Speeches by Madders.

“We did have a slightly circular conversation about how we were going to get other Departments to follow your lead. Rather than repeating that exchange, do you have in mind any targets or ways that you are going to measure success?”

“How are we going to do that?”

“Good afternoon. One of the things that we have heard in evidence is how particularly smaller and innovative businesses see the advantage of getting a good Government procurement contract as a way of leveraging more investment. Getting that sort of contract seems to be almost like a golden ticket for them. Is that somet…”

“Have you had much discussion about some of the issues we have been talking about today, and what more the Government can do to assist?”

“You are using the Mayoral Council as a vehicle to have collective asks in terms of more power and resources.”

“Apart from the membership being different, what do you see as the differences between the Mayoral Council and the Council of the Nations and Regions?”

“May I first declare my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and the donation from USDAW trade union, as well as my membership of the GMB and Unite trade unions? I declare an interest as someone who represented working people before I came into this place and as someone who wants to see this Bill come i…”

“I will not give way anymore, because we have not got much time. I will pick up on what the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) said about compensation. I accept what the Minister said at the Dispatch Box. I hope that when the Lib Dem spokesperson checks back, she will be able …”

“We can always have a dig at the SNP, but the real enemies have been the Greens, the Liberal Democrats, the Tories and the Reform Members who have voted against this Bill consistently. They are the ones who have brought us to this point.”

“Are you able to put these figures in terms of total sales, and the value of them, so we can compare?”

“I understand that. I am just trying to understand how this will work if we get to the great position where we are at that magic 37,000 figure. How do you determine who has it?”

“In terms of the quota, my quick search on Google told me that there were 4 million auto vehicles sold in India last year, so 37,000 is quite a small amount. Would you expect there to be a reopening of that if the Indian economy continues to grow and more vehicles are sold over there?”

“How does that square with our ambitions in this area to move to EVs and hybrids?”

“It will certainly be an ambition from its perspective. At the moment you expect those all to be internal combustion vehicles; is that right?”

“That is 90,000 vehicles a year coming into the UK.”

“What are the reciprocal figures coming into the UK?”

“Presumably that will mean effectively, if we ever reach that magic 37,000 and India just say “no more”, whoever is next in the line—”

“But ultimately it would be your judgment on this.”

“Just so I am clear, there is commitment on the Indian side to transition into EV vehicles as well.”

“Regarding motor vehicles and the 37,000 quota figure, are you able to explain how that was arrived at and why we needed a quota at all, given that at the moment we do not have that many sales over there?”