Speeches by Maynard.

“On behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Bicester and Woodstock (Calum Miller), I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement. As we have come to expect of all major international summits, NATO’s meeting in Ankara was taken over entirely by Donald Trump’s tantrums and threats. He restated his clai…”

“I thank the Minister and everyone involved in the review for their hard work; this is a difficult subject, so it is much appreciated. Today’s report has confirmed what perhaps all of us knew for many years, which is that PIP is supposed to act as a lifeline, but is administered through a broken system. Disabled people …”

“Iran is continuing to hold the global economy to ransom through its reckless strikes in the strait of Hormuz—we all agree on that. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s continuing tit-for-tat retaliations risk dragging the whole region back into a full-blown conflict. This would threaten the lives of citizens across the middle eas…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) for bringing such an important debate to the House. I appreciate all the speeches that have been given with such force. The issue is enormously important to many of my constituents in Witney. A disaster is happening in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.…”

“I am not advocating that there is a quick fix and I am not requiring us all to be fanboys of the EU. There are lots of warts out there, and that is fine. What I am seeking is to question the high ambition on the table because I do not think it is highly ambitious. To the Chair’s point about direction and leadership, th…”

“Sorry, but that is an optimistic interpretation. Essentially, we have now done those free trade deals. How would you compare the commitments that you are lining up with, say, Switzerland with the GCC? Are you saying that you have the same human rights agreements with Switzerland as you do with the GCC?”

“Maybe it should.”

“How does this company compete in its environment to serve the UK market well while not being a drain on the taxpayer and becoming fully funded? Are you looking to hold it forever or to sell it?”

“Is that a secure footing behind large tariff barriers, or are you confident that in three years it is going to be back in an open-market environment and making money? How long do you think it needs to be back in an open-market environment, not behind tariff barriers and making money? What is your take on ownership?”

“For the 10,000 you are talking about.”

“Would you do it that way?”

“I am trying to reconcile your statements on high ambition and being focused on growth with the fact that the UK voted to leave the EU, but we did not vote to leave the single market and the customs union. Frontier Economics published something two weeks ago that said that being inside the single market and customs unio…”

“Congratulations on the various trade deals that have been done. Frontier Economics published a bit of research saying that, if you add them all together, they are worth roughly £14.9 billion versus £92 billion from being inside the EU, so six times all of those put together. Notwithstanding that, looking ahead, we have…”

“Just on that, in terms of human rights, GCC but also India went pretty light on that. Just talk us through the trade-offs that you are comfortable or uncomfortable with in regard to the deals being made. Human rights was largely carved out.”

“Turning it around, do you believe that, if we were to move more of those levies over to general taxation, that is better for our economy and our country?”

“Talking about British Steel, as I understand it, and correct me if I am wrong, working capital from April last year to May this year is £484 million in. I think that that is going to increase this year. As per the supplementary estimates that are coming out next February, I think that it is going to increase again ther…”

“Regarding contracts for difference, will the Government now consider moving from a 100% revenue guarantee model to a partial coverage model, along the lines of what Australia now has?”

“Is that with or without tariffs?”

“Secretary of State, we recognise and accept that this is cross-departmental. We also acknowledge what you have done on renewable obligations, in terms of moving some of that off. We also all hear that businesses are drowning under this electricity cost. What about going further and moving more of those levies off, work…”

“Could I just ask one technical question? We have all these free trade agreements. Great, well done. What I find surprising is that there is not an add-up every year to say, “This is what trade was before. This is what trade is now post those free trade agreements.” It would be technically useful to publish that informa…”