Speeches by Law.

“It would certainly be very interesting to review some of our climate resilience asks from the FCDO side on that industry. How can international partners, such as the FCDO, support Jamaica in effectively addressing a few of those challenges that you mentioned, UnaMay?”

“Okay, but would you say you are concerned, given some of the mood music around it?”

“I welcome the news this morning of Imerys’s success in auction round 7. What steps is the Minister taking as part of the local power plan to ensure that local communities share the spoils of Cornwall’s great renewable energy potential?”

“More broadly on staffing, are you saying that we should not be worried about staffing cuts and how that might impact on some of the technical expertise we can bring to the table, some of the convening, some of the capacity building requirements that we have heard so much about?”

“Thank you. High Commissioner, are you confident that the funding will be sufficient to fund the bilateral elements of your programmes and give you sufficient visibility of multiyear spending decisions?”

“Minister, do the ongoing restructurings within FCDO throw a spanner in the works of delivering on the goals of the strategy at all?”

“Thank you. High Commissioner, are you confident that the funding will be sufficient to fund the bilateral elements of your programmes and give you sufficient visibility of multiyear spending decisions?”

“Sorry, it was a bit of rhetorical question, I suppose.”

“More broadly on staffing, are you saying that we should not be worried about staffing cuts and how that might impact on some of the technical expertise we can bring to the table, some of the convening, some of the capacity building requirements that we have heard so much about?”

“Minister, do the ongoing restructurings within FCDO throw a spanner in the works of delivering on the goals of the strategy at all?”

“Sorry, it was a bit of rhetorical question, I suppose.”

“If we are taking a local growth approach, which I know is so important to our Government, surely a deal for the Tamar must be a crucial part of any devolution arrangement.”

“The hon. Member makes an important point about the lack of National Highways funding for the bridge, but does he share my delight at the £220 million investment coming into Cornwall’s roads from national Government? We are seeing record-breaking investment in our roads, but that is not to detract from the point he make…”

“I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I thank my hon. Friend for giving way on Cornwall’s economic potential and particularly the role of critical minerals. Does she agree that in an ideal but not unimaginable world, we would have electric ferries, ideally powered by Cornish lithium batte…”

“I, too, put on record my thanks to the emergency services for their work over this long and difficult weekend. In particular, I thank National Grid for its swift work, at least in my part of Cornwall, in reconnecting people to the grid. However, other infrastructure has been unacceptably slow to come back online. With …”

“Given that what is proposed today is a peacekeeping force, does the Secretary of State wonder, as I do, when the leader of Reform will cease his adulation of Putin, ensure that there are no further traitors among his ranks, support the peace process in Ukraine and stand up for British interests?”

“9. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending the warm home discount on levels of fuel poverty.”

“I greatly welcome these cuts to forthcoming bills. Notwithstanding those potential improvements, many of my constituents in Roche, for example, live in areas not connected to the mains gas grid, and the initial outlay associated with implementing renewable technologies can be prohibitively expensive for people. Can the…”

“I thank the Minister for his considered engagement with rural Labour MPs such as myself on this issue from the get-go. I also thank farmers—at least in my part of Cornwall—for their dignified engagement at what I know has been a difficult time. Does the Minister agree that where we have landed now strikes a much better…”

“War and Russian brutality first came to Ukraine in 2014. While Ukrainians knew that it never left, I think it fair to say that we did forget that our friends in Ukraine were at war—that is, until 2022. Since then, we have witnessed the heroism of the Ukrainian people, and the savagery of Putin’s regime. In case it was …”