Speeches by Hoare.

“Is it your assessment that there is an appetite for and preparedness to work towards a regime between producer and end user—the vet—in order to minimise disruption to supply, notwithstanding the fact that there may be some degree of onerousness with regard to applying for the certificate?”

“I am still trying to find my yes or no answer.”

“Before I bring in Dr Whitten, there seems to be a theme emerging that the domestic processes of evaluation, assessment and response written for a different period of time are potentially not fit for purpose to meet the in-real-time, analysis-response legislating that we may find ourselves facing. Is that a fair assessm…”

“My questions are to Mr Reland and Dr Whitten. The Northern Ireland Secretary, as we know, recently reiterated the Government’s manifesto commitment to upholding and protecting the UK internal market and, alongside that, preventing new regulatory barriers between Northern Ireland and the other parts of the UK. We would …”

“Is it your assessment, on the basis of where there’s a will there’s a way, that if there is a need for a product, whatever the product might be, it would be available should need be there, as long as the certificate requirements are met?”

“Is it your assessment that there is an appetite for and preparedness to work towards a regime between producer and end user—the vet—in order to minimise disruption to supply, notwithstanding the fact that there may be some degree of onerousness with regard to applying for the certificate?”

“I echo the Minister in thanking Rebecca Hilsenrath for the work she has done in stepping into an interim role and fulfilling that job with great distinction. I also thank the Prime Minister and the wider Cabinet Office for the speed with which they responded to the recommendation from the interview panel, which I had t…”

“Within that, do you see a role for S4C—and indeed for yourself as Chair, if confirmed—in ensuring that by the end of your term in office we see more people speaking Welsh and watching S4C comfortably? What priority do you see for assisting Welsh language education as part of your role as Chair?”

“I do my best.”

“Ms Evans, good afternoon. Given the recent history of S4C, to which you have alluded in earlier answers, a “steady the ship” approach might be seen as the dominant priority, and possibly even as the benchmark for success. You have also intimated that you see much wider demands. Could you set out for us your other prior…”

“Taking on board the minimum time requirements of your other roles, we are all very conscious of the scale of the task at hand, as you said in your answers. Notwithstanding your other non-S4C commitments, are you able to undertake that you would take on no further non-S4C time obligations?”

“I attended one of the primary schools in Cardiff that taught Welsh for a year, and then South Glamorgan county council described it as a dead or dying language and it was ended, so I share your celebration of the renaissance of Welsh education. You will have assessed S4C’s current strategic priorities. Some of those wi…”

“There would be no point in doing it otherwise.”

“It also surely affects things such as property prices, and things such as the confidence of local businesses to invest if they are not entirely persuaded that as much as possible is being done, pro tem, to provide maximum security.”

“My next question is to Ms Elgar and Mr Collins. Mr Collins, in answer to the Chair’s question—forgive me if I have got the wrong end of the stick—you sounded slightly spiritually antipathetic towards the private sector, if I can put it that way. You have expressed concerns about the potential for private companies to e…”

“With respect, my question was about the selling of coal waste as well as extraction. It was not just on the extraction point.”

“Let us just tease that out for a moment, if we may. If the pressure to achieve the clean-up required an element of private sector involvement and private sector-generated funds, is that a ditch in which the whole process should die?”

“Can you flesh those out?”

“Maybe you could write to us on that issue, Mr Collins.”

“Ms Elgar, what are your thoughts on that?”