Speeches by Poynton.

“2. What steps his Department is taking to support innovation in Livingston constituency.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I congratulate the hon. Member for Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (Graham Leadbitter) on securing this debate, and thank him for his forbearance in letting me say a few words. Showing that this is a cross-party issue, it great to see Scottish Liberal D…”

“You talk about the eight growth sectors. Do you think they are the correct sectors?”

“Would that have numbers attached, so that we can track progress?”

“A key part of what we are looking at is how we would judge success. I am keen to get your sense of what we should be looking at to see if this works or not.”

“If we look back, even to the fairly recent past, the coalition Government had a version of this, and there have been two in the post-Brexit era. I am keen to understand what you think we should look at and learn from—things that have worked in that time, but also things that have not—given the ongoing changing nature o…”

“You have talked a little about this as we have gone on, but what does success look like? I am keen to engage with that. The previous Government had three industrial strategies, so I would be keen to look at your view of what worked as part of that and what did not.”

“Professor Mazzucato, you talked about goals but I am keen to focus on how we get the institutions of Government to make those work. You have talked about mission-driven Government being part of that. Do we have the right institutions just now within the UK Government? What institutions do you think we might need, and a…”

“My follow-up was going to be about how much focus there will be on the future. There may have been a comparative advantage for us over the last decade or 15 years but, for me, it is about what is next; that is probably more important. Clearly, you want to build on the advantage you have, but are there sectors that are …”

“The other part we touched on towards the end of the last session was about whether the Government have the right institutions to make this work. You talked about the cross-cutting nature of it. Do you think we currently have the right institutions in place? If not, what additional institutions and framework would we ne…”

“Another day, another Labour Minister cleaning up the mess of the Conservatives who came before them. The only reason why we are having this discussion today, and why there is any lack of clarity for workers in the north-east, is that the Conservatives messed up in government. However, does the Minister agree that suppo…”

“My hon. Friend will know that fraud does not stop at the border, and residents in my Livingston constituency are incredibly concerned by the increase in fraud and economic crime and the devastating effects they can have on people’s lives. What are the UK Government doing to tackle fraud in Scotland?”

“3. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Serious Fraud Office’s progress on tackling economic crime.”

“2. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the gender pay gap.”

“I thank the Minister for her response. Does she agree that while the Conservatives think that maternity pay has “gone too far” and that the childcare roll-out is a mistake, it is this UK Labour Government who are supporting women in my Livingston constituency and right across the country by bringing in better protectio…”

“So there is no collaboration within that Live Nation group?”

“Something in those powers that I do not think has been covered yet is the strategic market status. The CMA is preparing to be in a position to exercise powers to designate firms in the digital marketplace with strategic market status, and introduce pro-competitive interventions as a consequence. When considering that d…”

“More generally, considering the new stronger powers that will be available, what future direction would you like to push business in when it comes to pricing and the wider purchasing environment for customers?”

“Mr Lusty, we have already talked about the toolkit that is coming your way as a result of the roll-out of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act. I am keen to get specific on how this will affect how dynamic and variable pricing might be regulated.”

“Could you outline what that degree of separation is?”