Speeches by Egan.

“Is there anyone in that space that is doing a particularly good job that we might want to look to?”

“Have you seen good examples of the availability of English lessons? That six months where people will not have anything when they have come, that is the time when someone should be put into full-time English lessons.”

“UNISON and USDAW.”

“I will build on that as a question because I am keen to ask about availability of English lessons. It is particularly relevant, as Sam and Liz, you talked about working with a lot of foreign nationals. We were out on that jobcentre that Frank was talking about in Manchester, a fantastic visit. A lot of the customers at…”

“Q4. Yesterday, the Work and Pensions Committee visited Manchester, where we saw the power of devolution in action, in this case helping people to find work. With just 5 percentage points separating Labour and Conservative candidates at the last mayoral election, does the Prime Minister agree that to get the maximum adv…”

“I would like to express my gratitude and welcome this news today. Two new nurseries will be opening in Bristol North East, the Tynings school in Staple Hill and Avanti Gardens in Fishponds, both areas that have lots of young families but not enough nursery provision. Can the Secretary of State reassure other families i…”

“Thank you. It would be interesting to get a link to Beeline to see it.”

“Your observations are interesting because very few will have that Westminster experience and then be able to get into the mayoral model. In terms of the Government getting the balance right in local flexibility, then there must be an element of national accountability.”

“I have some questions looking ahead to the future reforms by Government. The approach that you are taking here is creative and imaginative and, in the outcomes, you are changing lives. Thinking about how we replicate that on a national scale and take the learning from Manchester, what role do you see the Greater Manche…”

“I have a final question. We have different uses of the household support fund. Can you share some examples of older people where you have seen it work particularly successfully and any awareness of about how the household support fund is evaluated as well?”

“GMCA has taken more of this cash-first approach. What was the thinking behind that?”

“I have some questions about the household support fund and looking at examples in your area of how it has been used because it is being used flexibly to support pensioners this winter.”

“We have two minutes left. With the household support fund, how easy is it for us to compare what different councils are doing? What confidence can we have that they are doing that performance monitoring and getting the best outcomes from that money?”

“Attendance allowance—the name itself comes up a lot. Any ideas of what you think it could be called?”

“The clock is ticking, so we must move on to the next question. I will focus on attendance allowance and the household support fund. Just before I do—this is the worst thing; I hate politicians making assumptions based on speaking to limited people—based on two people, including my nan, am I right that there is a group …”

“I am very happy to be able to speak and to add my support to this Bill, and I appreciate the depth and ambition of the measures that have been brought forward. When I meet my local police officers in Bristol and South Gloucestershire, I see a committed group of men and women completely dedicated to public service, but …”

“I want to make a few points, because I am worried that some Members are underestimating the level of fraud and the direction of travel, because it is only going up. The hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion is correct in a sense in saying that people voted for change and that fairness in the welfare system is one of the th…”

“I really appreciate the point, but I think if hon. Members were to spend time and speak to work coaches—as they may have done—they would find that work coaches want, and are asking for, more of that information to be shared. It is also about trying to prevent people from committing fraud.”

“What information is on there that consumers can access and how accurate will that be?”

“With the MoneyHelper dashboard, the Government announced last year that that would be prioritised over the commercial dashboards. You have recently outlined plans for testing that dashboard on consumers. I am wondering if that testing has started yet.”