Speeches by Taylor.

“In 1884, parts of London would receive up to seven deliveries per day. By 1879, that had increased to 12 daily deliveries—can Members imagine? Today, in some parts of Sutton and Cheam or Worcester Park, we are lucky to see one delivery a week. That is 150 years of progress.”

“That is helpful. Finally from me, to whom would the national oversight mechanism be accountable?”

“Secondly, I think there is a recommendation that the mechanism should be able to impose sanctions. What would that consist of? How would that system work? Again, how would parliamentary oversight validate proposed sanctions?”

“This is a good opportunity to come in with a slightly later question that fits with what we are talking about. You have given quite a detailed explanation of how you envision the national oversight mechanism working and what its roles will be, but how will it interact with Parliament? What would the different responsib…”

“The Prime Minister.”

“We may debate whether the Prime Minister’s appointment of Peter Mandelson showed a weirdly rushed, catastrophic lack of judgment or just a stunning level of disengaged naivety. Either way, the British public are rightly wondering whether decency in public office is just too much to ask. I reassure them on behalf of the…”

“I thank the Home Secretary for this action, which is proportionate; she seems to have been taking lessons from the Liberal Democrats on that. I reiterate Liberal Democrat calls to proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and encourage her to come forward with a timetable for that legislation to be delivered. …”

“Residents across my constituency, particularly those in the SM1, SM2 and SM3 postcodes, have been reporting issues with their deliveries for years. Local social media is full of people reporting one-day-a-week deliveries and asking which other roads that is occurring on. I have visited my delivery office for the last t…”

“The abolition and the creation of ALBs, to achieve largely the same aims, in different cases and examples.”

“Or providing better services. I don’t know whether you can give any examples.”

“To pick up that point, through your years of appearances before us—please be reassured that we do feel it is headline news and extremely exciting—what drift have you got from the questioning? Is there anything you feel needs to be dug into that has not been, or where there is a fundamental misunderstanding between how …”

“Much of my question has been covered, and we have had a very interesting session. The basis of the question is about how different Governments at different times have either abolished or established ALBs to broadly achieve very similar stated aims. Can you give some examples of where you had success during the coalitio…”

“Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal war on the Iranian regime has shocked and disgusted our constituents, just like the Iranian regime’s crackdowns on opposition protests for decades. The horrors that we have seen reinforce the feeling in this country that international events are happening to us, and that since Brexit and s…”

“I join all colleagues in the Chamber in expressing my shock about the news this morning. I am also disgusted that the Chinese state has targeted the partners of sitting and former MPs. From a personal perspective, may I ask the Government and the Minister to ensure that those affected are supported, following this utte…”

“It would be remiss of me not to ask at this point, while the hon. Gentleman is speaking about transparency and funding for hospital projects, about the previous Government’s imagined 40 new hospitals. I invite him to give some transparency as to where the money to fund that hospital programme was supposed to come from …”

“Thank you, Mr Western. An MP Josh Taylor—that would be a beast, would it not? It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship. I thank my constituency neighbour and hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Bobby Dean) for introducing this incredibly important debate. He and I have written op-ed articles for…”

“I could not agree more with the hon. Member’s point. When the condition of an asset does not attract staff, particularly in more deprived areas, the challenges will be greater. Those compounding challenges are borne out visibly through the physical asset, and everything becomes much more difficult. I should not have to…”

“Of course it is, because they are not doing their job; they are not doing their day job.”

“Can I ask for a bit of clarity? How does the police investigation impact questions of the line of succession? Are they not separate? One is a matter of principle; the other is entirely separate.”

“Is there a review and reflection process happening around documents that are held and may be the subject of future requests, so that when that does occur the documentation is easier to find and the information easier to provide to interested parties, making sure that as we deal with this we improve the process for futu…”