Speeches by Obese-Jecty.

“The Minister confirmed to me in a written answer last week that we will not have a unilateral ability to extend the agreement. In December, the Minister for the Armed Forces, the hon. Member for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard), said that he was confident that Members would back it when we saw the detail. T…”

“On Monday, a judge in an employment tribunal brought by the GMB union ruled that predominantly female Asda employees on the shop floor and predominantly male employees working in Asda’s warehouses—completely different roles with different conditions—were carrying out work of equal value. The ruling, which is similar to…”

“I think that if we have the debate in Westminster Hall, it will be difficult for everybody to be able to speak, so I would like to bring it to the main Chamber, although I am conscious that there will be a delay.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. The Online Safety Act will be one of the lasting accomplish-ments of the last Government. It is world-leading legislation that places significant new responsibilities and duties on social media platforms and search services, to increase safety online. …”

“I will bear that in mind. I just need to go away and have a little think.”

“How long would the wait be for a Chamber debate?”

“I do not believe that we have had a debate on this topic in Parliament, certainly not in this Parliament. I know we have talked about it in the past, but with so many new Members and with knife crime becoming so much more prevalent and so much worse, it is vital that parliamentarians discuss it. I feel passionate about…”

“I would like to think about it. It is something that I would like to bring to the main Chamber, simply because—”

“Can I think about it?”

“What if it were a Westminster Hall debate?”

“So you can guarantee that? I am sorry, but I thought it was limited, and potentially capped at an hour and a half.”

“13. What steps she is taking to increase efficiency in the Child Maintenance Service.”

“I have multiple casework examples from constituents in Huntingdon who have been impacted by CMS inefficiencies, including incorrectly calculated arrears with no explanation of how the sums have been calculated, and failure to verify the location of fathers who are not providing financial support, with the CMS claiming …”

“On the previous topic, we spoke about the use of machine learning to identify which cases should be investigated, but you are speaking now about how much manual effort it is. I assume that going through these is simply a manual task, but how does the Department decide which alerts from that batch to investigate?”

“Moving on to a slightly different topic, the Department calculates a saving of £15.71 for every £1 spent on investigating alerts about carer’s allowance overpayments. Why have you only allocated enough people to investigate half of those alerts?”

“I have one follow-up on that. Are you able to explain the specific risks in publishing any metrics on delays or bias caused by AI tools that you think outweigh the public interest in transparency?”

“If it influences a decision, is that not helping to make a decision ultimately?”

“My question is about AI. Other than humans making the final decision, what safeguards do you have against the Department’s AI tools leading to biased decision making?”

“In my constituency of Huntingdon, a new solar farm of 1,900 acres is proposed. It spans from my constituency across into North Bedfordshire, which my hon. Friend the Member for North Bedfordshire (Richard Fuller) represents. The local population have spent a lot of time liaising with both me and my hon. Friend with reg…”

“I welcome the Unity contract and the work done by the previous Government to initiate it. It is a critical step in maintaining our submarine fleet and facilitating our continuous at-sea nuclear deterrence. The Minister recently confirmed to me that, excluding Trident, our defence spending as a percentage of GDP is actu…”