever be returned to farmland, and many of my constituents feel the same. It is worth noting that 99.1% of solar installations cover the best and most versatile land, but tests procured by the developers appear to suggest that soil is of poorer quality tha…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered solar farms. I must first inform the House that my husband is a farmer and agricultural contractor. I am very grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for allowing me time for a debate on large-scale solar farms. There are some things that Members across the House can a…”

“Independent schools are inspected against the independent schools standards, which are different because they have related entries for flexibility of governance, selection admissions and other things, so the standards are necessarily different. However, it has been suggested that in some areas of SEND metrics for asses…”

“Looking at the effect on the other children is part of the question.”

“Yes. Head teachers are telling me that if they do not have adequate resources to manage a particular child within the classroom as they required to, they are caught in a Catch-22 situation. If they bring the child into the classroom and try to manage them with inadequate resources, the whole class potentially does not …”

“You talked about exclusions, part-time timetables, alternative provision of resources being used. Could those things be considered a reflection of inadequate resources? I met some head teachers recently who talked about the behaviour challenges for the whole class. They have a duty to the child with special needs but t…”

“Would that help children with special needs or could it lead to some schools changing admission criteria?”

“My question is for Adam. In Lincolnshire, where my constituency is, the SEND services have been rated “outstanding”, which from what you have said is quite an unusually good rating for across the country. What are you doing to ensure that other counties and other areas can learn from where Lincolnshire is doing things …”

“Before the Minister concludes, could she answer my questions on national insurance and on below-inflation pay rises? If not, will she commit to answering my remaining questions by letter?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. The draft regulations will make amendments to the Medical Device Regulations 2002, the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005 and the Medical Devices (Northern Ireland Protocol) Regulations 2021. The core changes made by the draft regulations will inclu…”

“Taking medicines on time is important, especially for those with conditions such as diabetes and epilepsy. Dr Acheson, an A&E consultant who has time-critical medicines for his own Parkinson’s disease, understands that well. He has been running a quality improvement programme to ensure that time-critical medicines …”

“I thank the Secretary of State for that answer, and I would be delighted to meet him to discuss it further. Unfortunately, when Labour negotiates, Britain loses. The Government capitulated to union demands with nothing in return. It is therefore of no surprise to anyone that within months, they are back in dispute with…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I start by making a declaration of interest as an NHS consultant paediatrician and a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. My work in the NHS at times involves looking after children who may have gender dysphoria, although it is not sp…”

“My right hon. Friend raises important questions that I hope the Minister will answer. It is important to look at the data that we already have. That was the next part of my speech—my right hon. Friend is, as usual, reading my mind. Given that these drugs have been used on hundreds of patients at GIDS alone, why not loo…”