Speeches by Maynard.

“Good, but why are so few investigations being done?”

“Live Nation—we’ve done that one—has massive market shares across the whole music sector. What about doing a market study of each of their market sectors? That would be a good start to see.”

“I understand that the Competition and Markets Authority is currently running only four independent investigations, one of which is set to run for two years and eight months. The last significant fine was in October 2021. The activist chair of the CMA was fired in January and a former Amazon UK boss was hired in his ste…”

“Yes; I fully agree with the right hon. Gentleman. Direct legislation should be a last resort, but it is necessary and we need to move quickly. SAMLA came into force in 2018, and we are now nearly in 2026. This is just playing for time, which is bad. Since 2022, the UK’s register of overseas entities regime has required…”

“I did not know that, so I thank my hon. Friend for informing me. How can we ask others to get their own house in order when we enable these entities on UK sovereign territory to beggar their neighbour on a global scale? The UK Government bear responsibility for this lack of transparency, as British overseas territories…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“I thank the hon. Member for Bolton West (Phil Brickell) for securing this debate. I also thank the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Sir Andrew Mitchell) for all his work on this issue and for his good speech today. Indeed, I have enjoyed the contributions from all hon. Members so far. The common theme has been e…”

“Given that it has been widely reported in the press that the UAE is arming the RSF, does the Minister have a view on the following two points? First, if any party is exporting weapons to the RSF, we would be in breach of our export licence criteria if we are exporting weapons to that party. Secondly, it is irrelevant w…”

“My apologies, Mr Speaker. Will the UK cease all arms shipments to the UAE until it is proven that the UAE is not arming the RSF?”

“It has been widely reported in the press that the United Arab Emirates is arming the RSF in Sudan. The RSF is one of the two warring factions in Sudan, and it was found by the UN to be responsible for crimes against humanity including murder, torture, enslavement, rape and sexual violence. As per UK Government export d…”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“1. What recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the United Arab Emirates on the situation in Sudan.”

“Under the Conservatives’ watch, the national debt grew by nearly £1 trillion. They drove our economy through a hard Brexit into the ground, and yet they masquerade as the party of good sense in the economy. I do not understand how that makes sense. Will the hon. Member explain?”

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“The QCA highlights a number of policy-based factors, saying that there have been issues such as ever-growing regulatory requirements and the significant surge in audit fees. What I really want to do is tick off, as you like, what you see as the biggest problems for AIM. It has not grown in terms of value in the last 20…”

“I have a question about the Government’s role in your businesses and the biggest anchors it has on you or enablers it gives you. Without limiting yourself to access to finance, what are the biggest headaches that the Government cause you and what are the upsides that help?”

“Anita, is there anything you would like to add on that?”

“What needs to happen and what is the main problem?”

“Jenny, would you like to add to that?”

“You have all been very polite about the UK, but ultimately, if I were in one of your seats, I would not really care very much, and I am not sure we should be caring that much 100% of the time. We want the UK to be successful and trying to get that VC and private equity sector working much more effectively is really wha…”