Speeches by Harding.

“I thank my hon. Friend for bringing attention to vehicles going into the water. In my constituency, the Thames provides our border with London, so it stretches along the entire constituency, and of course cars could go into the river. In areas like ours where rivers and open water are a daily part of life, it is essent…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Southampton Itchen (Darren Paffey) for securing this important debate today. As we have heard, every year in the UK, more than 200 lives are lost to accidental drowning. In fact, it claims more lives each year in the UK than house fires or cycling accidents. That must be a wake-up call. We h…”

“I had meant to speak to my amendment 120 today, but that intention was superseded by the Government’s movement on this, which I really welcome. It will close a loophole so that it will now be an offence to abuse an emergency worker on the grounds of race, religion or sexual orientation in somebody’s private dwelling. I…”

“We have talked about this before. What level of profit is about right, then?”

“Do you think that there is a moral duty for private development contractors to avoid profiteering?”

“Are there any significant outliers or any times when there have been significant outliers?”

“Are the current levels of salaries, profits and dividends in the sector appropriate for an international development context?”

“Do you think that the new cut will have any impact on MEL?”

“Finally, how does the UK compare to other major donor countries in terms of MEL?”

“Brendan, in your opinion, do private contractors conform to the same standards of transparency as the rest of the development community?”

“Are the current levels of salaries, profits and dividends in the sector appropriate for an international development context?”

“Are there any significant outliers or any times when there have been significant outliers?”

“Do you think that there is a moral duty for private development contractors to avoid profiteering?”

“We have talked about this before. What level of profit is about right, then?”

“But in your opinion at the moment, it is about right?”

“Sinead, is that something you worry about in your subcontractors?”

“Finally, do you believe that the sector is resilient enough to withstand these shocks, particularly the shocks that we had at the beginning of the year?”

“Brendan, in your opinion, do private contractors conform to the same standards of transparency as the rest of the development community?”

“Finally, how does the UK compare to other major donor countries in terms of MEL?”

“Do you think that the new cut will have any impact on MEL?”