Speeches by Maynard.

“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…”

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

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“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?”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“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…”

“Has AIM lost its focus on nurturing growing companies over time, and if so, how should that be resolved? I think we have covered most of that, would you agree?”

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

“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…”

“Rob, £60 billion is what you are planning on spending from 2025 to 2029. You have raised £7 billion—congratulations—but can you give us an outline of where the other £53 billion is coming from?”

“Is this all private debt or public debt?”

“On the earlier point about the US, the inference was that it is more efficient there as it is kind of piecemeal and a bigger market rather than doing this generational aspect. Do you think there are steps that the UK could be taking to make it more normalised so that there is an equity market for this? Any pointers as …”

“We have named uncertainty as one of the devils out there. In terms of things that could help reduce that uncertainty, I am going to name three, and you can critique them and add your own. The OBR has two outlook events a year; we have two Budget events a year. The fiscal framework is horrendous. What else would you do …”

“Could you clarify the meaning of de-duplication? What duplication are you referring to there?”

“Rob, casting back to your point about the UK-EU energy market, can you give any perspective as to where things are going there? It was mentioned in the reset but I have not heard anything since.”

“Yes.”

“Rosalind, I am curious about US versus UK relationships with tech spin-outs for universities. My understanding is that in the US, a university will often take 5% to 10% and it will get most of its money through royalties and licensing. In the UK, we go for 30% or 40%, but frankly, Stanford seems to do a lot better than…”

“That 30% or 40% is a big difference compared with 5%; if I am an investor, I am going to care about that.”

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