Speeches by Reader.

“Given that we are talking now about there being an issue on recycling, if you are doing a study into new ways of building turbines, should the dismantling and recycling be part of that study?”

“You heard us finish the last panel talking about disassembly and recycling, and that is where I am picking up here. I will start with Steve but welcome input from all of you. What is required to provide more confidence to industry to invest in UK disassembly and recycling infrastructure for our clean energy technology?”

“Is this a global challenge? We have talked about Denmark having best practice in terms of manufacturing, but is there a global challenge here—that industry has not considered the recycling part of the job—or are other countries not having this problem?”

“Is that because composites can be manufactured in the UK?”

“My final question is to you, Pranesh. Picking up on the recycled economy strategy, would it be fair to say that, unless there is a commercial incentive for companies to consider recycling, they probably will not do it? That strategy has to have some proper teeth because, as we have heard, the industry has not even cons…”

“Thinking about the manufacturing sector more broadly, we are having to bring in legislation, such as EPR and others, to get industry to recycle and take ownership of the products that they create. That potentially feels like something we would have to do here to really drive industry to do it, otherwise there is no com…”

“I thank the Secretary of State and her team for their work on the Government’s response to the inquiry. Having spent my life in the construction sector, I can tell the House that fixing construction products is incredibly challenging. I really welcome the Green Paper published today, because we have to get that right. …”

“Marie-Laure, given that we have heard it is not feasible or desirable for the UK to specialise in recycling all materials in question, do you have any more views on what we perhaps should be prioritising?”

“Yes.”

“I just want to pick up on something, Olivia. You have mentioned this GIGA funding a few times. If we had a Minister here, I am sure the answer would be that it did not exist. Did the money actually exist? The Government committed it, but was it one of the pledges where the money is not there because it did not exist in…”

“I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. I am not saying that responsibility sits solely with parents, but parents definitely have a clear role to play. We cannot look solely to the state to help to raise our kids. Teachers also have a big role to play. My mum, as a teacher, could tell us how important digital lit…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the campaigners who brought this petition forward, and particularly my constituent, who I mentioned earlier, for her tenacious campaigning on this issue at regular surgery appointments and for sharing some fascinating research with me. While I unde…”

“I am very grateful that one of my constituents who has campaigned hard for a smartphone ban is here today. Does the hon. Lady recognise that although we can ban phones in schools, as the majority of schools have, it will not prevent kids from bringing phones to school and playing with them when they get outside the sch…”

“Thank you very much for some very detailed accounts today. That helps me a lot, because I can perhaps jump around with some of my questions to just fill in some gaps in my understanding. I was interested in the independent checks that were or weren’t done. You have talked a lot about what happened once the work was fin…”

“For disclosure, I worked in the construction industry for nearly 20 years. When I was first a civil engineer, clerks of works and resident engineers were very common, but it sounds as if there is no independent checking of this work now. Do you think that in future government programmes for retrofitting heat pumps and …”

“Damian, can I ask two final quick questions? I am conscious the Chair wants us to try to stick to time. Do you think TrustMark and MCS are effectively able to monitor and sanction installers?”

“I will bring Shabir and Amanda in very quickly.”

“It is worth noting a very strong proposal on licensing from the Federation of Master Builders, which recognises this issue across the sector. The Committee should take note. Are you aware of any directors of these companies that some of the panel have described as rogue traders being struck off, and those directors bei…”

“I will ask that, Chair, but can I ask you a direct question, Simon? In your CRM system now, how many more people are there like Zak was prior to the BBC’s involvement, emailing TrustMark and saying, “I need help. Can you send a surveyor? Can you help me?” and who are getting the answer that Zak had prior to the BBC bei…”

“The Government aims to install around 600,000 heat pumps by 2028. How can the Government ensure that failures with insulation are not repeated with the rollout of low-carbon heating? I will start with Andy.”