Speeches by Jopp.

“I am going to do the quickfire round at the end of the interview, which is the fun questions. Who did the leak and why have they not been court-martialled?”

“Did you ever entertain the idea that the leak was deliberate and, if not, why not?”

“In the £850 million estimate for the cost of this, have you factored in the premium that we will have to pay to host people in order to gain their support come future operations?”

“Can I paint a picture and see whether this is something that you recognise or not? You want a new whiz-bang bit of kit and it is going to cost a load of money. The military say to the Permanent Secretary, “It is going to cost a lot less than you think, Permanent Secretary” in order to get into the programme. Underpinni…”

“Can you remember, when it passed its main gate business case in 2013, how the Department thought it was going to cost compared to what we think it is going to cost now?”

“On the basis that I have elicited the inimitable statement that this is a well-run programme, I hand back to the Chair for others to question.”

“That is based on the whole hundred and however many it is, not just the 40. The costings that the NAO Reports are the only ones that it could unearth.”

“I visited a nursery in Staines in my constituency, and the head there reported to me that, because of the charging regime and what they can and cannot charge for, every Saturday morning she ends up doing many hours of work on education, health and care plans, for which she cannot pass on the cost. Does the Minister rec…”

“It is a pleasure to come in on the side of David versus Goliath. Is my right hon. Friend aware that the 10,000 acres being proposed in his constituency could be replaced by 5,000 acres of floating solar on the reservoirs of this country? In my constituency, I have 2,000 acres of raised reservoirs. They are all closed s…”

“T9. It has been more than a fortnight since the Alaska summit, and the deadline set by President Trump at that time has now passed. What diplomatic efforts are the Government making to maintain US focus on the Ukrainian theatre of operations in the face of Russian intransigence?”

“The Stanwell hotel in my constituency is being used to house asylum seekers. I wrote to Home Office Ministers on 24 July, again on 25 July, and again on 29 July, and I have had zero responses to any of those letters. Please will the Home Secretary show some respect to my constituents and the people of Spelthorne and re…”

“Spelthorne residents Emma and John lost Holly to cancer in October last year. They set up the charity Holly’s Heroes in her name. Before she died, Holly was given a wheelchair by the NHS, and Emma and John cannot now give it back to the NHS for love nor money. I have raised this with the chief executive of the trust, b…”

“I thank the Minister for that answer. On Friday, I had the opportunity to visit the outstanding Springfield primary school in my constituency. It has 500 pupils, 30 of whom have education, health and care plans, with six applications in currently. Can the Minister reassure the parents of those six children and the many…”

“13. What steps she is taking to support children with SEND who do not have an education, health and care plan.”

“The Leader of the House mentioned the statement by the Secretary of State for Defence about the super-injunction. The Defence Committee will undoubtedly embark on an inquiry, but before we do, can the Leader of the House state very clearly the Government’s position? Is it ever right to use a super-injunction?”

“Q11. I can see why you call these sessions Prime Minister’s questions and not Prime Minister’s answers, Mr Speaker.”

“Thank you, Mr Speaker. Following the magnificent success of the England cricket team earlier this week and the triumphal return of Mr Jofra Archer, does the Prime Minister agree that what he needs from his Ministers over the next 12 months is more pace and less spin?”

“I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and the tone of voice with which he delivered it. I commanded the Scots Guards in 2010 in Afghanistan, at the high watermark of violence. I was very well served by Naz and Mukhtar, and I will always be grateful both to the Ministry of Defence for getting them to Britain and …”

“We have been using floating solar technology in this country since 2016. Last month, the French started the largest plant in Europe, producing 74.3 MW. The Chinese have single plants that produce 350 MW. Given the scale of its use across the world, bar Britain, why did the Secretary of State refer to floating solar as …”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”