Speeches by Wilson.

“The first question I want to put to Mr Sanders and Professor Orsini. In the last evidence session, we heard that contamination can occur in many different situations: water, land, landfill sites and so on. What are the challenges that you face in identifying the contamination and source of contamination in those comple…”

“One of the things that we have been told is that the Environment Agency itself has limited resources. Would it depend on independent assessments? What role would there be for the Environment Agency in identifying those complex contamination issues?”

“Are you saying that in the regulations so far—whether it is in the manufacture and the waste from the manufacturing plants or the downstream uses of them—we should be looking in our inquiry at what additional safeguards can be put in place?”

“Let us look at the facts behind Israel’s strike. We have a bunch of terrorists who have been sitting in the safety of Qatar for years, organising and financing acts of terror, including the mass murder of civilians in Israel this week, and boasting about their involvement in it. Is it not an advance that those people a…”

“I thank the Minister for giving way. Having issued that invitation to my hon. Friend the Member for East Londonderry (Mr Campbell), Members in this Chamber will probably raise a whole lot more cases. The Minister has indicated that, as a result of the SPS agreement and so on, checks will be reduced even further. Could …”

“Does the hon. and learned Gentleman not find it astounding not only that the laws on the border were made by the European Union, but that when it comes to those laws being applied, EU officials are actually directing officials from Northern Ireland as to which lorry should be searched, which goods should be looked for …”

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“Does the hon. and learned Gentleman agree that the Government, in their own words in the framework document, have accepted that without smooth trading there will be economic and constitutional impacts? They not only owe it to the economy of Northern Ireland to sort out these issues; if they do not, they are accepting t…”

“Ofcom does not have the power to remove harmful content; it is really up to the companies to do that. Does that not leave a huge gap in the regulation? We have heard evidence that when people have complained to the companies, nothing has happened. They simply delay removing this stuff, or say it is okay to leave it. Sh…”

“It is a pity that the Government have had to be dragged screaming into granting this inquiry into Pakistani rape and grooming gangs, but the inquiry is welcome. However, given the fact that nobody has been appointed yet, the terms of reference have not be determined and we do not even know how long the inquiry is going…”

“The Minister is right to state that the business environment has not been good for the UK steel industry. The main cause for that adverse environment, of course, has been high energy prices—twice as high as those of European competitors and three times higher than those of US competitors. Given that the energy sector r…”

“The right hon. Member is absolutely correct. I will talk about some of that bureaucracy later in my speech. Fifty-eight per cent of businesses have faced significant or moderate difficulties, including rising transport costs, significant disruption to supplies, stock shortfalls, shortages, loss of sales and increased b…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered barriers to trade in the UK internal market. I am pleased to have been granted this debate. I do not have much luck securing debates in Westminster Hall, but I thought that perhaps nobody else would apply for a debate at the end of the last day before recess. I think I gues…”

“I appreciate that the Minister has stepped in at short notice and is probably reading from the Government brief, but I am really disappointed. He talked about the review of the internal market and how the legislation was designed to uphold Northern Ireland’s position and ensure the free movement of goods. I do not know…”

“The disturbing images from Gaza lead us all to the conclusion that this war must end. However, we must remember that it was started because terrorists raped, burned and murdered people, took captives and still abuse those captives today. The war could finish tomorrow if the terrorists released those captives and agree …”

“Could I just go back to an answer that you gave me earlier on about regional connectivity? I take it that, when you are doing your economic assessment of the increase in capacity in the south-east and, say, a third runway at Heathrow, you will be able to build into that a figure for the benefits to regions, because you…”

“The evidence that we have had so far is that some people say, “Yes, there is going to be an increase in demand for air travel, but that can be better facilitated, as the Better Horizons report stated, by looking at existing facilities where there is unused capacity at present or opportunities to save regional airports,…”

“Is there any danger that the concentration on expanding airports in the south-east will prevent or diminish economic growth opportunities for some of the regions of the United Kingdom? I can remember speaking to a councillor from Newcastle, who indicated that when Newcastle started its international—”

“No, Newcastle, Northern Ireland does not merit a place for flying a kite, let alone an aircraft. This councillor said that once Newcastle started international flights to Dubai the impact on economic growth in the area was enormous. If the aim is to get economic growth, is there a case for concentrating more on airport…”

“Has your Department done any estimates at all on the impact on airfares of the recommendation by the CCC that all of the costs of decarbonisation and the non-CO2 clean-up should be put on passenger tickets? Has any work been done on that? If work has been done on that, have you done any estimate on the impact that that…”