Speeches by Law.

“Are you saying you have limitations as an economist?”

“I welcome and echo the hon. Member’s comment about an inappropriate marriage in respect of the Devon and Cornwall ICBs. They have quite different issues. I commend the work of Cornwall’s ICB, of course, but we have to recognise the specificities of the peninsula penalty and the unique challenges facing both our areas.”

“This is a question to both of you. We have discussed localisation at quite some length, and we have discussed the gender aspects. What about reaching those most marginalised groups of people? Is enough being done, in your experience, to reach those groups and could you talk a bit more about who that might include?”

“If I may press just a bit further on the data point, we have seen that there are challenges in actually getting this data beyond basic age and gender, these very basic metrics. Do you think it is possible for the FCDO to adopt such an approach?”

“This question is particularly to Alycia, but I am interested in both your thoughts: what changes in FCDO practice do you think could make a difference to getting energy access to some of those most marginalised groups?”

“Ned, d.light has reached over 190 million people so far with off-grid solar, which is incredible scale. What do you think has been key to achieving that scale?”

“You have done it before in countries that were previously lacking access, such as the ones you now describe. Clearly, you are firing on a lot of cylinders: you have a good product, you have good distribution networks and you have cracked the financing nut in creative ways. What about policy? How does the policy environ…”

“Are there particular challenges with regard to energy access that you have experienced on some of these?”

“Getting that ambition from FCDO to at least try to collect that data?”

“If I may press just a bit further on the data point, we have seen that there are challenges in actually getting this data beyond basic age and gender, these very basic metrics. Do you think it is possible for the FCDO to adopt such an approach?”

“This question is particularly to Alycia, but I am interested in both your thoughts: what changes in FCDO practice do you think could make a difference to getting energy access to some of those most marginalised groups?”

“Are there particular challenges with regard to energy access that you have experienced on some of these?”

“This is a question to both of you. We have discussed localisation at quite some length, and we have discussed the gender aspects. What about reaching those most marginalised groups of people? Is enough being done, in your experience, to reach those groups and could you talk a bit more about who that might include?”

“You have done it before in countries that were previously lacking access, such as the ones you now describe. Clearly, you are firing on a lot of cylinders: you have a good product, you have good distribution networks and you have cracked the financing nut in creative ways. What about policy? How does the policy environ…”

“Ned, d.light has reached over 190 million people so far with off-grid solar, which is incredible scale. What do you think has been key to achieving that scale?”

“Getting that ambition from FCDO to at least try to collect that data?”

“Away from some of the consternation of this place, a glance at His Majesty’s Treasury distributional analysis will reveal that the original decision to protect the most vulnerable, the Budget that followed, the spring statement and—I hope—the spending review have been some of the most progressive fiscal decisions we ha…”

“T9. I thank the Minister for his previous response, and I am glad to see that Cornwall’s socioeconomic challenges are reflected in the fact that 11 mission priority neighbourhoods have been identified in mid-Cornwall alone. We have talked about funding for mission critical neighbourhoods, but what steps are being taken…”

“I was elected to this place on the back of a pledge to revitalise the towns in my constituency. With the high street in St Austell in a sorry state, I am delighted to have been able to take the first steps towards revitalising it by ending the impasse at the site of the now derelict General Wolfe pub and moving my cons…”

“6. What steps she is taking to support high streets.”