Speeches by Mullane.

“I would, yes.”

“My question to you to follow on from that is why is Mears missing the most KPIs? I know councils, companies and so on also make mistakes. The accommodation might not be habitable and fit for purpose and very vulnerable people are searching for a home and hoping to have their asylum claim sorted. It is very stressful bu…”

“Why?”

“Jason, why do you think Mears has missed the most KPIs relating to accommodation being habitable and fit for purpose, bearing in mind that money is clearly not the issue? What do you think the issues are?”

“With your motivation, as in your last answer, you are going to be doing work because I would not imagine those locations have dramatically changed. How do you think you are going to do that?”

“Why would you say there is a higher concentration of hotels in London and the south-east than in other regions?”

“So, as Clearsprings, would you say that that is one of your prime motivations?”

“Thank you. Steve, given that the use of hotels has significantly increased, what motivation do you think Clearsprings would have to shift away from that and deliver cheaper dispersal accommodation?”

“Does anyone want to add anything?”

“As you know, the Home Office’s goal is to end hotel use and get dispersal accommodation. To all of you, do you think that hotels have been more profitable for contract providers than dispersal accommodation? And if so, why would you say that is?”

“Megan, you have stated that the current system for allocating accommodation is not working. How often do you see asylum seekers moving across accommodation? We discussed earlier what the impact is. There is a shortage of housing countrywide, so local authorities and housing providers will always have to try to manage t…”

“This is a final question to everybody. How should equity of distribution be balanced against other considerations you have all mentioned, such as cost?”

“Councillor Mason, what do local areas need to do for asylum dispersal to function well? We all know when it goes wrong what it looks like, but what does it look like when it goes well?”

“Thank you. Do you think that the Home Office should have some levers to try to help make this happen, so it is fair and equitable? What is a good outcome for local areas in the asylum dispersal?”

“This question is for Mayor Dennett and Frances McMeeking. Do you think the Home Office plan for equitable distribution will be fair? Do you think it will work?”

“Where this Government is trying to lessen the use of hotels, do you think that unless you get the systems right, whatever the accommodation and whatever your plan is moving forward, without the safeguards we are moving in the wrong direction?”

“When we have been visiting sites—I will not name the particular site—there were accusations of security bullying. What you have just related to us, the Home Office would have little or no idea of that going on?”

“We have heard consistently from the previous panel, and it has been raised today, about the adequacy of the accommodation. I think this has been answered, but I would be interested to see what you think the way forward is. Do you think the Home Office has a strong enough oversight of what the providers are delivering o…”

“Will the Minister introduce a 12-month delay to the incoming change in taxation for double-cab pick-up trucks? The manufacturers and their commercial customers feel that they have had insufficient time to adjust to the new changes this month. Can he share with us any impact assessment work carried out on the reclassifi…”

“I am very interested in this, because we have heard from different things that the Committee has covered. How effective do you think regular publication of good, high-quality data in combating misinformation on group-based offending is?”