Speeches by Reed.

“I want to put on the record my thanks to the hon. and gallant Member for Leyton and Wanstead (Mr Bailey) for bringing the report to the Chamber today. The Government must urgently reconsider the proposed changes to the application of inheritance tax on certain armed forces death-in-service payments. The Forces Pension …”

“In my constituency of Exmouth and Exeter East, the Lib Dem local council is proposing to build tens of thousands of new homes with little thought for corresponding infrastructure. I have spoken to local councillors, and they believe they have no agency in this process and central Government are telling them what to do.…”

“As we come to the end of this urgent question, I am still no clearer on the substance of this disastrous deal, so the House must now make assumptions. Given that the Minister is sat next to the Minister for the Armed Forces, can we assume that this deal will be coming out from the Ministry of Defence?”

“Given that the Chancellor chose not to mention Chagos in her statement, and that she chose not to answer the shadow Chancellor’s question on Chagos, can the House assume that this disastrous deal will not be going ahead, and that, more importantly, the UK taxpayer will not be footing the bill?”

“Andrew, thank you for being with us today. It is very beneficial for us to be able to tap into your vast experience on this topic. There are lessons that can be learned from the last cuts to ODA. Looking back to the 2020-21 financial year, in which we dropped from 0.7% of GNI to 0.5%, what do you think the most signifi…”

“Sarah, it is lovely to see you again. It was fascinating to hear about your work recently, when we met, and about how you have built Action Through Enterprise over the last decade and the important work you are doing. For the benefit of the Committee, could you briefly describe what the benefits are of passing local de…”

“How do you measure impact, then? When you are working with those local communities, what are the sort of feedback loops that mean that you can actually measure what is going on?”

“Have you found that the output from your approach is better than traditional overseas development institutions and groups, in terms of what you are actually able to do on the ground?”

“Andrew, thank you for being with us today. It is very beneficial for us to be able to tap into your vast experience on this topic. There are lessons that can be learned from the last cuts to ODA. Looking back to the 2020-21 financial year, in which we dropped from 0.7% of GNI to 0.5%, what do you think the most signifi…”

“Linked very closely to that answer, the FCDO has gone through that process fairly recently, and you said that lots of people have left since. What lessons do you think were learned in the last round of cuts, and do you think those lessons learned will be used and applied for this round of cuts?”

“Sarah, it is lovely to see you again. It was fascinating to hear about your work recently, when we met, and about how you have built Action Through Enterprise over the last decade and the important work you are doing. For the benefit of the Committee, could you briefly describe what the benefits are of passing local de…”

“How do you measure impact, then? When you are working with those local communities, what are the sort of feedback loops that mean that you can actually measure what is going on?”

“Have you found that the output from your approach is better than traditional overseas development institutions and groups, in terms of what you are actually able to do on the ground?”

“Linked very closely to that answer, the FCDO has gone through that process fairly recently, and you said that lots of people have left since. What lessons do you think were learned in the last round of cuts, and do you think those lessons learned will be used and applied for this round of cuts?”

“3. What estimate he has made of the number of farmers affected by changes to agricultural and business property reliefs.”

“I am starting to feel like DEFRA Ministers are purposefully ignoring me and Devon’s farming community. I have given the Secretary of State since early December to answer my letters and my invitations to meet with Devon’s farming community, in order to explain how changes to agricultural property relief and business pro…”

“15. What steps he is taking to support the hospitality industry.”

“The Crusty Cob bakery has been a constant in east Devon for the past 55 years, but last week the family-run business closed the doors on all nine of its shops, making over 100 local people redundant. The owners stated a panoply of issues, from manufacturing costs to reduced high street footfall and energy prices, but t…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I thank the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) for securing this important debate. This is an issue on which I hope we can find cross-party consensus and bring about the meaningful and effective change that we and our constituents badly want …”

“I hear the points that the Minister has made. Will he confirm that his Department is not going to make water companies statutory consultees in the planning process?”