Speeches by Young.

“Do you want to add anything on that, Mark?”

“I want to ask a few questions about how the Government can stimulate lasting private investment in nuclear skills. Sue, you have already talked about the need for a long-term plan for the certainty, but are there any other things that the Government can do to incentivise private sector investment in nuclear skills and …”

“Mark, we have talked about Monday to Thursday jobs and that has historically been the situation for many of the elite jobs. Should all major projects be obligated to secure lasting community benefits so that the local community is securing some of these jobs? If so, how?”

“How can you secure that commitment? Is there a particular formal mechanism?”

“Do you want to add anything on that, Mark?”

“David, you look like you want to say something.”

“Sue mentioned the division between the public sector for the decommissioning versus the competing private sector companies building the new power stations. Do you see that distinction as being a problem and do you have any suggestions for that?”

“The peculiarity with nuclear is the way it is had the dip.”

“As a society, we are raising the first generation of children who spend less time outdoors than prisoners do. Ministry of Justice guidelines state that all prisoners in the United Kingdom should have a minimum of one hour in the fresh air each day, yet research tells us that a worrying number of our children do not mee…”

“Is the hon. Lady not concerned about the possibility that if we simply ban a list of social media platforms, we will provide an opportunity for new ones to develop and cause a problem while not allowing existing ones to develop in ways that will be less harmful?”

“I, too, am a member of the all-party group for special educational needs and disabilities. Historic unfair underfunding in south Gloucestershire has made it harder for schools to support children with SEND, and parents tell me that they are concerned that these changes could make the situation worse. If those fears fue…”

“When the Government announced the local authority bus grant allocations, the use of the money was subject to conditions, particularly around social need, and the criteria were “to follow”. In the absence of those, the West of England combined authority has extended contracts only until July, leaving my Thornbury and Ya…”

“Not only are community pharmacies in my constituency facing problems with Pharmacy First payments, but pharmacies like Abbotswood Pharmacy tell me that they are not seeing the referrals that GPs are supposedly making. Pharmacies can take pressure off the NHS. Does the Minister agree that this combination of referral fa…”

“Will STAC be involved in that work?”

“When the Climate and Nature Bill was introduced, you seemed to appreciate that climate and nature are intertwined. Are you concerned that the Government has lost sight of the nature half of that?”

“Has the work of either STAC or Lord Whitehead changed your view on how much of a contribution those technologies can make, and on what timescale?”

“There is certainly a lot of frustration in the geothermal industry that we are not taking advantage of it in this country as much we could be, with our geology.”

“Secretary of State, when you were last before us, I raised concerns about the Department’s approach to alternative clean power technologies, and you told us about establishing STAC, which has just been mentioned. Can you tell us what it has done in the last six months?”

“On the question of technologies, you mentioned Wylfa. With so few sites suitable for GW-scale nuclear, why did the Government decide to host the first SMRs there?”

“There are other sites that are probably only suitable for SMRs, or possibly AMRs, depending on which technology is used. Obviously, my concern arises from the fact that my constituency has Oldbury in it, for example. I have had lots of representations from the industry that they had expected GW-scale at Wylfa.”