Speeches by Buckley.

“I thank my hon. Friend for this excellent debate. Does she agree that colleges like mine in Shrewsbury have achieved their “outstanding” status because of the breadth of training and qualifications that they offer across a wide rural area? Do the Minister and the Department need to recognise those twin challenges? One …”

“Q My second question is about your role at Heathrow. We heard from earlier witnesses that, because the generation fuels are drop-in fuels, they are fairly confident that they could rely on existing infrastructure for storage and so on. As the person in charge of Heathrow, our largest airport, how confident are you that…”

“Q So it would be significantly more difficult for you without the Bill? Matt Gorman: It would be much more difficult to produce in the UK; all the investors and fuel suppliers we talk to say so. There are huge advantages in doing that—for jobs, growth and energy security, as well as for decarbonisation .”

“Q I have two questions. The first relates to your role on the board of Sustainable Aviation. You referred earlier to the key part the Bill plays in decarbonisation and reaching net zero. On behalf of that board, from the wider sector perspective, do you think that it is possible to reach net zero by 2050 without the Bi…”

“Which of the sanitary and phytosanitary and agrifood requirements does the Secretary of State expect to be removed on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland as a result of the SPS agreement with the EU?”

“7. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU trade agreement announced on 19 May 2025 on the economy in Northern Ireland.”

“Mr Boylan, Homes England is known as the Government’s housing and regeneration agency, but how does your organisation split its resources between building new developments and regenerating old ones?”

“That is really welcome news. If you have not already submitted that in your evidence, would you mind putting that in writing to the Committee? People will follow our inquiry through the webpage and it is a chance to give them a bit of information.”

“That is fantastic. We heard some feedback from Nansledan about the difficulties of small and medium enterprises—the smaller developers who are trying to get house building—and how best they can get support from Government agencies. What support do you give to SME and micro house builders? What role do you think they co…”

“Will that become a prerequisite or an accreditation for the best in class?”

“Do any of the other panellists have a view about the unfavourable treatment of VAT between new build and retrofitting? No? You’re all very polite. We will move on to a different topic. Mr Boylan, your strategic plan says that Homes England supports biodiversity net gain and blue and green infrastructure, but it does no…”

“How do you feel about whether lowering VAT on retrofit products might stimulate the market?”

“Beyond what you are responsible for with all your expertise, what other incentives do you believe could be brought forward by the market or by other arms of Government if you could wave a magic wand?”

“You just mentioned the reuse of existing buildings and turning them into different end uses. What sort of proportion of those 1.5 million homes could be brought about that way?”

“I was going to ask you about potential incentives. It sounds like you have the strategic ambitions and you can see the carbon value of the refit, but how do we incentivise the developers? You have touched on development finance; are there any other incentives out there for developers to get them to consider retrofittin…”

“I think that leads us back to you, Linsey. Are there any studies, or any concern at all, about the exposure of military personnel? They often live on site, don’t they?”

“Do you think there are any current gaps in the data, or where we do have good data, is there anything we could do around transparency and accountability? We heard the specific example in the MoD, where there is a gap, but what about the rest of the data? Are there any issues?”

“We have heard your message loud and clear on pushing the alternatives and restrictions. To be clear about monitoring, is there a specific regulation that you would welcome and that would close the gap you have identified?”

“Dr Cloy, will you comment on that, and on any other gaps that you think might be in the data, whether that is gaps in the data itself or in transparency?”

“Excellent. That is a model that could be replicated across PFAS. This is my last question, and I will accept any takers. In the UK, are people living in deprived areas considered more at risk from PFAS? You all referred to the online report with the mapping. Has that exposed whether this falls differently in areas of d…”