Speeches by Smith.

“Government timelines for the EV transition have changed multiple times. Can you guarantee consistency in EV policy in the future to provide confidence to both consumers and the market? I realise we have asked some of those questions indirectly already, but are you completely convinced that that is deliverable?”

“The question I asked was, does your modelling account for those regional differences? I appreciate it is great that local authorities are doing things, and we know that, because we have had them come in and we all have experiences of that, but my key question was about your data and your mapping. Does your data take in…”

“You need a space that you can sit in for a long time to do that.”

“I thank the hon. Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) for securing this important debate. There are clearly many issues facing park home residents across the country, and I want to touch briefly on two of them. The first is the challenge around planning and sales problems. At Devon Oaks Park, a site in my constituency, …”

“The Child Maintenance Service is not working for parents and it is not working for children. My own casework shows that the majority of those getting in touch about the CMS believe it to be ineffective, with systemic issues in communication, timeliness and case handling. My constituents are not alone. The independent c…”

“The hon. Member is making an excellent speech, which has reminded me of a conversation I recently had in my constituency. Drivers in the area of Hooe and Plymstock are showing really antisocial behaviour, and one of the police officers I was with mentioned this fact. We were not even talking about how cars are register…”

“I start by paying tribute to the allied health professionals in my constituency and across the country, who work so hard to help people to regain and maintain their health. Indeed, I count many among my friends. From paramedics to physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and so many oth…”

“In Wales, the south-west and across the UK, nearly 1 million young people are not in education, employment or training. Labour’s jobs tax, failed welfare reforms and damaging energy policies will worsen that crisis. Does the Minister recognise that when the Labour Government’s first response to any crisis is to tax bus…”

“Last week, I had the privilege of visiting Auschwitz, on a visit organised by March of the Living UK. I joined 200 members of the British Jewish community there, and almost 8,000 people from around the world. We marched between Auschwitz and Birkenau. Many of those there were Holocaust survivors. I heard their stories,…”

“The local government reorganisation consultation for Devon closes today. It has had many responses that have all been completed in good faith. Can the Minister reassure Devonians that responses to the consultation will be digested and taken fully into account, especially in the light of the strength of feeling against …”

“I would like to look again at solutions. Colin, sorry to keep coming back to you. A lot of the challenges that people face are in the fact that other parts of Government are not necessarily keeping track of what is needed to roll out EVs, whether second-hand or not. For example, I am from Plymouth. I have been a cabine…”

“Do you have the same issue that car drivers have where, if they are at a public charging space, it is a lot more expensive and you pay a premium, or is the HGV world slightly more equitable?”

“I am just conscious that what I wanted to ask possibly comes into the others. I am particularly interested in what Colin has just said about the parity between petrol, diesel and EVs. I am also interested in what you said about the majority having access to off-street parking. Certainly, where I live, that is not the c…”

“No, if you are living in any town or city where you have terraced housing, you do not have private off-street parking, or you have lost your garden to get it, which is a whole other thing.”

“Just building on what you have all said about the importance of grid connection versus subsidising the vehicles, that makes a huge amount of sense. But one of the things we have heard in other sectors is the cost of getting a grid connection in the first place. Do you think that £1 billion is enough to enable everybody…”

“Particularly on the SME point, David, I have visited one of your members. They might have only two or three trucks and, because of the costs they are facing, they share a unit with somebody else. It is not necessarily their unit; they just park their vehicles there. Realistically, how do you think this is going to impa…”

“Has the zero emission HGV and infrastructure demonstrator programme helped to develop the infrastructure needed for HGV transition? I assume that will mean more to you than it does to me.”

“Where these sites go in, are they able to be dual-use? The previous panel was more about cars, and obviously one of the challenges is the lack of infrastructure for cars. Is it possible to have these sites jointly located? Whether that is for people travelling to work—obviously that makes sense if it is your staff—woul…”

“South West Devon is home not only to 42 Commando Royal Marines, but to Plymouth and South Devon freeport, with Langage and Sherford offering significant development opportunities, thanks to the previous Conservative Government, and plenty of space for defence. We have Turnchapel Wharf, home of the Plymouth National Cen…”

“My hon. Friend makes a really good point. That is exactly what I am beginning to hear in my constituency. I referred earlier to a queue of companies wanting to come to South West Devon. My concern is that the queue is going to get shorter if the investment under the DIP does not come forward. Following the strategic de…”