Speeches by Wilson.

“Despite the current legislation, in Northern Ireland, not only individuals but Sinn Féin Government Ministers engage in acts and make speeches on an almost monthly basis that not only glorify but encourage terrorism, praise those who took place in bomb attacks on police stations and individuals, and, indeed, name play …”

“I support the amendments on fly-tipping, although some of them do not go far enough. The extent of that crime varies, from the small scale, with people throwing waste on to others’ land, to the scale seen at Hoads wood, about which the APPG for woods and trees heard evidence. The fly-tipping there was so extensive that…”

“The hon. and learned Member is absolutely right. The whole point of the amendment is to ensure that there is not the ability to keep on promoting the terrorist message. We do not just need a physical defeat of terrorism but an ideological one. They make their arguments to ensure that if they have to pause their campaig…”

“What does the hon. Lady say to the people who become the target of those continual protests? The protesters recognise that there is a vulnerable area, a vulnerable community, part of a city or a piece of the country’s infrastructure, such that, when they protest there on a regular basis, they cause maximum disruption t…”

“The hon. Member makes an important point. Given the role of criminal organisations in fly-tipping, the costs can be in the hundreds of thousands of pounds to landowners, who are the innocent victims of this crime. If the Government are serious about dealing with fly-tipping, they have to ensure that the sanctions are a…”

“Does the right hon. Lady accept that in many instances, action is not taken because of the fear of violence? Much of this tipping is done by criminal gangs, who will stop at nothing because it is a very profitable industry. Organisations such as the Environment Agency, and even sometimes local councils and the police, …”

“I doubt whether many people across the nation are watching the Parliament channel at the moment to see this statement. The Minister started off saying that this space is critical to our national security, allows us to project the full array of military capabilities in one of the most important regions for international…”

“A recent Policy Exchange document entitled, “Closing the Back Door” highlighted that, as a result of the Irish Government freeloading on the UK and NATO, they were increasingly reliant on the UK for security, particularly regarding air defence and maritime security, resulting in an inability to protect their own airspa…”

“When I heard the news this morning and the catalogue of failures and missed opportunities were read out—including the focus and attention there was on this murder, yet he was allowed to get away—my heart went out to the families of those three wee girls whose murder could have been avoided, yet the opportunity was miss…”

“As a result of the Government’s mismanagement of the economy, the spring statement forecast that economic growth and wage growth would go down and that we would have increased inflation, all of which will hit Northern Ireland more severely than other parts of the United Kingdom. Yet the Government refuse to do anything…”

“We should not be surprised by the attacks that happened in Golders Green last night because after all, we have been promoting this antisemitism in various ways across the United Kingdom—whether it is the sectarianism of politics that we have seen from some parties directed towards the Jewish community, whether it is a …”

“The Government may not want to be drawn into a war with Iran, but Iran has declared war on us by attacking our bases, trying to kill our civilians, attacking our economy, and even engaging in acts of terror in our country. We have found this weekend that we rely on the US to protect our bases, and require its defensive…”

“Will the Minister accept that if these changes go through and people save less for their future, we will have pensioner poverty? That is the impact of these measures.”

“I suppose it was inevitable that the Minister would take the opportunity to bang the drum for his disastrous net zero policy, which has been responsible for giving people in the United Kingdom the highest electricity prices in the whole of Europe. Of course, he talks about the need for energy supply and security. We ha…”

“The Minister has insisted that he does not want to get drawn into a wider war, but with the targeting of our civilians and bases and our economy being strangled, how much wider could the war get? Does he not recognise that Iran has been able to close off the strait of Hormuz as and when it wants to, using its proxies a…”

“You explained that, when you try to replace large trees with a mix of broadleaf, conifer and so on, the cost is much more expensive, and the returns will probably take longer to obtain. If we want to see the monoculture in many plantations at present replaced with much more mixed woodland, what are the economics of tha…”

“You have explained why it is difficult to have the continuous cover approach to harvesting trees. The preference seems to be—perhaps just because of how our trees are distributed at present—for total clearance. In an earlier submission, we heard—you might have, too—that one of the ways in which the environmental damage…”

“Mr Tubby, maybe I picked up wrongly when you were answering Chris’s questions. It seemed that you feared what would happen if development got too close to woodland sites. You outlined the difficulties of people using forest sites and the damage they could do with their animals, by walking or with fires and that kind of…”

“Professor Kirby, I think you mentioned that the biggest threat to woodland is either lack of management or over-management, and that if woodlands are to be preserved, they need appropriate management. Could you give the Committee some idea of what is meant by “appropriate management” of woodlands? Is the biggest impedi…”

“I do not share your optimism. I just look at my own constituency, where, even in Government-owned land, trees have been felled and already, four years on, the next batch of conifers are growing to my height almost. What needs to be done to break out of that cycle?”