Speeches by Wilson.

“Many projects that are designed to improve public services are being held up in the courts in Northern Ireland because of procurement, planning and the decision process. The latest ruse being used to hold up projects is the claim that they do not comply with the Government’s net zero policies and will lead to an increa…”

“Many ministerial decisions are important in getting public services delivered, but so too is back-up by the civil service. There is some concern about the level of expertise in the civil service in Northern Ireland. In the inquiry into the renewable heat incentive, the permanent secretary admitted that the civil servic…”

“I want to concentrate on the area of the circular economy. One of the things your report said was that the Government were being far too slow in developing a strategy. Have you identified any particular reasons why? Is it because of the capacity for dealing with some of the waste? Is it because of fears of what the cos…”

“I welcome the Prime Minister’s statement and I wish him well as he goes to America to persuade the Americans to side with democracy, rather than vote with dictators. There will be a long lead-in time before we see the effects of today’s announcement. Given that and the overstretched commitments of our armed forces, how…”

“I welcome the robust statement from the Secretary of State today and the way he has stood by Ukraine and committed the UK to standing by Ukraine. I hope he will convey the same message to President Trump: that by giving into Putin, we jeopardise peace not only in Ukraine but across the whole of Europe. First, what prac…”

“In answer to the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire (Greg Smith), the Minister stated that the strategy is resulting in people wanting to invest in the United Kingdom. The sad fact is that as a result of the mad net zero policies that this Government are following, we are losing investme…”

“Almost on a weekly basis, we are lectured by the net zero-obsessed Secretary of State that the race for renewables is necessary in order to give this country a secure future supply of energy. Yet the renewables industry is increasingly dependent on Chinese technology, and on rare earth metals, of which the Chinese cont…”

“It is even worse than that. On occasions, regulations have gone through and been adopted before the Committee knew they were there.”

“Does the hon. and learned Member accept that even when we had the European Scrutiny Committee, which was able to deal exclusively with such issues, there were many EU regulations that it did not have the opportunity to discuss? Given the importance of such regulations not just to Northern Ireland but, as he pointed out…”

“As has been said, people in Northern Ireland are appalled at this decision by a coroner who, incidentally, would have had police officers protecting him during the troubles. I guarantee that had he been faced with armed terrorists and those officers had asked them to put their hands up and surrender, he would have been…”

“To use football parlance, President Trump is playing a blinder with his tariffs strategy. Canada, Mexico and Colombia all fell into line when he threatened tariffs. Only the EU is foolishly saying that it wants to go toe to toe with him. Can the Minister assure us that our Government, using our Brexit freedoms, will pu…”

“The Home Secretary has outlined many of the measures she is taking to try to deal with the gangs, but the fact is that people come here because there are advantages in coming here. What is she doing to ensure that those advantages are removed, so that there is no incentive for people to come to the United Kingdom? Seco…”

“Hardly a day passes in this place when Ministers do not tell us how broke the country is, yet here we have a Minister who cannot give a commitment to extracting the liquid gold that lies under this country, although it could generate jobs and tax revenue, give us energy security and reduce the import bill. Is it not a …”

“The shadow Home Secretary notes that the number of asylum claims has gone up since the Government came to power, yet thousands have been wiped off because those people have been automatically given permission to stay in the United Kingdom. Does he not think that one reason we will continue to see people flooding in is …”

“This statement should be a warning to all those across the House who are cheerleaders for renewable energy. Let us not forget that, in 2010, Drax power station was the poster boy for green energy policy. Of course, it turned out that instead of green energy, it has produced more CO2. We have chopped down natural habita…”

“Is there any central vetting of the literature used by your candidates to ensure that the kind of things that Mr Speaker talked about do not get into it?”

“Colin, as you were giving your answer you asked a question which was, “What can we do?” We sometimes accept this, but what can we do about it? You mentioned social media companies need to do something. Owen, you said about electoral law. But what can parties do about it? Do you think there is any merit in parties havin…”

“Electoral contests are obviously very competitive in many seats that are marginal. The campaigns themselves can become quite robust. How would you draw the line between what parties might regard as effective campaigning and unacceptable conduct in the competition that is political involvement?”

“Is there any central vetting of the literature used by your candidates to ensure that the kind of things that Mr Speaker talked about do not get into it?”

“Do you think the issue was that there were more new candidates who were not hardened to the normal responses that politicians get? Was it a perception, rather than a reality, that there was more of this?”