Speeches by Wilson.

“The Minister is right that those who engaged in the violence last night should face the full weight of the law, because legally, morally and politically they were wrong. However, if the law is going to apply to those who protested, it should also apply to those who have broken into our country illegally, broken our imm…”

“Finally, in an attempt to reduce energy consumption in the longer run and be more sustainable, what is the potential for data storage clean-ups? A lot of data may be held that is no longer of any use. Is there big potential to reduce the power consumption of data centres, and is there any incentive to do so?”

“Data storage.”

“But given the increasing reliance on renewable power that data centres boast about, would it be common to have those kinds of back-up methods? How sustainable is that?”

“You outlined, as far as the building and operation of the data centres, how you try to build in sustainability. Can I just take you to the point before you reach that decision? This is provoked by a visit I had during the recess. Obviously, Governments and authorities are keen to locate these data centres for all the r…”

“Regardless of what has provoked this change of heart, we can all welcome the Government now recognising the harms caused to children and families by social media. The evidence is very clear. I believe that most children will support the legislation. On Friday, I chaired a debate—a lively debate—at Roddensvale special s…”

“There has been considerable debate about trends in temperatures and so on, and about past temperatures that have impacted on the United Kingdom, going back even to the Roman period, when as far north as Scotland, it was warm enough to grow grapes and make wine. Today’s levels are not unprecedented historically. You men…”

“Even the class 1 and 2 weather stations did not show the same that year. They are the ones that are going to give you the more accurate information. I think class 1 is the one that is used as a base. They did not show the same extent. It was in the other 80%—the class 3, 4 and 5 stations—that most of those higher tempe…”

“You mentioned the 40° one in July 2022. Of course, there has been considerable debate about what caused that. It was measured at an RAF station as three Typhoon jets were taking off. Many people said that the spike was caused not by natural temperatures but indeed by what was happening on the site. Indeed, there have b…”

“Northern Ireland has skills, technology and infrastructure to contribute to the defence industry across the United Kingdom, but the Sinn Féin Economy Minister does not want defence jobs. Will the Minister assure us that the attitude of Sinn Féin will not be a deterrent to those vital jobs coming to Northern Ireland?”

“I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Hezbollah has made south Lebanon into an armed camp and a massive arms dump in which it stores rockets and drones that have been used to attack Israeli towns and cities, kill civilians, cause billions of pounds worth of damage, and displace a…”

“In an earlier answer, the Minister for Energy mentioned the money being spent on carbon capture, but has he considered the impact of his net zero policies on carbon release? Last week, I visited a site in the Sperrins where 250,000 metric tonnes of peat are to be stripped from the hillside in order to put in the infras…”

“Our sympathies go out to the family, who must have been horrified by what they saw on the police footage. How have we reached a stage in this country where, when the police go to an incident, they arrest a dying man because they are afraid of being accused of racism by his murderer? This is affecting the police right a…”

“In an earlier answer, the Minister for Energy mentioned the money being spent on carbon capture, but has he considered the impact of his net zero policies on carbon release? Last week, I visited a site in the Sperrins where 250,000 metric tonnes of peat are to be stripped from the hillside in order to put in the infras…”

“Our sympathies go out to the family, who must have been horrified by what they saw on the police footage. How have we reached a stage in this country where, when the police go to an incident, they arrest a dying man because they are afraid of being accused of racism by his murderer? This is affecting the police right a…”

“All of you have pointed out that, first of all, the equipment is expensive, and then the use of the data from the equipment is expensive and sometimes needs outside expertise. In earlier evidence today, we heard that one of the problems with using limit values is that, once you have reached those limit values, the view…”

“How flexible are local authorities? We heard that there can be spikes of air pollution, on construction sites, for example. I look at some of the large construction sites here in London, and this is not for a year or a couple of years; it can be a decade. How flexible are local authorities? You may have reached and tic…”

“No matter how the Minister tries to confuse the issue by talking about the situation up until now and the new arrangements, which are meant to tighten up sanctions today, the fact remains that we are now granting permits for Russian oil to come into the United Kingdom. He may justify that, as he has done on a number of…”

“We have heard from both yourselves and the previous witnesses that the collection of data is important when it comes to judging what is happening to air quality. How are air quality monitors managed and maintained by local authorities?”

“If you move away from limit values to a wider definition—you have mentioned health, for example—would you not finish up with different requirements for different areas? For example, a lot of elderly people or a lot of children might live in an area, or maybe there is a school that later disappears because it moves some…”