Speeches by Glover.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I commend the hon. Member for Burton and Uttoxeter (Jacob Collier) for his eloquent and emotionally intelligent speech. Just over a year ago, the campaign group The Dad Shift came the Parliament. I was grilled by teachers and students from Europa School in m…”

“That is one of many excellent Liberal Democrat measures that we have proposed. My hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) will tell us more about that, and I do not want to steal too much more of her thunder. Polling for The Dad Shift and Movember has found that the financial pressure is wrecking the hea…”

“My hon. Friend makes the very liberal point that we should always remember that everyone’s individual and family circumstances are different; it is important that the British state recognises that individuality, rather than expecting everyone to fit on a convenient spreadsheet. To make some of the needed improvements, …”

“We have touched on this already, but do you think the changes to post-16 qualifications—for example, the introduction of T-levels in 2020—will help to address some of the skill shortages we have been exploring in transport manufacturing?”

“Something we have received in written evidence and that you have already touched on is the fact that so many different Government Departments have a finger in this pie. I suppose that piemaking is manufacturing in a sense, isn’t it? From your perspectives, how effectively are those Government Departments working togeth…”

“What do you feel are the most acute skills shortfalls in the transport manufacturing industries?”

“I thank the Secretary of State for her statement, which made the Government’s intent of supporting the proposed third runway at Heathrow very clear. It was good to hear her recognise the complexity of all that will be needed to deliver it, including major diversionary works on two of the country’s busiest motorways. We…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. In principle, we in the Liberal Democrats welcome this change, which from a technical perspective is logical and makes sense. It is also welcome that the Government chose to undertake a consultation even though they were not compelled to do so. That is always …”

“Great Western Park has added 3,000 homes to Didcot, in my Oxfordshire constituency, and Valley Park, which is under construction, will add 4,000 more. However, the new GP surgery promised in 2008 remains a barren patch of land and existing facilities cannot cope. The integrated care board is supportive, but progress ha…”

“11. What recent steps he has taken to increase access to GP appointments.”

“If it is all right with you, Chair, I will perhaps just invite the panel to say whether they feel that the whole out-of-area and cross-border question has been adequately covered by what we have discussed so far or whether they have any particularly salient thoughts to add on that. It is clear from the written evidence…”

“I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.”

“Global demand for aviation continues to grow; it is projected to be two or three times bigger by 2050. In 2024, there was a record rate of increase in carbon emissions, according to the World Meteorological Organisation, and there was a new daily record for global aviation emissions in July 2025. Nearly half of all the…”

“This has been an informative debate on all the new clauses. From a procedural point of view, we are happy not to push new clause 1 to a Division.”

“My hon. Friend makes a good point about what the Climate Change Committee has said. That is why I hope the Government will consider these Liberal Democrat amendments, which are intended to strengthen the Bill, so that its provisions become reality this time, and contrast with the many missed targets in the past on sust…”

“I beg to ask leave to withdraw the clause. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 5 Air travel providers’ use of sustainable aviation fuel: reporting requirements (1) Within six months of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State must, by regulations, establish a requirement for air travel providers to report an…”

“I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. That was a time of very straitened Government finances, which is something the current Government, of her own party, also have to grapple with, and make unexpected and regrettable decisions—for example, significant national insurance contribution increases for employers. Both…”

“Given what the hon. Gentleman says about the decision to sell off the stake in Eurostar, does he feel that his own party—now very much in government—should reverse it and directly invest in international rail services?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I commend the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Helena Dollimore) for securing this important debate. She, along with nearly everybody in the room, rightly made clear the pride they take in Kent and East Sussex. She rightly highlighted the channel tunnel as a…”

“I have a follow-up question that is perhaps slightly mischievous. It has been noted that, following the reshuffle, there has been a reduction in the total number of Ministers in the Department for Transport. Given some of the complexities you have just outlined, do you think there are any valid concerns about that?”