Speeches by Akehurst.

“I absolutely share that concern. My understanding from the constituent I met is that Nissan’s trustees include a majority of company appointees who outvote the trustees representing the members of the scheme. Key factors have been ignored, from ignoring inflation to overlooking member contributions. For that reason, I …”

“I thank my hon. Friend for that very useful contribution. I was not aware of that, and I am shocked. It is a further injustice if pensioners in the UK are treated differently from pensioners who worked for the same company in other territories. While the Pensions Ombudsman can establish whether procedure has been follo…”

“I see that my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour wishes to intervene.”

“I want to check that I have understood why we need the changes around the protection of MOD sites from drones. Am I correct in my view of the current scenario, before this legislative change, that if military personnel, sitting in a sensitive military base, who see a drone overhead that they think is filming—potentiall…”

“It was about the system, and, if you are a victim, who gives you the information and how much do you get told? Could the experience of understanding the options be improved for victims?”

“Last week, on our visit to Hampshire, we saw before and after examples of houses on the same street. Some looked like the decor had not really been changed since the 1980s. There were examples of nice 1980s interior design and the improved, done-up version with the kitchens, bathrooms and windows improved—I think there…”

“In your last couple of responses, you mentioned the armed forces champions in local authorities and other bits of Government. Clearly, that is a bit of a postcode lottery. Some people have really grabbed the role and are very proactive, and then there are others who perhaps do not realise the scope of what they could d…”

“To follow up on what you just said about the choice made by victims on which jurisdiction they want their case to be heard in, it is obviously good that the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has said that the cases it looked at seemed to have landed in the correct jurisdiction. What does the process or system look…”

“I was going to ask about the relationship with HMRC, but I think you have covered that by explaining that there will be an MOU. Is there a role that industry could play in identifying and tracking reservists, particularly businesses in the defence sector that are very likely to pick up people as staff after they comple…”

“I would not have wanted to deny Paul the chance to volunteer his services to the nation. One of the Bill’s aims is to enhance the ability to recall reservists at pace and scale if there were a time of national need, but that will be highly dependent on improving the identification and tracking system for the Reserves. …”

“Clause 17 will expand the duty on commanding officers to report a serious offence to the service police. How much difference do you think that new duty will make in practice?”

“The new service policing protocol is supposed to ensure the independence of investigations and improve working relationships between the various service policing bodies. Can you give us some insight into the need for the protocol and the current state of the working relationships between the DSCU and other service poli…”

“Will the Minister consider developing a clear statutory definition of “hazardous medicinal products” and subsequently mandate the development, publication and ongoing maintenance of a comprehensive UK list of hazardous medicinal products?”

“14. What steps he is taking to improve the protection of workers against exposure to potentially hazardous medicinal products.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. Does my hon. Friend agree that the ELSA study proves the need for wider screening, because of the 17,000 children screened, seven were already living with undiagnosed type 1 diabetes severe enough to require immediate treatment and a further 160 had early-stage …”

“I congratulate the Chair of the Defence Committee on securing this important debate. I find it disappointing that parties have been missing and have not contributed to it—Reform, which has an ambiguous position on the threat from Russia; the SNP, which does not support our nuclear deterrent; and the Greens, who do not …”

“Are you saying that 100% of the receipts from the land disposal go to the DHS?”

“How will the defence development fund be set up and managed to aid the development of surplus defence land?”

“Earlier in the hearing there was a reference to the data held about reservists. In your view, are the armed forces good enough at identifying and tracking reservists for the measures in the Bill to be effective?”

“As a non-politician, do you think there is enough public trust in politicians for us to lead that conversation about national defence, or do we need that to come from other parts of society—maybe have the military, the royal family or someone like that to initiate the conversation—because of the degree of cynicism that…”