Speeches by Wilson.

“The figure of 57% of air travel was for leisure and the comment made to reduce that would price out the marginal traveller. The marginal traveller is likely to be the person who is least likely to be able to afford the price increase. While a large percentage of people—50% was the figure given in any given year—do not …”

“The House is right to be sceptical about a policy on a toxic issue that has been announced after the Government have suffered a significant electoral defeat in which the main issue was immigration. Can the Home Secretary tell us how deliverable many elements of this policy are? What will happen to the hundreds of thous…”

“The Secretary of State spent about five minutes of his response evading the question that was asked: what will the impact of this trade deal be on Northern Ireland? The fact of the matter is—and he has already said it—that this will be difficult and complicated, and we have to remember that the EU has a single market t…”

“You emphasised, from the environmental sustainability point of view, the public realm and the other aspects of that, including open spaces and so on. Is the longer-term maintenance of that maintained through management companies that the owners and the renters have to pay into? What cost does that impose on homes, and …”

“If this was being done by a traditional builder, would you expect that they would put in the kind of subsidy you are talking about for your open spaces and green areas?”

“You are a new town. How do you see new towns fitting into the broader picture of dealing with the housing crisis in the UK? Is it peripheral, or do you see new towns being central to dealing with that problem?”

“Do you think the decision on their location will be driven by economic factors, and the local availability of land? In your case, of course, the Duchy of Cornwall made the land available. What do you see as the main factors that determine whether it is decided to go down the route of a new town? Is there a danger that …”

“Can I check one figure from your answer to Alison’s question? You said that when you calculated your 15% return that was based on the agricultural value of the land—is that right? If it had been based on the development value of the land, what would the return have been?”

“When we look at the different approaches taken by master developers and traditional builders, I suppose there is a huge difference. Traditional builders want quantity and standardisation. They want to have properties that they can build quickly and so on. As you have explained to us, when you look at it from a master b…”

“The film industry is important in Northern Ireland; the Executive have poured a considerable amount of money into Northern Ireland Screen, and the internationally successful “Game of Thrones” was filmed in Northern Ireland, much of it in my constituency. We can see the benefits of that, as tens of millions of pounds ha…”

“The blackouts in Spain have caused chaos. There is a realisation among many Back Benchers in the Prime Minister’s own party that thousands of jobs are being lost in Scotland in the oil industry. Businesses face energy costs that are making them uncompetitive, and consumers are being plunged into fuel poverty. Does the …”

“One of the points that the Secretary of State will probably make in response is that firms can apply to be part of the UK internal market scheme and therefore escape some of this by showing that goods are not at risk. As the hon. and learned Member has pointed out, there is no evidence that goods are at risk, but His M…”

“The hon. and learned Gentleman has outlined very clearly the bureaucratic issues involved that disturb trade, as well as the long-term political implications, but does he also accept that there are economic implications for firms? First, they are forced to purchase goods from elsewhere, if they were not doing so in the…”

“The Secretary of State is making light of the burden that the arrangement places on small businesses. One small local businessman who does business in only one town—where most of his customers come from—told me that to bring goods in from GB, which used to flow freely, he now has 27 pages of paperwork. Since he sells a…”

“May I assure the House that, not wishing to inflict a by-election on the citizens of East Antrim, I will not be running any marathons—not now or at any other time in future? The Minister has rightly said that the cause of the outage in Spain is yet to be identified, but the fact is that it is linked to 53% of electrici…”

“In the 1970s, global warmists wanted to put black dust on the Arctic to block the sun. Now the Minister wants to put black dust on clouds to block the sun again. Is his plan not bonkers? £50 million of taxpayer’s money has been spent, which will only put up energy prices even further.”

“Every time Members enter this Chamber, they walk through a door that has plaques in memory of Robert Bradford, Airey Neave and Ian Gow, who were murdered by the IRA simply because they served as MPs. This group have, through their music, glorified that kind of terrorism, just as Sinn Féin has done on a regular basis in…”

“While the Scottish National party may see this as a judgment made by judicial bigots, most people will see it as a decision of common sense and will wonder why the courts had to decide what was a man and what was a woman. But given the intolerant, threatening and violent response from the trans lobby, will the Minister…”

“The Government have done the right thing, because steel is strategically important and the jobs are locally important. The Minister has asked what is next. I suspect that the House will come back to this issue, maybe very shortly, because over the last decade, we have seen energy-intensive industries flee the United Ki…”

“I welcome the fact that the Government have once again stood firm with Ukraine as it fights to defend its territory and send a message to dictators that they cannot change borders by military force. The Secretary of State has been asked twice already about this today, but we are giving €21 billion-worth of munitions an…”