Speeches by Ellis.

“I am Maya Ellis, the MP for Ribble Valley.”

“I have a quick follow-up. I appreciate that you might not have the answer now, but I am aware that in Lancashire, about 10 years ago, we used to have a data insights team of about 80 staff, and that was cut—”

“As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on babies, the most common refrain I hear is, “Bring back Sure Start.” I commend my right hon. Friend on focusing on learning from the past and looking to the future, and I thank her for showing the best of the Labour party by starting to restore the Sure Start legacy. Many…”

“Sonia, can you tell us a little about your campaign and the key issues that you have been trying to raise?”

“You have cited some poor behaviours and management practices, and obviously there are still issues with the annual fees. There are recommendations from the university report in 2022, so it is fair to say that this issue is still live. Do you feel that the Government are taking these issues seriously enough, or is there…”

“You have made some positive suggestions. You mentioned that there are some positive site owners out there. In Ribble Valley we have quite a number of park homes, and I have met residents and site owners. Some owners have put representations to me, saying that certain sites have changed hands a number of times because i…”

“I am the MP for Ribble Valley in Lancashire.”

“Finally, what do you think the impact on the industry would be if that 10% was reduced or removed?”

“What reforms do you think need to be made to mobile home legislation so that there can be a working relationship for both site owners and park home owners?”

“We heard earlier about the relationship between landlords and renters. Within the relationship between site owners and park home owners, what role do those site owners take in terms of supporting home owners with energy improvements and living? How does that tend to work? We have talked about rogue site owners, so do y…”

“Debbie, you represent park home site owners. In the previous panel, we heard from Sonia McColl who represents people who own homes on park home sites. One of the interesting things she said was that there has not actually been much positive engagement with site owners. Can you tell me a bit about how you and your membe…”

“I had a constituent who was refused a mortgage because she had a park home for over-50s. I wonder whether, in all the work you have done, there have been issues about older people accessing mortgages, and how that impacts the market or people accessing homes.”

“May I first pay tribute to the Prime Minister and the Business Secretary, along with many others, for leading from the front on the importance of their role as fathers? I truly believe that paternity leave is the single most important area where the Government can improve the lives of families and women, too. I hope th…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for the work we are doing together on the all-party parliamentary group for infant feeding and for her passion in this space. Breastfeeding is a full-time job. Only last week, Carrie Johnson, the wife of one of our former Prime Ministers, highlighted how easy it is to neglect your own n…”

“Maya Ellis, Ribble Valley.”

“Ted, how are we doing?”

“We heard in the previous panel that a lot of this is based on an underbed of inequality. If we put some of the points you said there to the Secretary of State, I can imagine some of the pushback would be that their focus initially is on tackling those deep inequalities—investing in social and affordable housing, invest…”

“Sara Khan, to you: I suspect that we will have a theme that there has been lots of reports and lots of things that have been recommended and not happened. I know that you did one last year, so I am interested to see what you think has come out of that, if anything. But if we are not moving on, what do you think the blo…”

“I am interested in how you think we are doing and performing, as it stands at the moment, in terms of community cohesion in the UK.”