Speeches by Turner.

“My hon. Friend speaks about care workers. Does he agree that one issue so brutally exposed during the pandemic was the fact that many thousands of care workers were classed as workers, not employees? As a consequence, they could not get full access to sick pay. One consequence of that was that the fatality rates among …”

“My hon. Friend is making a very powerful case. I rise merely to support what he is saying. About a decade ago, the University of Manchester published research that found that being in forms of insecure employment may be more damaging to health than being unemployed.”

“My right hon. Friend is rightly talking about the contributions made in the debate by hon. Members of various parties. I am always reluctant to criticise individual Members who may not attend a debate, because they often have good reasons, but there has now become a pattern: at no point in the Bill’s passage has any Re…”

“Does the hon. Member agree that fair notice may be relative to the industry we are talking about? What is fair notice in, say, the retail sector may be completely different from what is fair notice for someone working on an offshore oil rig.”

“Half the bus sector’s funding now comes from public sources, but during the summer, National Express announced changes to bus services in my constituency with just two weeks’ public notice, which will have a really negative effect on residents in New Frankley, Allens Cross and Bournville Gardens Village retirement home…”

“I welcome the Minister to his place. The life sciences sector is helping to regenerate parts of south Birmingham’s economy, from the new Waters pharmaceutical factory on the old Longbridge MG Rover site in my constituency to the University of Birmingham’s life science incubator. The Minister has been extremely generous…”

“I will do my best to speak at high speed, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to say a few words about my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood): she was an outstanding Minister and the Department’s loss is the Whips Office’s gain. She will be much missed on the Transport Front Bench. I am grateful, to…”

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“Does the shadow Minister agree with his predecessor—the last Conservative Rail Minister, Huw Merriman—who said this: “Whilst it’s legitimate to debate the terms of the deal, the demonisation of train drivers and those onboard and at stations, who carry out a difficult and skilled job for the safety of passengers, is co…”

“Is the Department proving receptive to the case for clearer health warnings on forecasts or in their presentation?”

“A number of the organisations that submitted written evidence raised the Department’s freight demand forecasts, which Stephanie said needed to be treated as indicative and not predictive. Taking the old maxim that all models are wrong, but some models are useful as a starting point, to what extent do you think that the…”

“To follow up on that, Cathy, the UK Major Ports Group said that an over-reliance on the forecasts may be deterring investment. Could you talk through how exactly that works and what additional steps the Department could take to mitigate the risk?”

“I want to ask about critical national priority status. Do you think that port projects should have it under the NPS, and what practical impact would the grant of that status have on the progression of investment projects?”

“Is there anything that could quantify it?”

“Both Robbie and Cathy referred to investor confidence and the proven role of critical national priority status in getting certain projects through. Has any modelling been done about the increase in investment in the sector that could be achieved as a result of potential planning changes? That could relate to critical n…”

“A large number, possibly a majority, of the signatories to this application identify as disabled themselves, and I know there is a strong interest from a number of Members in speaking about their own experiences in addition to constituency campaigns and casework.”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Widnes and Halewood (Derek Twigg) for securing this urgent question, and welcome the Minister to his new role. JLR employs hundreds of people directly in my constituency, and many more indirectly. This is an extremely concerning time for them, and I hope that the Department will co…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard. I echo the welcome that has already been extended to the Minister of State, Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North and Kimberley (Alex Norris), in his new post. I know that he will bring to this position the same qualities of diligen…”

“It is so gratifying to see the school-based nursery programme going from an idea to a reality. I place on record an appreciation of the positive role that the trade union movement, and in particular the GMB, has played in nurturing that idea in response to the problem of falling rolls. Will the Minister please set out …”

“This next question has been anticipated because you have already spoken to us about international comparisons and the UK’s apparently poor performance. What other countries are doing it better? How does the UK compare in objective terms? We have already heard about some of the better comparators, but are there other si…”