Speeches by Quigley.

“Mr Banister, are you content that the PHSO had full understanding of the regulatory functions of the Charity Commission, particularly the commission’s role in identifying and investigating any apparent misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of charities, as opposed to general misconduct or mismanagement?”

“If that is the case—you are saying that it is an unedifying process but you would not do anything differently—do we have a much bigger problem?”

“What would you want to do differently in this case?”

“I will be brief. To bring it back to the reason we are here, there are two victims, for want of a better word, who have both waived their right to anonymity: Ms Hall and Mr Murray. In Ms Hall’s words, “The Charity Commission’s repeated failures have caused me profound pain and ongoing injustice. Instead of holding a tr…”

“What value do you think you as the PHSO have offered in these cases?”

“Does the hon. Member agree that perpetrators should not be rewarded through the court process with reduced sentences when they change their plea to guilty at the last minute? It is just a continuation of the coercive and controlling behaviour that they have already displayed.”

“5. What steps his Department is taking to help prevent people convicted of domestic abuse from using family court proceedings to harass their victims.”

“While I welcome the steps the Department has already taken to prevent perpetrators of domestic abuse from using the family courts to continue coercive control, will the Minister look to ensure that legal aid is accessible to victims in pathfinder courts, particularly at decision hearings, given the worrying reports tha…”

“1. What assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of support available to survivors of sexual assault on the Isle of Wight.”

“I thank the Minister for her answer. On the Isle of Wight, the absence of a sexual assault referral centre means that survivors of rape and sexual assault are often required to make a long ferry journey to Portsmouth or Southampton—sometimes in the very clothes they were assaulted in—to access the specialist support th…”

“Happy St George’s day, Mr Speaker. My right hon. Friend may have heard me say what a fantastic place the Isle of Wight is to live, work and learn. Does he agree that our island is uniquely well placed to test exciting new policies and initiatives across all Departments to speed up national roll-out, as evidenced in an …”

“21. What steps his Department is taking to improve cross-departmental working.”

“My constituent Ollie Bennett is wanted by Interpol for an alleged crime in Morocco three decades ago. Ollie has always maintained his innocence, and following a debate in this place, his crewmate was granted a full royal pardon for the same charges. Ollie, however, was not. In December, he was arrested and detained in …”

“For members of the general public out there who look at very brief snippets of standards in public life, how will the EIC improve confidence in the public and how will the public know things have got better?”

“Okay. Correct me if I am wrong, but the EIC has no regulatory power or political power to enforce standards. Will its creation change anything?”

“The joy.”

“What would failure look like?”

“The Government chose to fulfil their manifesto promise to create an Ethics and Integrity Commission by replacing the Committee for Standards in Public Life with that commission rather than a new and separate body. Is there a reason for that?”

“This is a question for all three of you. Do you have a very clear idea of what success and failure look like? In terms of success, what are the handbrakes or the things you need to focus on?”

“I guess a repeat of where we are this week.”