Speeches by Chope.

“If you were going to have a descriptor after your “Labour”, would it be “temporarily suspended”, or it could also have “Labour withdrawn” or something like that?”

“May I apologise first of all for not being here earlier? I also serve on the Procedure Committee, and we had another meeting at the same time. Can I ask about the hot topic of critical minerals, with the news that the United States and Ukraine may be close to signing an agreement in relation to some of Ukraine’s critic…”

“You could still have the Whip withdrawn, but not be expelled from the party?”

“Is there a distinction in your party between having the Whip withdrawn and the Whip suspended? Or does it amount to the same thing?”

“If you were going to have a descriptor after your “Labour”, would it be “temporarily suspended”, or it could also have “Labour withdrawn” or something like that?”

“You referred to the Australian memorandum of understanding. Is that really going to be sufficient?”

“May I apologise first of all for not being here earlier? I also serve on the Procedure Committee, and we had another meeting at the same time. Can I ask about the hot topic of critical minerals, with the news that the United States and Ukraine may be close to signing an agreement in relation to some of Ukraine’s critic…”

“As somebody who very much supports the principle of independently-minded MPs, can I ask you, John, first, obviously if you are elected as a Labour member and then the Labour party expels you, you are no longer entitled to the party political descriptor of being Labour? However, unless or until you are expelled, is what…”

“You referred earlier to steel. If steel makes up 80% of a wind turbine, and most of that steel is having to be imported, why are we not doing more to manufacture our own steel? It seems as though we are remarkably relaxed about that, considering how critical it is to our net zero ambitions.”

“There may be circumstances in which it is more cost-effective for the United Kingdom, although it has the resources itself, to import. Would you accept that?”

“Could you give some specific examples?”

“As somebody who very much supports the principle of independently-minded MPs, can I ask you, John, first, obviously if you are elected as a Labour member and then the Labour party expels you, you are no longer entitled to the party political descriptor of being Labour? However, unless or until you are expelled, is what…”

“Is there a distinction in your party between having the Whip withdrawn and the Whip suspended? Or does it amount to the same thing?”

“You could still have the Whip withdrawn, but not be expelled from the party?”

“There are three speakers, and we have five minutes to go.”

“What the Minister says is all very well, but why do the Government not support my Exemption from Value Added Tax (Public Electric Vehicle Charging Points) Bill?”

“Yes, exactly.”

“I would like to ask Mr Ayers to start off with whether he believes that the mortgage lenders are wrong to withdraw mortgages from 250,000 homes.”

“Can I ask all of you about the issue relating to the preparation for these schemes? I think anybody listening to the evidence today would not touch a heat pump installation with a barge pole, for all sorts of reasons, including the issue around whether or not insulation is needed and other adaptations to the house. We …”

“Who pays for that?”