Speeches by Maynard.

“There seems to be a consensus across the House that the NHS dental contract is broken. That is the consensus across the country as well, including in my constituency. If there is one thing we can get out of the debate today, it is a timeline to which the Government will commit to fixing the situation and to bringing le…”

“The Minister and many hon. Members have mentioned teaching support staff, who make up half the school workforce but have no statutory pay body to represent them. Many support staff are left without a voice in discussions on their pay, terms and working conditions; I hear that time and again in schools throughout my con…”

“I thank the right hon. Member for his leadership and hard work on the Committee. I welcome the move this week, and the set of aspirational statements of intent that go in the right direction. That is great, but does he agree that we should focus on the big stuff? Proportionately, the deal with India will get us 0.1% of…”

“Does the UK currently have the right approach to controlling the export of sensitive technologies? I am interested to hear your experiences in your two lines of work.”

“Does anyone on the panel have a particular view on our approach compared to the US CFIUS approach? What are the pros and cons, and what might we have an advantage over or disadvantage over compared to their approach?”

“Mr Pedersen, five port operators control those 120 ports, give or take. Is there any bigger risk of a co-ordinated IT attack on all five at once?”

“Is there anything worse than that on your radar screen? Apart from an IT attack on all five at once, what is at the top of your risk list?”

“The Times has reported that the UK has fewer than 10 tanks stationed in Estonia and that troop numbers have been cut from 1,650 in April 2022 to around 1,000 today. By comparison, Germany has 5,000 troops on track to be stationed in Lithuania by 2027. Is this correct, and is it a concern for the Minister?”

“I too thank and commend the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Dame Siobhain McDonagh) for securing the debate. It has been a pleasure to work with her and we are all in awe of her single-minded relentlessness on this topic, from which we can all learn. I have a similar story. Two years ago, I received a call from my …”

“It sounds like we are all headed in the same direction. My recommendation would be this. Particularly to the two lawyers, but perhaps also from a non-legal perspective, why not just draft a short note saying, “These are the recommendations we would like to make”, and we receive can it from each of you? I am not sure wh…”

“Sir Simon, I will start with you on this one. RUSI, in December 2023, at the Economic Security Private-Public Sector Forum, said that it was a “promising start” and that “Government should facilitate regular intelligence briefings, threat assessments, rapid response frameworks, and cyber-risk updates, in both formal an…”

“Helen, do you want to add anything particularly?”

“Alexandra, maybe from the Control Risks side, thinking of it that way, what do you see? How do you live that?”

“Following up on that one, if there is a global transaction, so a large global company is buying another global company, it has all sorts of regulatory rulings to clear in all sorts of jurisdictions. Where does the UK sit in terms of speed? Speed counts. Where is the UK in terms of the turnaround time or something like …”

“Catherine Royle, in terms of—probably Russia—a state actor testing NATO’s article 5, do you see the probability of that testing increasing now? Also, where do you rate NATO’s realistic readiness to address that and how has that changed over the last year or two?”

“Afternoon. Whoever would most like to answer this, jump in, and we can do it that way. Regarding the UK investment screening regime, as much as you are able to, can you give us data, or direct us towards data, on clarity, speed, predictability and rationale? When a ruling goes for or against against one of your clients…”

“Is there anything either of you would like to add to that?”

“I thank my hon. Friend, and, yes, I absolutely do. Ofwat is also failing to innovate. It appears to do little, if anything, to push companies to do this. This is so critical because, if we are going to increase capacity in sewage treatment works, there are many better ways of doing so. There is a host of new technologi…”

“I will make that three. Thank you very much, and over to you.”

“I am delighted to speak on the issue of how we can fix our broken water and sewerage sector, and get serious about cleaning up our rivers and lakes. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) for securing this debate. My constituency of Witney, in west Oxfordshire, has borne the brunt o…”