Speeches by Mullane.

“Where something happens and then the focus is gone. You both highlighted that.”

“Following on from Ben’s question on the strategic position on safeguarding: when the focus shifts, which is a problem, and the leadership needs to be there to keep safeguarding and child sexual abuse at the top of the agenda—especially from what you said earlier about the victims—do you think that is possible?”

“Yes.”

“Do you have confidence that the data on ethnicity will now be collected? How do you think that would help with prevention, if at all?”

“In my seat it is vital and I welcome it wholeheartedly. The police and the local authorities want to step up and they want to deal with it. However, do you think that when the new police teams arrive the abstractions will be an issue? In their heart they want to be there dealing with it but the reality is that they are…”

“On violence against women and girls, it is very good what the Government are proposing, but do you think that the police are operationally independent from the Government and how do you think that the Government's priorities will be taken seriously with all that the police have to contend with?”

“Home Secretary, you have mentioned confidence in the communities. Antisocial behaviour has a huge and terrible impact on communities. The Government are going to bring in respect orders to make it easier for local authorities and the police to deal with this problem. Why are these new powers necessary when there are ex…”

“How significant do you all feel abstractions were within your force during the disorder? Particularly, what effect did the abstractions have on neighbourhood policing and how were you able, if you were, to mitigate the impact of the adverse effects?”

“Will the officers who stepped up and did those hours get their hours back? Will they get that paid?”

“Do all of you feel now that where you are following up—you mentioned earlier that you are still following up and you have had to cut back that team, that kind of thing—that will have an impact?”

“Did you feel as you were coming into this that it affected the level of abstractions?”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this debate with my maiden speech. It is the honour of my life to be standing here, in this historic place, at the heart of democracy, representing the communities of Dagenham and Rainham, the place where I was born and raised. I was well and truly made …”

“In September 2020, an external wall survey revealed that the cladding on the Spectrum building in my constituency was not compliant with building regulations. Works to remediate that building were not actioned until three years later, in July 2023. The building was then engulfed by flames a few short weeks ago, with on…”

“Following the wildfires of 2022 in Dagenham and Rainham, the ongoing crisis at Launders Lane in Rainham and now the devastating fire at the Spectrum building, also in my constituency, will the Prime Minister join me in commending the outstanding work of our emergency services? Will he also comment on the Government’s p…”