Speeches by Dollimore.

“Can you define regulatory easements? We are talking about fines being cancelled.”

“They do not feel that way. Actually, the impact of the evidence session last time was dismay and disbelief. It did not motivate the people they represent.”

“I just want to come back to the collapse of the KKR bid. Adrian, what day did you become aware that it was pulling out?”

“Have you written to any Ministers outside DEFRA to ask to be let off the hook from fines?”

“Just to be really clear, on behalf of your creditors, you are asking to be let off the penalties for not doing the investments you have promised you will do as part of price reviews. How is that going to fix the problem?”

“Friday?”

“The return of the Bayeux tapestry to this country for the first time in almost 1,000 years is a triumph for Britain. The tapestry quite literally wove Hastings and 1066 Country into our national history, but while we are often at the centre of historical events, we have not always felt the benefits, and our area is in …”

“What is the mainstream scientific consensus on these chemicals of concern and the impact that they have on humans?”

“I refer the House to my entry in the register of interests. Before diving in on the specifics of chemicals, I wanted to ask a general question, probably for Rudy and Allison. In the UK, which are the worst offenders and which are the companies you are impressed by?”

“Do you think that those upstream producers perhaps do not get as much scrutiny from consumers and the public because they do not face the consumers in the same way and the brand is not as known?”

“We are coming on to that shortly. It was a more general point about who the worst offenders are, which companies are impressing you, and then on sachets particularly in the global south.”

“It is important because it sets the context in which these discussions are taking place and the context in which you, as scientists, are operating. You have talked about the need to have truly independent science available to the decision makers, so it is relevant in that context, but I can feel that you do not want to…”

“I refer the House to my entry in the register of interests. Before diving in on the specifics of chemicals, I wanted to ask a general question, probably for Rudy and Allison. In the UK, which are the worst offenders and which are the companies you are impressed by?”

“Allison, Richard, did you want to add anything on those points?”

“You think that that has had a big impact on scientists operating in this field.”

“We will come on a bit more to product design later in the questioning. On the point that you made, Richard, noting what the Chair said, about having threats against you and legal letters, without referencing who those might have come from, is that something you have experienced a lot as a scientist working in this area…”

“They are legal threats from companies in the industry.”

“It is important because it sets the context in which these discussions are taking place and the context in which you, as scientists, are operating. You have talked about the need to have truly independent science available to the decision makers, so it is relevant in that context, but I can feel that you do not want to…”

“Allison, Richard, did you want to add anything on those points?”

“We are coming on to that shortly. It was a more general point about who the worst offenders are, which companies are impressing you, and then on sachets particularly in the global south.”