Speeches by Kohler.

“You were not envisaging it, but you have been amply compensated for it because it has increased your profits.”

“You are getting a full amount for the hotels no matter how many people are in them, because the hotels are done on the basis of how much they can accommodate. You are doing far better out of that deal than losing out of it, because you are putting them into dispersal accommodation because you have to otherwise you will…”

“You are still being paid for those hotels.”

“Can I refer participants to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests? As the Committee are already aware, one of my donors, Safwan Adam, has a commercial interest in the Stay Belvedere Hotels, which has been a subcontractor to Clearsprings and is likely to be referred to in today’s proceedings. Can I pu…”

“Are these short-term or long-term contracts?”

“Talk me through why you say you are incentivised to get people into dispersal accommodation. What does Graham King think about the idea that you want to get everybody into dispersal accommodation when your profits are coming—not your percentage but your cash—from the contingency hotels?”

“Thank you for coming. In addition to funding from Government sources, what other additional funding possibilities exist and how are they going?”

“Thank you. The crime survey of England and Wales excludes the young and the old. How does one stop children and older people being invisible in the statistics? How does one get funding for addressing VAWG in those situations?”

“What about old people?”

“Ellie, you said that the majority of refuge applicants are declined. What support do those women get?”

“I want to ask some questions about the victims missing from the data, but before I do I have some more basic questions on something that Florence referenced earlier. To get a hand on the data, I suppose one would have a definition. Why isn’t there an agreed definition of VAWG?”

“What length is that? Three years?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) and the hon. Member for Derby South (Baggy Shanker) for securing the debate. I know from my personal experience and that of my constituents that private parking can often feel like the wild wes…”

“I do. These companies use tactics simply to increase their profits and our frustration, and to make people impotent in the face of their abuses. Even when individuals take the trouble to appeal, the process is opaque and impossible to navigate, as the hon. Member for Mansfield (Steve Yemm) so eloquently noted. I have e…”

“I completely agree. We need a parking system that works. We are not against parking; we are against abuse of the parking system. It is beyond doubt that the status quo is allowing private companies to act with impunity, preying on the millions of motorists in this country who rely on private car parks to go about their…”

“Q12. The playing of music and loud videos without headphones on public transport is becoming increasingly common. The various byelaws outlawing such antisocial behaviour are clearly not working, and the planned cuts to the British Transport Police are bound to make matters worse. Will the Prime Minister back the Lib De…”

“Merton council, in which most of my Wimbledon constituency is situated, tells me that there is a national shortage of SEND specialists— therapists and educational psychologists in particular—which is negatively impacting its and other local authorities’ ability to produce education, health and care plans in a timely fa…”

“Unlike many Members of this House, I can remember a time when football was in the shadows. Overwhelmed by hooliganism, it was looked down on, as the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Chris Evans) noted. Like all across the House and the country, I am delighted at how football has changed. As a lifelong Crystal Palace fan, mu…”

“11. What steps her Department is taking to improve support for children with SEND.”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right that we must be proactive, and not reactive to death. We must anticipate accidents and do something before they happen. The strategy must prioritise children and active travel, and draw lessons from past successes, including the road safety plan of the year 2000, which had a transform…”