Speeches by Maynard.

“You mentioned 37 days of strike action. My interpretation is that people have to be pretty desperate to do that. You also mentioned health and safety. What else are the key triggers resulting in that activity?”

“You mentioned 100 locations. What proportion of those currently have union engagement?”

“What is your response to the proposed changes to industrial relations as part of the Employment Rights Bill?”

“We are about a month away from Thames Water signing up for another £3 billion of debt. If that happens, 46% of the bills of every customer in that catchment will be spent on interest expenses, and that is without even paying down the £20 billion of debt. How is that helping anyone?”

“I believe that this Bill is disappointing. It almost totally ignores the financials of the companies, and that is the root of the problem. Unless we fix the financials, we will not fix the problem. Thames Water, for example, has £17 billion of debt, and it is currently expected to have a further £3 billion of debt by t…”

“Are you or are you not using the RAF information to understand what is going on in terms of the destruction in Gaza?”

“It seems that our contractual responsibilities to Lockheed Martin are trumping our responsibilities to international humanitarian law. That is what many people on this Committee object to. Do you agree with that?”

“Just to confirm, the second stream is analysis of statements made by NGOs, international bodies and partner countries relating to Israel’s adherence to IHL. Does that include the ICC and ICJ rulings?”

“Agreed. As of 30 September, the United Nations Satellite Centre, part of UNITAR, has stated that there are 163,778 structures in Gaza, and 52,564 of those structures have been completely destroyed. That is 32% of all buildings in Gaza that have been destroyed, with another 18,900 severely damaged and so on. Yes? We hav…”

“Just feeding that back to you, there are two clear reasons for the partial suspension of licences: a failure to provide adequate essential supplies to civilians and credible claims of mistreatment of detainees, yes?”

“Following up on that, does that mean you are not analysing them for any other reason?”

“I presume you are comfortable with the UN satellite imagery. You also have had hundreds of RAF flights flying over Gaza on a daily basis, so you can see the day-by-day destruction.”

“So they are included.”

“Sure—maybe let me finish my sentence. I am just trying to probe further as to why this does not qualify and why this is such an unknown. You have been seeing RAF flights flying over for more than 12 months now, so you are seeing day by day the destruction and you know that more than 50,000 buildings have been destroyed…”

“You are not using it to work out what is going on in terms of destruction beyond that—you are ignoring that data.”

“Just one small correction: from Oxford to Carterton North is £600 million only—we do not need to build out to Carterton West necessarily; that would just be a nice-to-have—and, of that, land value capture would allow something like £300 million. That is the broader scheme of it.”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered railway connectivity between Witney, Carterton, Eynsham and Oxford. I am here to argue the case for bringing back the railway that connected Oxford, Eynsham, Witney and Carterton, but was torn up 50 years ago. That would cut journey times by 70%, connecting Oxford with Eyns…”

“I very much concur. I want to quantify the housing and the scale of what is going on now. Since 2000, the population of Oxfordshire has increased by a quarter. In the 2018 local plan we were signed up for 16,000 homes over the period through to 2031, increasing our housing stock by a quarter in just 10 years. On top of…”

“Well said—I very much agree. Following on from that, transport is one of the hardest nuts to crack in that decarbonisation agenda. Without a large-scale mass public transport solution, we are not going to get there. That is at the core of Oxfordshire county council’s strategy and this would help to deliver it, just as …”

“Q13. We recognise that Labour is determined to defend the economically disastrous Conservative policies of being outside the customs union and single market. However, does the Prime Minister agree with the principle that where it is in our country’s interest to maintain alignment with EU standards so that we can better…”