Speeches by Cooper.

“Q With respect, Minister, that sounds like quite a lot of, “This is what I hope will happen and this is what I wish to happen.” How will you mandate that it happens? Does there need to be something in the legislation to ensure that there is a duty of candour between regulators? Kanishka Narayan: The Bill currently says…”

“Q We have heard evidence today about the appropriateness of individual sectoral regulators being responsible for this, versus a single regulator. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the sectoral regulators were in favour of a sectoral approach, and we heard differing views from other people. The hon. Member for Bromsgrove already …”

“Q Carla, I want to come back on the potential for unnecessary over-reporting of incidents. I cannot speak for the Minister, but I am sure it is not his intention that every phishing email is reported. I was listening carefully to what you said about your proposed tiered approach, and I can imagine, say, a situation whe…”

“I am conscious of the time, so can I have a one-sentence answer from each of you? The Committee has previously recommended that the Government require councils to carry out mandatory inspections prior to a property first being used as temporary accommodation. Do you think that is a reasonable requirement for the Govern…”

“Paul, could you answer with respect to Newham?”

“Joseph, what about for the Greater Manchester authorities that make up the GMCA?”

“Stephen, what process do you have in Birmingham to ensure the safety and suitability of the properties you are using for temporary accommodation?”

“You make an interesting point about relying on feedback from the people who have been placed in temporary accommodation. We have heard evidence—indeed, we have heard a bit of it today—about reprisal evictions. When we did the roundtables before Christmas, we heard one example of somebody where it was made pretty clear …”

“Over the course of this inquiry, we have heard directly from people who have experienced temporary accommodation themselves, and some of them are still in it. Some of them have given evidence on being moved a long way out of their home borough, which has caused problems for their children accessing education. We have h…”

“I am Andrew Cooper, the Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire.”

“Are there any specific examples of good practice where any of the London councils are proactively looking at this accommodation to make sure that it is suitable?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sefton Central (Bill Esterson) on securing this debate. He knows my links to his constituency, and I am certain that his moving tribute to Matt will be appreciated by Matt’s family, his Labour family and everybody th…”

“I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, particularly the action on mobile phones in schools. Harmful interactions can take place in online games and on instant messaging platforms, and we need to be alive to the risk of driving use to less well-regulated spaces and into virtual private networks. I am also concerned…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Manuela Perteghella) for securing this really important debate. When the covid-19 pandemic unfolded, it tested every part of our society. It pushed our health system, our communities and our economy to the brink. In that moment of crisis, emergency financial support was ri…”

“The Chancellor of the Exchequer has done exactly the right thing by setting up the covid corruption commissioner. During the pandemic, there were those who saw it not as a moment of national emergency in which we should all get together, but as an opportunity to line their own pockets. The Chancellor is doing exactly t…”

“Like the hon. Gentleman, a constituent contacted me ahead of this debate and told me that, although many motorists act responsibly, there is an increasing problem with drivers behaving more aggressively and passing horses at unsafe distances. Given that horses can react unpredictably when they think their lives are at …”

“Our region, from our big cities to our small towns, is ambitious for our future. We are hungry to play our part in our country’s economic recovery and have been impatient for the Government to see our potential after so many years of undelivered promises. Today’s announcement to invest in NPR shows that this Government…”

“Is there anything else that you think the Government should be doing to capture value and to safeguard potential sites?”

“You are satisfied by the Government’s response to this?”

“Minister, I would like to come back to the answer that you gave to Sean a moment ago. You have said several times now that the taskforce has produced this list of 12 locations—it has done a good job—based on the criteria that you have given it, and that you are now refining the scope of that criteria. Do you expect tha…”