Speeches by Martin.

“Yes.”

“How do you crack that open?”

“And fixes our forces in Ukraine.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan. I would like to start by thanking the Minister for all her support. I do not think we realised that we would spend so much time on the same Zoom calls with a vast collection of characters from across Kent and the water sector. I also thank the Secretary of …”

“When you originally applied to the High Court, you asked for an ordinary injunction—that is, you were happy for the existence of the injunction to be made public. Did officials advise, or did you consider, a super-injunction, whereby the existence of the injunction itself was made secret? Did you consider that?”

“That does sound—even though you formally requested a normal injunction—a bit like saying, “We need to keep this private until we’ve got to the bottom of the problem.” It actually sounds like you were asking officials for a super-injunction, no?”

“I offer two examples—surreal is the only word for them. I was standing at a water station in Tunbridge Wells, speaking to South East Water, and I was told, “The water station is open.” I looked around, and it definitely was not open. The problem is that South East Water has a contractor that sets up the water stations …”

“T5. Reflecting on the balance of forces in Europe, both allied and Russian, will the Foreign Secretary articulate the risk that she thinks the UK is taking when it has such a small military and is committing several thousand troops, maybe tens of thousands, to Ukraine through the coalition of the willing?”

“I am well over my time, and I need to get to the point of my speech, but I get incredibly passionate when defending my constituents’ interests and their right to clean water. The White Paper is out today. My challenge to the Minister, whom I count as an ally in this fight, is this. What measures contained in the White …”

“How can you be a Secretary of State if you are not a leader?”

“My gangsters are worse than my hon. Friend’s. She makes a powerful point.”

“Mr Heappey is laughing now, for the benefit of Hansard.”

“If I get made the Chancellor, that is going to be a real turnaround for the Labour party—but I look forward to it.”

“Who controls the institution?”

“For the record, Grant Shapps is now laughing and nodding.”

“Which colleagues would you say sorry to?”

“Very briefly, for the record, can you describe your role in directing the MoD’s response to the immediate data breach? You were on the gold command, right?”

“I was fascinated to read your Twitter on 17 July 2025. I will just quote from some of it. “Again & again, I said in public what very senior officials & military had briefed me. It is hugely frustrating that proved to be wrong.” You follow that up to point out that “The anger across Govt at the MoD over the breach was p…”

“So they are viewed in quite a negative way, then, because you are shunting costs on to other Departments?”

“But you were setting the objectives for the gold command.”