Economies of the UK Islands

I thank my hon. Friend for that sound intervention and again for his role in securing the debate....

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I, too, congratulate the hon. Me...

Thank you, Mr Rosindell; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship.

I also thank my...

I understand exactly what the hon. Gentleman says when he talks about the Island being too small ...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a very good point, and I am happy to take that correction. Post-Br...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I congratulate my hon. Friend th...

My constituents would not forgive me if I were to allow this opportunity to pass. I must point ou...

I fully accept the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention. I hope that those endeavours will bear fr...

She has also spent much of her time on the Isle of Wight, where she was very welcome.

I thank my hon. Friend for bringing that to my attention. I am sorry for missing out the Isle of ...

I am very happy to speak in this debate today, and I sincerely thank the hon. Member for Havant (...

I am on the record as welcoming the good intentions; I am just frustrated that, almost 11 years s...

As I said, I understand the right hon. Gentleman’s frustration, because we all want to fight for ...

Will the hon. Lady admit that Scottish islands get two things that the Isle of Wight does not: th...

The islands do not benefit from the Barnett formula; Scotland is allocated funding through the Ba...

It is a privilege to serve under your stewardship, Mr Rosindell. I congratulate the hon. Member f...

Of course reductions in public expenditure are difficult for island communities, as they are ever...

I agree with the right hon. Gentleman, and his point feeds into the whole question of devolution ...

It is appropriate that you are in the Chair, Mr Rosindell, as you are Parliament’s greatest champ...

I did not mention the ferries in my speech because I wanted to talk more broadly about the econom...

I thank my hon. Friend for his constructive approach. I suggest that he engage with the CMA if he...

Will the Minister give way?

In a moment if possible, but I am conscious of time.

I encourage all Members present to tak...

We have had a very good and wide-ranging debate. I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for cont...

Order. The sitting is suspended for three minutes to allow broadcasting to switch their feeds to ...