Speeches by Gibson.

“I beg to move amendment 34, in clause 2, page 3, line 21, at end insert— “(fa) a person involved on behalf of a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f), in product marketing or the use of products, including storage, transportation, packaging, labelling or disposal;”. This amendment closes a potential loophole in the…”

“Very possibly, but the rights of consumers in the UK still need to be protected, regardless of where those fulfilment centres are. I take the right hon. Member’s point, but I feel that the provisions in the amendment still need to be included. The amendment supports stronger protection, promotes fairness in the marketp…”

“I thank the hon. Member for her intervention, but I think we all have to recognise the reality of our starting position, which is that an awful lot of our product regulation is currently aligned. We cannot throw that out and start talking about “foreign law”, as if any country that we happen to have a trade deal with w…”

“I draw the Committee’s attention to the fact that the very complex Fire Safety Act 2021 was brought about following a serious fire caused by people who were supposed to be in charge of scrutinising product safety, but actually lied about it, presenting different products that were not part of the original product and w…”

“It is indeed the case that the standards bodies failed to check that the products they were being presented with were actually the ones on the certificates they were being asked to approve. So it was a failure of our system.”

“The Liberal Democrats are supportive of the amendments, specifically amendments 8 and 9, which would take the remaining regulations subject to the negative procedure and make them subject to the affirmative procedure. These powers raise serious constitutional concerns. They risk undermining Parliament’s role and shifti…”

“I beg to move amendment 35, in clause 12, page 12, line 21, at end insert— “(i) provision described in section [Product recall].””

“I warn you that it borders my constituency, before you say anything else. [Laughter.]”

“Let me add my thanks to those of the Chair for your time today. It is nice to hear from developers, because I sometimes think their voice is not often heard well. To open the questions, how do you feel that the planning reforms will help? What is your response to the Government’s approach to planning? What parts of the…”

“That is a good point. Thank you.”

“I will stop you there because that is drifting away a bit further from the revisions of the planning process into other things. Kenny, this is perhaps more relevant to you, in terms of housing targets, and you know the area. One of the issues in rural areas such as Wiltshire and Swindon is that because of the previous …”

“The point about improved quality of housing obviously makes a huge difference to acceptability and buy-in from local communities, doesn’t it? What do you feel the barriers will be for achieving the targets? How do we make sure that the housing targets, which you all thought were a good change and which you are pleased …”

“Does the Minister not agree that, at the same time, he reduced the threshold at which that measure steps in, such that any allowances mean that it is counterproductive to most small businesses? There is an increase in NICs once they pay it, and the fact that they pay it on a £5,000 rather than £10,000 employment means …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I thank the hon. Member for Hornchurch and Upminster (Julia Lopez) for securing the debate. She made an important point about the fact that small businesses in the hair sector have endured a perfect storm: the pandemic, soaring energy bills, red tape and unfa…”

“I will tell that statistic to my husband, as a reason for having a heat pump and an electric vehicle. [Laughter.] So far, he is not entirely convinced by either, so that is really helpful.”

“In most of the conversations that I have had locally in forums on retrofitting, the biggest concern is about whether people are going to get interstitial condensation. They do not know what it is, but they know they should be scared of it. That lack of clarity about what decarbonising your home looks like is a big issu…”

“Your report unequivocally states, “There is no role for hydrogen heating in residential buildings”, which comes as a surprise when one thinks of district heating and multiple-occupancy buildings. There is no formal decision by the Government on this yet. Do you think that this lack of certainty is hampering the low-car…”

“Speculation around British Steel at the Scunthorpe plant is deeply concerning for the workers and business owners alike, who are desperately waiting for the Government to deliver just one piece of good news. Steel is vital to our green economy as it plays a huge role in our ability to extend our railways and to build z…”

“Minister Hardy, would you be able to update the Committee on what measures are being taken to monitor the environmental impacts of the recent collision in the North sea and what action is being taken to prevent damage to the marine and coastal environment? I note that my question, if Baroness Chapman is able to come ba…”

“You feel that we are taking a lead on this. In what specific ways do you say that we are managing to show leadership in that? What timeline do they have for trying to put this back to an agreement?”