Speeches by Pearce.

“I thank the Home Office team for bringing forward this Bill. We all recognise in this place that, over the years, immigration has enriched our country and helped us all to prosper. One only has to look at the local health and care system in and around my constituency of High Peak, where nurses and care workers from aro…”

“As a result of the previous Government’s bad deal, companies in my constituency tell me about the impact that the barriers to trade with the EU are having on their businesses, hitting profits and affecting jobs. Does the Minister agree that it would be foolhardy for this Government not to tackle those barriers and back…”

“Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating Sam Elliott, a 16-year-old from Buxton, in my High Peak constituency, who ran a marathon across the month of January to raise important money for Prostate Cancer UK? Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, so will the Leader of the House join me in encour…”

“I very much welcome the Minister’s unequivocal commitment to a two-state solution. The Government are right to reject anything that risks undermining the ceasefire and the release of the remaining hostages. However, no top-down political solution will be sustainable unless we build trust between Israeli and Palestinian…”

“Does the Solicitor General agree that the UK legal system is the envy of the world and a key engine for growth in our economy, and that the Conservative party risks undermining a fundamental principle of our legal system that everyone has the right to representation and that lawyers can represent their clients without …”

“A quick question to all of you. I think I know what you are going to say, but it would be interesting to know if there are any positives to the fair use base regimes in America, Japan and Singapore? Are there any positives that you think we could draw on or lessons we could learn?”

“I have one more question on this for James. What are your thoughts on the protocol, how it works and how useful it is?”

“Great, thank you. That is helpful. Can I just check, is the protocol available for rights holders in the UK?”

“I particularly want to address some questions to you, Sebastian. You have already started to go into some of the detail but I am very interested in how your protocol, TDM.AI, works. How do you think it helps us with the toolbox of dealing with these issues, and where do you think any gaps might lie?”

“I have one more question on this for James. What are your thoughts on the protocol, how it works and how useful it is?”

“Great, thank you. That is helpful. Can I just check, is the protocol available for rights holders in the UK?”

“A quick question to all of you. I think I know what you are going to say, but it would be interesting to know if there are any positives to the fair use base regimes in America, Japan and Singapore? Are there any positives that you think we could draw on or lessons we could learn?”

“I particularly want to address some questions to you, Sebastian. You have already started to go into some of the detail but I am very interested in how your protocol, TDM.AI, works. How do you think it helps us with the toolbox of dealing with these issues, and where do you think any gaps might lie?”

“I welcome that intervention from the shadow Secretary of State, but let me suggest that if the measures in this Bill had been implemented by her Government, we might have seen some of those enforcement actions.”

“I thank the ministerial team for all their hard work in producing the Bill within six months of Labour’s election in July. Is there anything more emblematic of the decline and mismanagement presided over by the last Government than the state of our rivers and waters? It was fascinating to hear from the shadow Minister …”

“Great, thank you. I just want to move on slightly to a related topic. Shortly before the Budget, you wrote to the Chancellor about scale-up finance. Could you explain the background to that letter and the research behind it?”

“I thank the Minister for her statement and for the Foreign Office’s diplomatic efforts in securing the early release of Emily Damari, which we have all been hoping and praying for here in the House. Will the Minister assure the House that she will use those same diplomatic efforts to secure the early release of British…”

“I welcome the hon. Member’s intervention. I simply say to him that his party was in power for 14 years and did nothing. To go back 30 years seems rather extraordinary. In 2002, the United Utilities chief executive received a bonus of nearly £1 million, and Severn Trent lifted its bonus to £3.36 million. That is million…”

“Thank you, Chair. Dame Angela, you have been asked to lead on the review of technology adoption for growth, innovation and productivity. I appreciate that it is still very early days, but what can you tell us so far? The previous innovation review looked at regulation. What other barriers will this review be looking at…”

“I thank the Minister and the shadow Minister for their contributions. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (David Pinto-Duschinsky) for the moving story about his family. Like many other Members who have spoken today, I too have visited Yad Vashem—in July 2023. Nothing quite prepares you to stand in the Ha…”