Speeches by Smith.

“Following on from the Chair’s line of questioning, a thought has just come to my mind about the plethora of disabled bays, which links to cross-pavement charging, housing associations and on-street parking. Obviously, people do not have a right to a specific disabled bay but, just as a supplementary question before I l…”

“Listening to what you have been saying, a couple of things have been highlighted that lead into my question. Effectively, you are describing a postcode lottery at the moment. Are you near off-road parking that has charging? Has your local authority invested in large-scale charging areas? Are they doing the gullies? If …”

“I want to build on that a bit. I think one of the challenges you have—I hate to burst your bubble, Richard—is that, ultimately, it is not just in London that you cannot park outside your house—”

“I grew up on a road where you could park only on one side of the street. I raise that point because my parents have just bought a full hybrid because they will never get to plug a car in outside their home, since they happen to live on the wrong side of the road. Unless you start digging up the whole road, they are not…”

“I realise that it does not have to be, but that is clearly a useful place for it.”

“That could be an interesting statistic to come back on.”

“Not in terms of policy.”

“Even regions? Do you have it for the south-west, the south-east or the north?”

“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…”

“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 …”

“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…”

“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?”

“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…”