Speeches by Crichton.

“I do not disagree with that. Screening would be revolutionary. It would save money for the NHS in the short term and the long term, and, more important, it would save lives and put us two decades ahead of the rest of the world in preventive medicine. It would be transformative for my constituency. It would be radical, …”

“I will.”

“I do indeed agree. Haemochromatosis, although widespread, was not widely known about until very recently, but genetic testing, as well as simple ferritin level tests, will inform many more people. Early intervention is vital to preventing people from developing crippling illnesses which might otherwise be wrongly ascri…”

“I understand the priority to evacuate UK citizens from Israel, but advice to our constituents in Qatar to shelter in place until further notice is hardly comforting. May I press the Foreign Secretary to outline what more detail will be provided for UK citizens in the wider region and whether there is a specific threat …”

“Thank you all for coming in. I am formerly a journalist, so I have an interest in messages and messaging, but I am also interested to look at what you said about people responding to political leadership. I have a quote here from a political leader who is particularly good at messaging. His message to the UK is that we…”

“While not quite repeating Luke’s question, DESNZ looks in and listens to this Committee. I want to know what your advice and brief would be to the Government to get their net zero message through. Is £250 off your bill enough, or do you need something more sophisticated that says, “This is not about other people. This …”

“You mentioned a particularly difficult community—the 16 to 34-year-old males who are very fatalistic about climate change. Should I be on TikTok? How do you get through to these difficult to reach communities and the left behind communities who feel that, “This is for rich people and not for me”?”

“There is good news in the research—for you anyway—in that 42% of people trust you as a messenger, whereas only 13% would trust me as a journalist and even fewer as a politician. Should the Government be using different messengers and different people in different demographics?”

“I concur.”

“In short, if people have a stake in this transition—a personal stake or a community stake—they are convinced?”

“I very cleverly got an answer about good connections, councils, local authorities buying energy power, heat pumps and messaging—very good. You also mentioned schools and education as one field where there could be more work. I find when I go to schools, kids are teaching me about the environment. I just wondered if the…”

“Unsurprisingly. Amanda, I will address them to you, and you very kindly talked about community shared ownership schemes in my constituency. It is important to emphasise that these community wind farms depend on community land as well—the land they are built on is owned by the community. Not all places are the same, but…”

“Glasgow has one of the most polluted streets in Europe.”

“You talked about consistency as well.”

“There is good news in the research—for you anyway—in that 42% of people trust you as a messenger, whereas only 13% would trust me as a journalist and even fewer as a politician. Should the Government be using different messengers and different people in different demographics?”

“Thank you all for coming in. I am formerly a journalist, so I have an interest in messages and messaging, but I am also interested to look at what you said about people responding to political leadership. I have a quote here from a political leader who is particularly good at messaging. His message to the UK is that we…”

“I concur.”

“In short, if people have a stake in this transition—a personal stake or a community stake—they are convinced?”

“I very cleverly got an answer about good connections, councils, local authorities buying energy power, heat pumps and messaging—very good. You also mentioned schools and education as one field where there could be more work. I find when I go to schools, kids are teaching me about the environment. I just wondered if the…”

“Unsurprisingly. Amanda, I will address them to you, and you very kindly talked about community shared ownership schemes in my constituency. It is important to emphasise that these community wind farms depend on community land as well—the land they are built on is owned by the community. Not all places are the same, but…”