Speeches by Dixon.

“Thank you, Sir Roger, and please accept my apologies. I thank my hon. Friend, who is a great advocate, for taking an intervention. In the great city of Bradford we share a large British-Kashmiri community, whom I met recently. Will he join me in calling for greater international diplomatic efforts to try to bring a res…”

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“I commend the Minister for all she has done so far to address the problems in the water sector, and look forward to the forthcoming water White Paper. I realise she cannot give away too much, but I urge her to look again at some of the recommendations of the People’s Commission on the Water Sector, particularly the ide…”

“The Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through my constituency of Shipley, and on it is the very famous Bingley Five Rise locks. Because of water scarcity, that lock, and passage through it, has been shut for some time. Does the hon. Member agree with me that as part of managing our water system, it is essential that we ke…”

“As the hon. Gentleman may know, the chief exec of Yorkshire Water, while publicly not taking her bonus, took quite a large sum of money from the Kelda Holdings company. Given that lack of transparency at Yorkshire Water, does the hon. Gentleman agree that companies such as Kelda Holdings should not be involved in water…”

“As neighbouring MPs, the hon. Gentleman and I have a shared interest in Yorkshire Water’s performance. As he set out, this is not a recent problem; it has been going on for decades. Given his previous role in the last Government, would he take some responsibility for the consequences of the lack of funding for the infr…”

“The hon. Gentleman—sorry. As he said, Yorkshire has also experienced water shortages. From July this year, we have had a hosepipe ban and reservoirs remain at critically low levels, given what we should expect this season. It was at about 31% of capacity in September. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that Yorkshire Water,…”

“I commend the Home Secretary for the tone in which she has approached this very sensitive subject. I met victims and survivors in West Yorkshire, including representatives of the Bradford survivor leadership group, brought together by West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin and the deputy mayor and police and crime commissio…”

“7. What steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the review of carer’s allowance overpayments, published on 25 November 2025.”

“Children across my Shipley constituency see at first hand the impact of child poverty in their schools and communities. I recently visited the Shipley school uniform hub, run by the Salvation Army, which provides pre-loved uniforms to families who can barely afford the essentials. I congratulate my right hon. Friend on…”

“On Friday, I met senior detectives in Bradford who investigate and bring prosecutions for historical cases of child sexual exploitation and abuse, including group-based abuse. They do all they can to support victims to get justice—in fact, West Yorkshire police were commended by Baroness Casey for its work—but it was c…”

“I thank the Minister for his response. As he well knows, over the last decade, around 185,000 unpaid family carers have been pursued by the Department for Work and Pensions to return overpayments in their carer’s allowance. Through no fault of their own, many working carers have faced bills that have often run into tho…”

“I am very proud that the Government increased the earnings limit by what it did. I have one final point. In the Budget, £75 million was set aside to deal with this issue of carer’s allowance. Can you confirm what that is going to be spent on and whether you feel you now have sufficient resources to get on top of this i…”

“It includes money to fund the payments to customers.”

“I should have declared that I am chair of the all-party parliamentary group on carers. I declare that interest in asking these questions. In that capacity, I meet a lot of carers, some of whom have decided not to claim carer’s allowance when they are in work because of fear of this. How are you going to rebuild trust w…”

“There are expenses and deductions.”

“Thank you for acknowledging the distress this has caused through DWP’s own errors. There are many more people—86,900—who have outstanding carer’s allowance overpayments. That may not always be due to this error on your part in terms of the internal guidance, but it has affected people because of the complexity of this.…”

“In light of the pretty damning Liz Sayce report, “Independent Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments”, I take slight issue with your framing of fraud, Neil. Some of that is claimant error. People face an extremely complex system. It is not intentional. We see that carers are saying they were pursued as if they were c…”