Speeches by Grady.

“It is a variation. You might be a good sleeper.”

“Mr Soanes, you used a very interesting phrase a wee while ago, which was, “It is a very complicated business”. Against that background, what two or three things do you believe that you and other members of PRC should be really worried about over the next 10 years?”

“In your experience, do you think that financial firms can be disingenuous, or shall we say less than helpful, to regulators, and in what way?”

“What do you think the PRC can do to improve its operation?”

“With all your experience, what are the two things that keep you awake at night?”

“I beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).”

“The Bill applies across the United Kingdom, and obviously there is a space industry in south Wales, too. It will encourage investment in south Wales by protecting investors against unlimited liability. I see this as critical for the space industry in south Wales as well as in Scotland. Naturally, I focus on Scotland be…”

“I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. It may be of interest to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, that Bradford, part of which you represent, contains a centre of space expertise, namely the University of Bradford. I will return to that later. I am privileged to introduce a Bill that will help to push forward…”

“I am obliged to my hon. Friend for his intervention. That is a very important point. Every week, we can pick up the paper and look at the discussion about where we need to invest in defence. We must invest in space, and we must have our own capability here in the United Kingdom—that is critical. Over my lifetime, the d…”

“My hon. Friend makes a very important point. In this debate, we are focusing a lot on children, but the reality is that these scars will endure for the rest of their lives. This access to pornography will scar their relationships and their ability to form relationships for the rest of their lives, which is another reas…”

“I could not agree with my hon. Friend more. Edinburgh has a thriving space sector, as does Scotland. My hon. Friend has for many years been heavily involved in work to grow the economy in Edinburgh and the Borders, and I pay tribute to him for that. I must, however, take this opportunity to pick a minor bone with my ho…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Earley and Woodley (Yuan Yang) for securing this excellent debate. Last year I met representatives of Hampden bowling club and Football’s Square Mile who are working to preserve football heritage in my seat, which includ…”

“In summary, you would say we need to make sure that we keep, in Martin Wolf’s words, international mediation between the grasshoppers and the ants, as he said in his famous essay.”

“In your view, from a historical perspective, Governor, is what we have going on at the minute a passing storm or is it reflective of much greater turbulence to come?”

“Ms Green, you gave a very interesting speech at the IoD a few weeks ago about trade and tariffs. This week the President of the United States has imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and additional tariffs on Chinese imports. There is discussion about a 25% tariff on EU goods. How would you explain the impact of this …”

“The struggle we all face is that we are trying to look into the future and none of us is perfect at that. On my layman’s reading of table 1 in box C in the Bank of England MPC report—the section on the potential effect of tariffs—the balance of risks is that, while we do not know what it will do to inflation, the outbr…”

“As a quick-fire round—I don’t want to get into trouble—Professor Taylor, would you agree with my reading of the situation that, for the money in the pockets of my Glasgow constituents, the downside risks are higher than the upside risks?”

“I have a question for the Governor. Against this uncertainty, if the US were to impose tariffs on the UK directly, what would be your three biggest concerns?”

“You are always welcome to come.”

“You gave an interesting speech on this at King’s College in Cambridge a few months ago, so we might as well turn to that. Trade disputes are ultimately litigated at the WTO, which is a global institution.”