Speeches by Wrigley.

“T4. Roadworks in my constituency are causing traffic hell, and residents have had enough. With the two-year closure of the A382 for much-needed work, utilities companies are taking advantage by doing roadworks everywhere, and the county council is powerless to cause them to co-operate and co-ordinate. What does the Sec…”

“I deeply thank the Minister and my hon. Friend the Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) for highlighting the dreadful things that have happened in Somerset, and I join them in thanking all those who have responded. I very much welcome what the Minister says about ensuring that the Environment Agency has the…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for securing this essential debate. Her speaking of 2014 reminds me of the previous great storm, which took out the railway lines in Dawlish. This January, we had three storms in quick succession, as we did last January, so there appears to be more of a pattern now —it seems to be something we ca…”

“I am a guest at this Committee today from the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. I would like to dig a little into what you have invested in here, Mr Milward. You mentioned a couple of data centres. I presume these all run Microsoft AI models and services. How much space is there for UK firms to develop new …”

“Mr Richardson, you talked about having Lego blocks for AI servers. What is it that you have produced in terms of these facilities? What are these data centres?”

“So it would be more akin to an Amazon Web Services than—I am trying to think—perhaps Windows 95, but that is just showing my age.”

“Are these facilities for them to build their own AI models adapted to their own things and train them up appropriately?”

“The Select Committee said that DSIT was in the loop when it came to buying things, so I challenge the Minister’s statement that it was purely the Secretary of State who made the decision about the contract. This contract with Palantir is nearly three times the value of the previous contract with it. The MOD transparenc…”

“That is interesting. Thank you. Mr Legh-Smith, in the world of quantum we are in today, how can we prevent ourselves from going down the usual route and ending up with the doom valley where we have start-ups aplenty, but as my colleagues suggested earlier, as soon as they become big enough to scale up, we lose them to …”

“It is exactly the same point, because when he was sanctioned, he was cut off, and that is because you did that. It was not because he suddenly said, “I’ll stop using my Microsoft account.” There is no reason why he would have done that. So having been sanctioned, you had to follow and he was cut off.”

“In yesterday’s debate about Lord Mandelson, we heard a lot about the despicable crimes of Jeffrey Epstein. We also heard about Mandelson’s lobbying through his Global Counsel organisation, through which he introduced the Prime Minister to the chair of the company Palantir. Yesterday the Cabinet Office denied me permiss…”

“I absolutely agree and will go on to quote the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, New Civil Engineer and a body that I discovered only recently: the Association of SuDS Authorities. I did not even know that it existed, but there we go. We have one more estate, in Kingsteignton, where I was rec…”

“I thank everybody for their contributions. My hon. Friend the Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) accurately pointed out that SuDS, although solving local problems, need to be balanced in the wider are. SuDS is not something that can be fixed or managed on a site-by-site basis; it requires an overall view,…”

“I am delighted that the Minister is talking about water companies splitting surface water from foul water. That is exactly what they are doing in the middle of Dawlish: creating massive new tanks for that purpose. The programme has been going on for about two years; most of Dawlish has been dug up and its town centre h…”

“I would entirely. That is another reason why it is vital that local authorities, as the flood responsible authorities, are actually involved in certifying SuDS as they are built and take them on afterwards. Let me quote from the Chartered Institution of Water Environmental Managers: “Despite promises to enforce the man…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered sustainable drainage systems. It is a pleasure to serve under you today, Mrs Barker. Flooding is a topical issue. In Devon, it feels like it has been raining for about a year; in fact, it probably has been since the beginning of the year. Every day we see more and more floo…”

“Vaping is a difficult issue, particularly when it comes to recycling. I understand that vape shops are expected to take them back, but local authorities have real problems with the disposal of used vape canister things—I do not know what they are called—with batteries in them. Will the Minister consider helping local a…”

“I am afraid that my training was as an engineer, rather than as a lawyer, so I apologise if I get points of standard law wrong. However, it is fascinating to read the Bill in such detail. In clause 126(3), it says, “It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that they did not know”…”

“I am slightly perplexed, because what the Minister has just said does not relate in many ways at all to the words in my copy of the Bill. Maybe I have the wrong copy. It does not talk about IT systems, forms or any of those things. What it says, quite clearly, is: “The Treasury may by regulations make provision requiri…”

“Will the Minister give way?”