Speeches by Coghlan.

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“Park home owners in my constituency tell me that site owners have pressured them into selling, in order to get that 10% commission. Does my hon. Friend agree that that is wrong and that the 10% commission should be abolished?”

“T6. It has been widely reported in the press that the Chancellor is rightly considering issuing defence bonds. I know that the Chancellor agrees with me on the value of defence research and development. Does she or the Minister agree that defence bonds could be a powerful way to increase R&D and raise economic grow…”

“On Friday the United States agreed to extend the partial lift on sanctions on Russian oil exports. Does the Minister agree that this helps President Putin to fund his illegal and murderous war in Ukraine, and that it works directly against the national security interests of both Ukraine and the United Kingdom?”

“5. What steps her Department is taking to increase financial pressure on the Russian Federation.”

“I entirely agree. An under-resourced officer can still determine need, still issue an EHCP and still be transparent about what cannot yet be delivered. That, at least, is honest. I know that many council officers do the right thing, but when a council officer commits misconduct that results in an avoidable death, why a…”

“I thank the right hon. Member for his intervention and I completely disagree. Think about the autistic boy I was talking about at the start of my speech. He has been out of school for seven years and his father has quit his job to look after him. We have lost a lifetime’s earnings from that person and we have the costs…”

“I first want to address the comments from the right hon. Member for Salisbury (John Glen). I have enormous respect for him, but his underlying argument is flawed, because there is the same number of SEND children now as there was in 2010 and in 1978. The question is why the number fell so much up to 2016 and then rose,…”

“I should declare an interest. Before I became an MP, I was finance director of an organisation, Access—The Foundation for Social Investment—that used dormant assets. Ms Pender, you said that a strategy alone will not deliver change. You just alluded to the crowding in from other market participants. The industry, Gover…”

“Have the recent allegations concerning Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor changed in any way the FCA’s approach to tackling market abuse?”

“Should the FCA have played a larger role, given its statutory role? As the Chair said, were you surprised that the Bank of England appeared in the Treasury’s leak inquiry report but not the FCA?”

“Mr Rathi, to what extent, if at all, has the FCA been involved in the separate investigations into Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor?”

“Are cases of alleged market abuse involving high-profile individuals or politicians especially difficult for the FCA to deal with?”

“The green firms that innovate the most, and young firms, have been shown to be particularly credit constrained. Will the Minister meet me to discuss what measures the Government are taking to increase credit supply, raise research and development, and increase economic growth?”

“There were various disclosures of market-sensitive information ahead of the 2025 Budget, by both the OBR and the Government. In each case, what role did or will the FCA play in helping to establish whether that information was abused for gain?”

“My rural constituency is lucky enough to be only 21 miles from London, but the train from Dorking travels at 21 mph, which, according to my arithmetic, means that it takes one hour to get there. Some 1,900 people have signed a petition calling for a faster train, and the director of South Western Railway is interested.…”

“I welcome President Trump’s statement that he is apparently now in talks with Iran. Sadly and predictably, Iran seems to have achieved escalation dominance by closing the strait of Hormuz, so what plans is the UK making for a post-conflict region in which Iran retains the upper hand because it can dictate global energy…”

“A constituent of mine, who aspires to be a GP, like the hon. Member, left university £44,000 in debt. She is actually paying more in interest than on her loan repayments. Does the hon. Member agree that the system deters graduates from following the very careers that we so desperately need them to follow in this countr…”

“I just had a quick question. Are any of the panel members a member of a political party?”

“I will briefly challenge you on the point that we are close to the cliff edge, because during the austerity years, a lot was influenced by Reinhart and Rogoff saying, “When debt hits 100% of GDP,” blah blah blah, which has been discredited now due to a forecasting error. We have the second-lowest debt in the G7. It is …”