Speeches by Dyke.

“At no stage would this be filtered down to your customers?”

“I just want to go back into the creditors. Barry has already gone into a little detail on that. You have your creditors now; we have the list, which was given to us at 5 pm yesterday. Just for absolute clarity, why was that only given to us at 5 pm yesterday?”

“Can you explain why that process was necessary?”

“Can you just explain the due diligence that you have done in regard to these creditors?”

“Probably?”

“There is such a huge number of businesses involved here. We have a consortium of over 100 anonymous—well, not anonymous now because we have the 15 here but there obviously are others—companies ranging from pension funds to activist investors. There is the Royal Bank of Canada in that list as well. Do you think that the…”

“Just as a final point there, will you pledge to ensure that we receive this enhanced transparency? Getting this list of creditors after being pushed on that for some time is absolutely important.”

“We got there eventually.”

“I am interested in transparency here. We hear that we do not think it is going to be much different or there should not be a problem. We have had the promise of enhanced transparency, and you have used the word among you a number of times today. What does this look like compared to the current situation and is this an …”

“Will you pledge to better transparency going forward?”

“The Chair has already picked up on Elliott being one of those creditors, which worryingly acquired BP and then obviously has pushed for the offloading of renewable businesses. Surely there should have been some proper due diligence done on that basis.”

“But I thought there was no financial reason why it said that it could not proceed with this. Its bid was always contingent on that fine, so it was always that it had to be waived otherwise this was never going to happen.”

“Glastonbury and Somerton is home to some lovely small breweries. Obviously, we are the natural home of cider and produce some of the world’s best. Fine Tuned Brewery in Somerton is one of our brilliant little breweries. Although I recognise the Government’s intention to make the packaging more sustainable, that cannot …”

“I rise to present this petition about rural post offices in Glastonbury and Somerton, which have closed at an alarming rate over recent years. A separate similar petition from the owners of Somerton Stores, Mr and Mrs Thievendran, recently garnered 800 signatures within two weeks, highlighting the overwhelming support …”

“The Met Office report and the Climate Change Committee have made it clear that we are unprepared for climate change, with progress on food security and nature restoration either insufficient or limited. The Lang partnership in Curry Rivel has proudly championed regenerative farming and nature-friendly farming methods f…”

“I thank sub-postmasters across Glastonbury and Somerton, and across the country, in particular Jim Gordon from Martock. Many post offices in my constituency have closed in recent years, including those in Somerton, Butleigh, Charlton Adam, Charlton Mackrell, Keinton Mandeville and Sparkford, depriving their communities…”

“I think my hon. Friend is coming to an important point that I want to make, too. I recently met Acorn childcare in Somerton, another brilliant women-led nursery in my constituency. Staff there have told me over and over again that they are really struggling with the unsustainable costs and the funding model that is bei…”

“Ellie from Wincanton in my constituency has autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and a specific learning disability. She was not diagnosed during her early education and did not have the support framework around her, so I am really pleased that the Government’s Best Start family hub expans…”

“Are those all your overall emissions?”

“Do you believe that the polluter should pay?”