Speeches by Morello.

“I congratulate the hon. Member on securing this important debate. He is being uncharacteristically modest in downplaying his involvement in setting up NILA; I congratulate him on that, too. He mentioned the volunteers. I wanted to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the volunteers in Lyme Regis who have responded t…”

“Many moons ago, I was listening to a futurologist on the radio, a job that seems to involve mainly sitting on beanbags. He was talking about autonomous vehicles and was asked, “Is there anything that you think people should be thinking about on autonomous vehicles?” He said, “We’ve got to get used to the idea that gran…”

“I appreciate it. Thank you all. Euan Stainbank and Jim Allister made representations.”

“No, I do not believe so, but I will caveat that by saying that my parliamentary assistant is on leave this week, so I am very much flying blind on a lot of this.”

“I will take a steer from the Committee as to what is most appropriate. The key element is that MPs get an opportunity to debate this.”

“I assume it would be DEFRA.”

“Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you to all the Committee for the opportunity to present this application. I thank my co-sponsors on both sides of the House for the cross-party support this debate has secured. The publication of the Independent Water Commission’s report, released just days before Parliament rose f…”

“The hon. Member is just in the nick of time, so I will.”

“I think I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I am afraid that I do not agree that increasing reporting burdens on industry is a bad thing. Every industry will argue that reporting is onerous. The liturgy starts with water companies. Companies will hide behind not having to report. On the need to move forwar…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and I want to use this opportunity to beg a favour of him, although I appreciate that the issue I want to address might not be the responsibility of this Minister. My hon. Friend has rightly highlighted the issue of the collection of patients. However, there is also the issue of th…”

“(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care if he will make a statement on the adequacy of Jhoots as a pharmacy provider.”

“I would be grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker, if you could pass on my thanks to Mr Speaker for granting this urgent question. I thank the Minister for his response. The collapse of service provision in some places, the constant closures in others and the general governance at Jhoots pharmacy, which operates 150 branches a…”

“Sustainable aviation fuel offers us a route to decarbonise one of the most carbon-intensive industries and to secure the future of our aviation sector in a way that is compatible with our net zero goals. Climate change remains the greatest challenge of our time. It is an existential threat to us, our children and our g…”

“I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. She managed to make a detailed speech sound like a backhanded compliment. I do not disagree with her point that we have several reporting standards, and my only counter-argument would be that I do not believe there can be too much transparency. If that results in informatio…”

“Outdated sewer systems mix clean rainwater with sewage, polluting rivers and placing strains on outdated infrastructure. If the Government are intent on not making water companies statutory consultees, a national rainwater management strategy mandating rainwater harvesting on new homes and major renovations would ease …”

“5. What assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring water companies to be statutory consultees for new housing developments.”

“I thank my hon. Friend for raising one of the most important points that is often lost in this debate: the enormous toll that this process takes on our farming community. That toll may be the constant culling or, more accurately, the constant cycle of testing, which is hugely expensive for farmers. Many of the those wh…”

“To go back briefly, Andrew, to your point about undeclared and unobvious links between Chinese business groups and British business groups and lobbying groups and so forth, I am interested in your perspective on whether what is being labelled the China super-embassy for London would increase the CCP’s ability to influe…”

“To go back briefly, Andrew, to your point about undeclared and unobvious links between Chinese business groups and British business groups and lobbying groups and so forth, I am interested in your perspective on whether what is being labelled the China super-embassy for London would increase the CCP’s ability to influe…”

“Just to carry on from that a bit, can you explain whether what used to be Wagner Group, now Africa Corps, is a medium through which Russia is doing misinformation in Africa in the areas where it is active, or is that element still run out of more traditional state apparatus?”