Speeches by Smith.

“I thank my hon. Friend for that answer. I also welcome the good news that this week alone, Thales in Belfast has been given a £36 million contract to provide those multi-role missiles, which will support 700 highly skilled jobs in Belfast. Does the Minister agree that the defence industrial strategy represents a huge o…”

“It is an opportunity being missed at the moment.”

“You hinted at this, Sam. This is a similar question in terms of how it is advanced or even explained and people are brought into the opportunity. Are the Department for Business and Trade or other UK Government Departments highlighting this effectively in Northern Ireland, the possibilities of dual market access? If th…”

“Steven, from an agritech perspective, is it similar in terms of that?”

“Morning again, gents. Thanks for coming in. Sam, I could not agree more with your comments about the value of vocational training and how we need to honour that more. That is not what my question is about; I just wanted to say that. You have both talked about the almost pregnant pause of interest and investment in Nort…”

“It is an opportunity being missed at the moment.”

“You hinted at this, Sam. This is a similar question in terms of how it is advanced or even explained and people are brought into the opportunity. Are the Department for Business and Trade or other UK Government Departments highlighting this effectively in Northern Ireland, the possibilities of dual market access? If th…”

“Steven, from an agritech perspective, is it similar in terms of that?”

“Morning again, gents. Thanks for coming in. Sam, I could not agree more with your comments about the value of vocational training and how we need to honour that more. That is not what my question is about; I just wanted to say that. You have both talked about the almost pregnant pause of interest and investment in Nort…”

“With respect to the shadow Minister, I have to say as someone who ran peacemaking programmes in Northern Ireland and who did a master’s dissertation on the South African truth and reconciliation commission that, sadly, the legacy Act came nowhere near replicating that. Does the Secretary of State agree that as we take …”

“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse), whose comments on community energy I will come to in a moment. It is a real honour to speak in this debate on the Loyal Address on behalf of my constituents in North Northumberland, where the electricity grid is owned by Warren Buffett, the water syst…”

“That is helpful, David. In somewhere such as Northumberland, it is 30%, so it is significantly higher. It is particularly impactful in Northern Ireland. I have one final question before we move on, because I am sure we are going to get on to talking about some of the structural and strategic issues. You are saying that…”

“Good morning, gentlemen. Thank you very much for coming. Most of my questions will probably be to David, but I am happy to hear also from the other gents. Robin mentioned the particular impact that this issue is having in Northern Ireland, which is obviously why we are discussing it, and the reliance of Northern Irelan…”

“That is an important area for further exploration, but I will leave it there.”

“Good morning. You all have a role in your various organisations in standing up for consumers, making sure that they have the right information, and addressing fuel poverty. Noyona, you were starting to talk about the heating oil supply industry in Northern Ireland. We heard from the Northern Ireland Oil Federation this…”

“That is an important area for further exploration, but I will leave it there.”

“My second and final question is quite a specific thing. What we have seen is that energy for everyone, generally, over the last few years, but especially heating oil, is very volatile. It spikes up, especially in relation to these crises, but also even when there are not these international crises. It is much more chop…”

“Good morning, gentlemen. Thank you very much for coming. Most of my questions will probably be to David, but I am happy to hear also from the other gents. Robin mentioned the particular impact that this issue is having in Northern Ireland, which is obviously why we are discussing it, and the reliance of Northern Irelan…”

“I warmly welcome the Minister’s statement. For many years it has seemed to me that while our European partners have been able to have significant sovereign procurement programmes, we have so often tied ourselves up in knots and been unable to do the same. My hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Ben Goldsborough) s…”

“That is helpful, David. In somewhere such as Northumberland, it is 30%, so it is significantly higher. It is particularly impactful in Northern Ireland. I have one final question before we move on, because I am sure we are going to get on to talking about some of the structural and strategic issues. You are saying that…”