Speeches by Ingham.

“I have a really quick question. Following up on the oil and gas, I have one specific question about a ceramic business in my constituency. I am a Staffordshire MP as well. It can be a one-word answer. David, you will probably want to answer this. Would increased domestic gas production meaningfully reduce price volatil…”

“Park home owners across my constituency of Stafford, Eccleshall and the villages have contacted me about the deeply unfair 10% commission charge. It is a levy that has not been changed in almost 45 years, and it falls hardest on the older residents, who make up about 80% of park home owners, so I was delighted to see t…”

“We in Stafford welcome the announcement that Stafford college will become an advanced manufacturing technical hub, but we have a gap: more skilled jobs are needed than there are people to fill them. Will the Minister meet me to discuss the potential for Stafford to have a youth hub as soon as possible?”

“14. What steps he is taking to increase levels of procurement from British companies through Government contracts.”

“Happy St George’s day, Mr Speaker. GE Vernova, in my constituency of Stafford, Eccleshall and the villages, is creating 400 new jobs to add to the 1,400 people it already employs. I believe that companies like this, which are already backing Britain by investing here, should be given more consideration when they are co…”

“Through a change in procurement policy that is more focused on backing British businesses, investing in Britain to help secure thousands of good, unionised jobs, and remaining community-focused, the Government will make sure that local people are reaping the full rewards from this move. I welcome it, and I welcome the …”

“(Urgent Question): To ask the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make a statement on the Government procurement strategy.”

“Yes, quick-fire, please: how satisfied are you and your members with the UK Government’s current approach to China?”

“This huge investment in China has happened at the same time as we have seen a scaling back, potentially, of projects in the UK. How do you respond to concerns that have been raised that investment in China is coming at the expense of investment in UK R&D capacity? To follow on what you just said about the products bein…”

“When you are making decisions about investing in China, how do you weigh up the risks and rewards? Obviously there is an opportunity cost as well. That would be helpful to understand.”

“Shaun, AstraZeneca recently announced a $15 billion investment in Chinese research and production facilities. What made China such an attractive site to invest that amount of money?”

“There are a couple of points there, yes.”

“That is a first. That is not bad.”

“Stafford college already delivers an outstanding apprenticeship achievement rate of 77.5%, which is an extraordinary 15% above the national average. Last week, it was announced that it will be one of the four new technical excellence colleges for advanced manufacturing. Its bid was built on its existing brilliant relat…”

“Mr Speaker, I know that you, like me, are incredibly passionate about youth services. My constituents are very concerned that under the previous Conservative-led local authority, Staffordshire faced the third worst youth service cuts in the country. While I welcome the new Government report, the national youth strategy…”

“I welcome the Minister’s statement and the strategy. I want to speak specifically about one constituent who has contacted me, who has waited over 200 days without receiving the results of a gynaecological test—200 days of anxiety, uncertainty and delays to her treatment. Please forgive me while I read her actual words:…”

“I thank the Minister for coming to the House to give the statement. I also welcome the expansion of the scheme; I know it is desperately needed across our manufacturing sectors. However, as my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) has already highlighted, there is a missing sector, in that ce…”

“The Minister knows that Stafford residents are passionate about solar power, and they would like to see the Government go further, with a commitment to solar panels on all new car parks and industrial buildings, like they see in Europe and in France particularly. Does the Minister agree that this policy would help to r…”

“I, too, met victims at the WAVE centre when I was on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. When I read the letter that my hon. Friend just mentioned, this comment really resonated with me: “Whatever the then Government’s intention, the result would have been that terrorists who carried out the most egregious crimes i…”

“Will the right hon. Member give way?”