Speeches by Maynard.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank the hon. Member for Meriden and Solihull East (Saqib Bhatti) for securing this important debate and I thank all my colleagues who gave such excellent speeches, which set out not only how much they love their pubs, but the struggles that they face. Th…”

“It is clear that the creditors’ consortium has material influence over Thames Water, as it is funding the company and bilaterally negotiating with the Government. Material influence means that the consortium meets the defined criteria of being an ultimate controller. Will the Secretary of State finally acknowledge that…”

“I am going to be a bit contrary and negative maybe. Both panels have been very positive about a lot and there is obviously a huge amount to be happy about. But we have China and the US going faster and further than the UK is. We have large multinationals often going farther and faster than smaller companies. Now there …”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Barker. I thank the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Paul Davies) for speaking on behalf of the petitioners, and I thank the petitioners, who are in the Public Gallery today, for all the work they have done. A particular shout out goes to Sarah—I am thinking of Jess. The…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. The Liberal Democrats have said clearly that we think it is both wrong and unfair that the Government have implemented a stealth tax grab that will hit some of the lowest-paid and most vulnerable the hardest, by maintaining a freeze on income tax thresholds that h…”

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“On the fully accountable lead, there are two positions: one has £5,000 in funding and one is 0.1 of a full-time employee. Will the Minister commit to one person who is fully funded and fully accountable, please?”

“We have talked a lot about cellular IoT modules. Is it accurate to be talking specifically about that, or are there other very significant modules or technologies that we should also consider in the same breath? I have a pie chart in front of me showing that China is getting up to roughly 70%, Europe is 10%, the US is …”

“I am just trying to reconcile Sam and Ben’s statements. Sam is essentially saying, “I have a list of co-operation,” and the fact that we have more Chinese PhDs doing STEM than UK students also gives universities quite an incentive to be nice, in order to keep having those students come over, because they pay the bills.…”

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“Tor and Charles, any particular views on places to look for solutions?”

“Beyond that? We can always talk about China too.”

“I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and the company I founded in ’96, BDA Partners. It took me to China, where I met Charles back in Beijing in 2012 and 2014.”

“Running with the US, you mentioned software and hardware between next year and 2029 or 2030. Do you think that is the right way to be going? By virtue of the US doing that, does that solve everybody else’s problem, because the US is such a big market and the Chinese will have to adapt their export products to serve the…”

“Yes, but they are exporting 7 million cars a year, so the scale of it is relevant. What models do you see outside China that you think are interesting, in terms of exploring this?”

“Professor Carr, which country is most on this track of figuring out what a framework is and what path there is to resolving some of these things? It requires willpower, and it is obviously expensive. Leaving aside whether you have the willpower or not, there is also brainpower, in terms of what we would need to do if w…”

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“On 21 May, the Business and Trade Committee met representatives of more than 20 steel fabrication companies who were deeply worried about the potential loss of hundreds, or thousands, of jobs. I second that, in respect of the urgency, because 1 July is around the corner, and this represents a major risk to the sector.”

“Thames Water, which serves my constituency, embodies the systemic failures of the sector. The company is in breach of its licence conditions by not having held any investment grade credit ratings for nearly the last two years and by failing to inform Ofwat and the Government of the change of control at the company. The…”