Speeches by Naish.

“It is a pleasure to speak as the proud Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, the home of Nottingham Forest football club. Many will know that Forest fans have had a season to remember. It has been brilliant to watch the men’s team performing so strongly in the premier league and I am hopeful that a place in Europe becko…”

“I am a neighbour of my hon. Friend. She will know that Severn Trent received an £18 million reward for the quality of its PR19 plan, but in its “Water Quality Report 2025”, Surfers Against Sewage says that it failed to meet its targets every year in that period. Despite that, it has been awarded £93 million for its PR2…”

“That is correct, yes. Thank you, Chair and Members of the Committee, for hearing me out on why I think this would be a good 90-minute Westminster Hall debate. The supply chain is obviously critical to our economy, no matter the industry, and we know that hydrogen has huge opportunity. I am grateful for the support from…”

“That is absolutely fine, Chair.”

“It would be DESNZ, which is how it is differentiated from the previous application. This is about the broader approach to the industry and our strategic thinking when it comes to the role of hydrogen.”

“I think there are two Liberal Democrats and one Conservative on here at the moment. There is general interest, I think, in the growth of hydrogen, as has been seen from the previous application. Indeed, hydrogen is present in a lot of constituencies across the country on a small scale, so I am confident that there woul…”

“Does the right hon. Member agree that a sense of where incinerators are located around the country would be helpful, so that we could see the demand for incineration versus the capacity? That might reveal oversupply in certain parts of the country.”

“Yesterday, on 2 April, I received an unprompted letter from the Home Builders Federation, which said: “A recent Freedom of Information request…shows that Rushcliffe Borough Council holds £50 million of unspent developer contributions in total, equivalent to £1,000 per household. This is the fifth-biggest amount in the …”

“I put on record my sincere desire to see the Israeli hostages returned as soon as possible. The International Development Committee recently spent time in Geneva as part of its inquiry on international humanitarian law. We discussed at length the way that countries increasingly conflate the legality of resorting to war…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bedford (Mohammad Yasin) on securing this important debate. I note with sadness that barely any Conservative Members—whose party presided over the system when it was in government —are here. The impact of university…”

“As has been noted, the actions of Milorad Dodik over the past few weeks and months have seriously undermined the stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina and have undermined the Dayton peace agreement, which ended the country’s 1992-to-1995 war in the aftermath of the horrific genocide that took place in Srebrenica. What st…”

“On the point you made earlier about borders and the migration risk coming up from Africa, and in the context of our value for money inquiry, how would you articulate that message into the Treasury right now? There is a short-term cost pressure, which is where the economy is, and the aspiration to put more money into ai…”

“As an energy industry professional before entering this place, I am very pleased to see that Great British Energy is making impressive strides. It has secured a landmark partnership with the Crown Estate, and we have seen it commit to more and more solar power, which is much welcomed by my constituents. We have also se…”

“This inquiry is focused on value for money. How do you think that the UK can ensure that its aid spending continues to offer good value for money in the context of the reduced aid spending that we are now looking at?”

“How would you address that? Would you look at some form of cap, or do you think it needs to be removed entirely from ODA?”

“On the point you made earlier about borders and the migration risk coming up from Africa, and in the context of our value for money inquiry, how would you articulate that message into the Treasury right now? There is a short-term cost pressure, which is where the economy is, and the aspiration to put more money into ai…”

“We have talked about value for money, obviously, and we have heard from people who have worked at DFID but then at FCDO after the merger, and, as you say, I think there is a general acceptance that DFID were very good at this, but the FCDO is less so. Do you think that, in that merger, the arguments become weaker, and …”

“How would you address that? Would you look at some form of cap, or do you think it needs to be removed entirely from ODA?”

“This inquiry is focused on value for money. How do you think that the UK can ensure that its aid spending continues to offer good value for money in the context of the reduced aid spending that we are now looking at?”

“We have talked about value for money, obviously, and we have heard from people who have worked at DFID but then at FCDO after the merger, and, as you say, I think there is a general acceptance that DFID were very good at this, but the FCDO is less so. Do you think that, in that merger, the arguments become weaker, and …”