Speeches by Rhodes.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Brent West (Barry Gardiner) on securing this important debate. Clean air is not simply an issue about health and the environment, but a moral imperative of our time. It is a challenge that requires urgency, with curr…”

“T3. How are the Government working with trade unions to support workers in understanding and claiming their new rights under the Employment Rights Act 2025?”

“I just refer to my entry in the register of interests, in that I am a vice-president of the Association for Decentralised Energy.”

“What steps is the Cabinet Office taking to co-ordinate work across Government on national resilience, particularly in relation to supporting SMEs in extreme weather conditions, such as we have at the moment?”

“Improving our relationship with the EU is about trade barriers, but it is also about standards. Many UK companies already follow the EU’s corporate sustainability due diligence directive in order to trade with our biggest external market. Without alignment, we risk becoming a dumping ground for unethically sourced prod…”

“3. What steps he is taking to improve relations with the EU.”

“Picking up on something that you just said, Dr Coulter, transparency is something that has gone through what we have been discussing in this panel, as well as in the previous panel. Am I right in thinking that there is a general consensus that there are considerations being made by the Treasury with regard to climate a…”

“Since the recent fire on Union Street in my constituency, there has been a lot of focus on illicit vape shops, and there have been calls for further legislation. We will see what the investigation says, and then action may need to be taken. Does my hon. Friend agree that this is about not just legislation but enforceme…”

“Is it that these considerations are being fed in, but, for some areas—you are suggesting nature more than climate—it is difficult to quantify and, therefore, when people are making judgements, difficult to then say, “These are the figures, and this is how we have weighed them up and made that cost-benefit analysis”? Is…”

“Given Scotland’s significant assets in a variety of sectors, what steps is the Secretary of State taking with ministerial colleagues to ensure that city regions such as Glasgow are not only attracting inward investment, but exporting their world-leading strengths in technology, life sciences and advanced manufacturing …”

“Given Scotland’s significant assets in a variety of sectors, what steps is the Secretary of State taking with ministerial colleagues to ensure that city regions such as Glasgow are not only attracting inward investment, but exporting their world-leading strengths in technology, life sciences and advanced manufacturing …”

“10. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote Scottish interests abroad.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow West (Patricia Ferguson) on securing the debate. She is a consistent and effective advocate for Glasgow and for sport in Scotland, and her contribution in this House and elsewhere in public life has undoubtedl…”

“10. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote Scottish interests abroad.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow West (Patricia Ferguson) on securing the debate. She is a consistent and effective advocate for Glasgow and for sport in Scotland, and her contribution in this House and elsewhere in public life has undoubtedl…”

“I recently attended a Glasgow schools clean air event, organised by Parents for Future Scotland, at which I met pupils from St Charles’, St Mary’s and St Patrick’s primary schools in Glasgow North. They are leading inspiring work to tackle air pollution in their communities. May we have a debate in Government time on h…”

“This time last year, in the debate on Pride Month in this House, I told the story of one of my constituents who had served in the military and had been dismissed because of his sexuality. He was treated at that time with a casual brutality. One positive thing about the debate was that a large number of Members wanted t…”

“Professor Howard Boyd, do you have anything to add on the public estate?”

“Professor Berrang Ford, what are the implications for the public estate—schools, hospitals and care homes—of increasingly frequent and severe heat?”

“Professor Berrang Ford, do we need public information campaigns?”