Speeches by Western.

“It is good to see so many Members bobbing; I remind Members that they should bob throughout if they wish to be called in the debate. I am going to set a two-minute time limit, but we may have to reduce that at some point, given the amount of interventions that have been taken—I am not criticising that but, when speakin…”

“I am pleased to see so many Members here. It is a warm afternoon, so if you wish to remove your jackets, you may do so. I do not necessarily expect a hot debate on this subject; however, a great many of you are expecting to speak, so we will start with a time limit of two minutes—and I am already anticipating that it c…”

“Order. I would like to get everyone in with about equal amounts of time. Hopefully, we can do so with four minutes each.”

“Order. I am afraid I am going to have to reduce speeches to three minutes.”

“I will call Emma Lewell to move the motion and then call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. As is the convention for a 30-minute debate, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge…”

“Before I call the Minister, I gently remind him to allow a couple of minutes for the mover of the motion at the end.”

“Last, but certainly not least, I call Jim Shannon.”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for his excellent chairship of the Committee. He spoke about the grand challenges we face. We heard in the evidence sessions how we have such structural challenges—we have just heard about energy, and we could say the same about skills particularly —so could he say a bit more about some of …”

“At the height of the pandemic, Mr Speaker, you may recall the establishment of the Rosalind Franklin laboratory and national testing facility, which we were promised would be retained after the pandemic for more general testing. Sadly, it was unceremoniously put up for sale on Rightmove a couple of years ago. May we ha…”

“It would probably be the Department for Business and Trade.”

“I am just interested to know, in terms of the general terms of the trade agreement, what you have been pleased with relative to your sector and where you think there are any gaps or what is missing. Perhaps, Russell Codling, I will start with you.”

“I completely understand.”

“I thank the Committee. It felt strange to sit through other people’s presentations; I was struck by how good their submissions were and how important their topics are. My request is for a debate, ideally as long a debate as possible, in Westminster Hall. So many people are suffering under the cost of living crisis—90% …”

“7. What recent progress her Department has made on improving neighbourhood policing.”

“Under the previous Government, the number of PCSOs more than halved in Warwickshire. Indeed, in summer 2023, local teachers were forced to police a park in Warwick and Leamington after a knife gang terrorised pupils, stealing their bikes. More widely, constituents are fed up with crime and antisocial behaviour; 50% say…”

“Anyone who heard Carsten Breuer, Germany’s Chief of Defence, speak at the weekend will have found his words deeply sobering, so I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the SDR, which is modernising our defence, from Atlantic Bastion to the transformation of our defence and a tech-driven approach. I particularly welcome …”

“Since the creation of the role of the National Security Adviser in 2010, every incumbent has come before the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy—until this Government. The Leader of the House will understand how accountability to this place is the cornerstone of our democracy, and a failure of the NSA to …”

“Briefly, it is interesting what you say about cultures within organisations and bringing about change. In the light of recent events—the British Library is still basically shut down, and we have seen attacks across the public sector, not just in business—do you think the time has come, as Estonia did all those years ag…”

“Dr Brendan Casey, and then Dr Simon Thomas?”

“Henrik Pedersen?”