Speeches by Smith.

“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…”

“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…”

“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.”

“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…”

“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…”

“I thank my constituency neighbour for his comments, although if he had been listening, he would have heard me say that I welcome all those things, but without the defence investment plan it will disappear in a puff of smoke. I am sure that, like me, he wants to see Plymouth and the surrounding area capitalise on the st…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I have strong concerns about artificially delaying puberty, but at the same time, I also want high quality, holistic support for young people who question their gender. The Cass review recommended psychological care as the first port of call for managing ge…”

“My constituent John Mildmay-White, whose ancestor was a Member of this House over 100 years ago, has completed a 600 km run from Mothecombe in Devon to Westminster Bridge in aid of Wild About The Erme River, raising at least £25,000 for that cause. Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating him and all the …”

“What do you think the strategy should say about spatial planning and land use? What would need to change to improve that from your local authorities’ perspectives?”

“If I may, what you end up with is a section 106 allocation put into the master plan. I have a road in my constituency where they wanted to stop traffic going through a conservation area: 10 years ago, they said, “Let’s stick a bollard in,” but 10 years hence, “Oh, actually, that’s not going to work. We’ll do a stopping…”

“You are effectively saying that if you start saying 10 years out, “You need a park and ride here, a doctor’s surgery on this particular piece of land and two-bedroom flats here,” you almost bind your arms from being able to deliver what people might want in 10 years’ time, are you not? In the meantime, you have told pe…”

“I will put my final question to Li, given his expertise in planning. The new town of Sherford in my constituency was created in vision before I was living back in Devon. I was doing my career in London at the time, so I do not even remember what happened then, but ultimately it is a really good example of a master plan…”

“Lucy, you mentioned that you have been bringing people together to do that. It is one thing to bring people together. Is there any action coming out of that, in terms of how you are working—in particular with National Highways, I think you said—that might be a model that could be taken forward?”

“You talk about a garden village you are developing. I have a new town in my constituency that is in one district council but is partly in a city council and is also served by the county council when it comes to the strategic road network. The complaint that comes through most frequently is that the transport piece was …”

“I want to look a little more specifically at how each individual partner can work together—I am thinking about local authorities, transport providers and developers—to deliver well-integrated transport that serves the needs of users and communities. What are some levers that could be used? I am thinking particularly of…”

“I am interested in what you are saying, Rory, specifically given your experience with Homes England. I represent part of a city that has a lot of brownfield sites but also, on the urban fringe, a lot of greenfield sites that could be easier to develop than some brownfields. While the city has real ambitions to deliver …”

“The hon. Lady is giving an excellent speech, but there is a whole cohort of plan 1 students who experienced the exact situation that she is describing. In 1997, Tony Blair said that he would not introduce tuition fees. In 1998, he did, and the Labour party then also scrapped maintenance grants. I was 16 in 1997 and was…”

“The current approach to land use planning already requires some consideration of transport. What do you think could be improved?”

“I welcome support for people from the most vulnerable groups who are heading to university, but will the Minister acknowledge that by enabling those groups to take the maximum amount of support, the Government are also enabling them to have the maximum amount of debt at the end of their university careers? A frequent p…”