Speeches by Glover.

“Don’t encourage them, Scott.”

“Anything to avoid doing something.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I thank the Minister for explaining the proposed regulatory changes, which the Liberal Democrats support. Of course, the rules of physics still apply, and these electric goods vehicles will be heavier, so I simply ask the Minister whether he agrees that that und…”

“I thank the hon. Member for taking time for this intervention on her passionate speech about the huge number of women who suffer from endometriosis. Given the challenges with diagnosis, and the enormous pain and suffering that she has outlined, does she agree that far more money and Government support need to go into r…”

“Just very briefly on that, there was a similar thing where different Network Rail routes would get really good at it, but others would then be playing catch-up when it started happening with them. The things you alluded to are the right kind of things; it is all about that balance between hardening the asset—target har…”

“We have touched on some of what I am going to ask, but please do add to it. We are seeing in some sectors that electricity costs are really having an impact on people doing the “right thing”, if I can use that phrase. In the rail freight sector, for example, some freight operators have retired their electric locomotive…”

“I worked in railways before I came here, and theft of signalling cables can be a big problem. It tends to be quite cyclical, depending on the price of copper and other assets. How much are you able to learn from sectors that have been dealing with this historically? Is there more of a role for the police, Government, i…”

“That is a very important point to make. Your modelling is supported by emerging evidence from Norway—given its very high use of EVs—which is starting to see erosion of active travel and public transport use rates.”

“Earlier we touched on issues affecting the cost of using public charging infrastructure. What should be done to tackle the significant affordability gap between home charging and reliance on public charging?”

“That is a very staggering figure, isn’t it?”

“I had a question for you, David, that is perhaps partly related to this. We have heard an argument that distribution network operators should have the same access powers and rights over land as other utility providers. Do you agree? How would this help with some of the issues we have been discussing?”

“So you feel the Government are engaging with the issue, but they need to get on with it?”

“Oomph.”

“Even taking into account the Lords amendments, we continue to welcome steps to decarbonise our aviation industry, including investment in sustainable aviation fuels. I repeat the Liberal Democrat point from Second Reading that SAF is just one step in that direction; in the longer term, it needs to complement rather tha…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. I also praise the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire (Chris Hinchliff) for his passion for nature and the topics we are discussing. My constituency has seen some of the fastest housing growth in the country: 8,000 new houses added between 2011 and 2021. I…”

“There is much that is positive in the Bill. I want to touch briefly on one point that we have not discussed much so far, which is strengthening protections for staff who work on elections. They are critical to the safe and transparent delivery of our democracy. As hon. Members have said, what is missing is something th…”

“Local councils in my Oxfordshire constituency work hard to secure public arts funding through developer contributions for our growing population. However, some existing cultural venues are struggling. The much-loved Vale and Downland Museum in Wantage is having to rely on one-off grants to plug funding gaps and has had…”

“10. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to encourage local governments to support arts and culture.”

“Let me start by setting out some context and background to how we got to the AEA Technology pension scheme scandal. I will set out the moral case for redress, sum up some of the independent evidence supporting the pension campaigners’ cause, and address some previous comments made on the issue by the Government and som…”

“My hon. Friend again shows her wealth of knowledge and experience of this topic. Some of the cases that my team and I have supported have involved people who have been living with eating disorders for decades. I have also seen cases where the transition from support services for children and young people into those for…”