Speeches by Maynard.

“So it is the Treasury that has the responsibility, not the DBT.”

“I have two nuts-and-bolts questions. The excitingly named multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement exists because the WTO appellate body is effectively defunct, as the US no longer funds it and will now not be funding it for a few years. That is a workaround to which Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the…”

“Similarly, we were in PEM, the pan-Euro-Mediterranean convention. I think that there are 25 signatories and it has been going since 2012. We now have our own perfectly formed equivalent. Perhaps that is rather a lot of work: we are essentially running our own set of harmonisation and standards separate from our Europea…”

“No, that’s it. Just, I do not know what a manufacturer would do with that information.”

“But there is no visibility on what “case-by-case basis” means, apart from “in the national interest”. Can you please explain what you take to be the national interest when it is something innocuous and un-security-related? Does that mean that you will, or you will not, apply? I just do not understand.”

“But do you not get my point? How does this work?”

“Nappies. Are nappies in the national interest?”

“Okay, but how will that work in reality? A load of manufacturers out there are going up the wall, kicking people out of work and having a terrible time. They need to know where they stand.”

“Okay. The product regulation Bill. In my first PMQs, I asked about the idea that if it is in our national interest to align, we align, but if it is not in our national interest, we diverge. I got a very unclear answer back. I have looked at your published materials and it is always on a case-by-case basis, but there is…”

“I have two questions, and will fire them both. You mentioned delusions twice, Mr Alexander, and we are talking about the fastest growth in the G7 and the race to a trillion, but goods exports are 11% below 2019, so they are going in the opposite direction. Trade intensity is down 1.7%. The rest of the G7’s trade intens…”

“I look forward to hearing how those thoughts develop and hearing more of them. That is that. We hear a lot about the EU reset. As per our briefing pack, the UK wants a veterinary agreement, wants professional qualifications to be mutually recognised, and wants to make it easier for our touring artists—it was in the Lab…”

“I am not taking part in that conversation; I am taking part in this one. Do you agree that it is a good principle for us to publish data year in, year out? If we sign up to free trade agreements, we ought to track how we do against them. It is not a trap—it is just nuts and bolts. Is that a good thing to do? You can ju…”

“I get that, but just take every free trade agreement from the last 10 years and publish once a year. It is not specific to ANZ or anywhere else: it is just the principle. Do we agree that we want to see how we are doing with our free trade agreements, and that we will publish data on an ongoing basis, every 12 months, …”

“Mr Alexander and Ms Brooks, I have a very nuts-and-bolts question. Your teams are working hard on all these free trade agreements; we are grateful for that, and it is great for the country. Do you agree that it is in our national interest to publish data to show the results of those free trade agreements? If we have a …”

“These timelines are too slow. Setting the date at 2035 for monitor installation will mean that this is done at a much slower rate than the rate over the last seven years. That is disappointing. Targets set for 2045 and 2050 are too far away. We do not need to, and should not, move that slowly. We must do better.”

“I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Good morning, everyone. I will highlight two key points about new clause 28, which concerns what happens when companies that have gone into special administration come out of it. Subsection (1) refers to considering “the merits of changing the law to provide that a …”

“What I really like about our proposal is that the companies are coming out of special administration, so it does not cost anybody anything: the equity of the shareholders has been written off. We often hear that it would not be a good idea, because it would cost too much to buy the companies out. Under our proposal, we…”

“That may be a chink of light, because all I have heard from the Government so far is “Only private companies welcome here.” My understanding is that the Cunliffe review’s remit purposely excludes ownership. If that is now on the table, it is great news, because it is one of the fundamental problems in the water sector.…”

“On that point, may I intervene?”

“We all welcome one another, but I meant the fact sheet. I really appreciate your going to the trouble of putting it together; I thank your team as well. I have read it diligently and done my best, but I have a quiz question for you. The first bullet point refers to giving “the power to recover HMG funding should there …”