Speeches by Quigley.

“When the bid failed, were they given the reasons why it failed?”

“If you had a magic wand, going back to this process, what would you have done differently in these applications?”

“We know that women who are victims of FGM travel to places like France and Germany for reconstructive surgery. Are we saying they do not know what they are doing, or we do not understand what they are doing with that surgery, or we do not agree with the surgery? I am struggling to understand why a healthcare system in …”

“You went through a process of bids and you say it went to the committee and it did not meet the threshold of high-quality research. How do you assess that threshold? Are there metrics? Is it inputs or outputs? It just seems like a process that is guaranteed to fail.”

“Only a fiver? Crikey, it is not the 1960s. Sir Brian, are you suggesting a different approach from the current one? That is not a trick question, but do you feel that the current system of just highlighting issues to Ministers is insufficient?”

“Thank you for that. It is a concern of ours that we miss a Horizon or an infected blood scandal because so much information comes before this Committee. I suppose it is a question of what guardrails you can put in place to say, “Look, it does not really matter what the Department is telling you, this is a serious issue…”

“Thank you for that. Do you think this Committee would need any expertise in particular? Would there be something like the Sir Brian test to say, “This has met a threshold for inquiry”? The danger is that we would all identify a series of emails and we might say, “Yes, we’ve all got 40 on this particular subject,” but M…”

“Committees already bring issues to Ministers, and I think that the Chair of this Committee has done a very good job of doing that.”

“You have further recommended that this Committee consider recommending to Ministers that an inquiry be held if there is sufficient concern to justify one. How do you think this Committee could make the assessment that there is sufficient concern? What do we need to be capable of seeing?”

“I will not, I am afraid—I did warn you, although I do like the hon. Gentleman very much.”

“I must confess that Opposition days are beginning to feel a little bit like groundhog day. A party that largely sat on its hands during some of the most significant and difficult challenges is now returning to tell us where this Government are going wrong, and doing so with all the fervour of a party that has never hel…”

“Not enough to give way. If we cannot trust Dr Hilary Cass, the author of a report that the Conservative party itself has endorsed, when she says she is “absolutely convinced that more children will be harmed if we don’t do the trial than if we do,” who exactly are we prepared to trust? Do we follow the evidence, the cl…”

“I am grateful to have secured my first Adjournment debate as an MP on an issue that has resonated so deeply with many residents across the Isle of Wight, whether they are directly touched by dementia or not. I put on record my thanks to those across the island who have contacted me and are passionately fighting for the…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for that timely intervention. Before I get into the deeply troubling accounts that have been brought to me, I pay tribute to Maggie Bennett and her team who run the Parklands Alzheimer’s café. While the café cannot offer overnight accommodation, it offers vital respite for carers. Loved ones can …”

“I could not agree more; a national dementia strategy is of the utmost importance. As I will go on to say, we currently have a situation where people are being moved away from home or where the care they need just is not available. Nationally, 87% of care services are now commissioned by councils or the NHS at rates bel…”

“Do you think that from the outside, people end up thinking that Parliament has no role in monitoring and scrutiny? Is that what it seems like?”

“I mean the outcome in terms of what happens after an inquiry.”

“You made a striking point that inquiries—to the Chair’s point—may start off with good intentions, but they are almost designed never to come to a conclusion because once there is a conclusion, action has to be taken. So, as you say, there is a severe lack of outcomes for victims and survivors. You have enthusiastically…”

“I do not wish to put words into your mouth, but I get a sense that when you say that sufficient evidence is sufficient, it is because you feel that perfect has become the enemy of the good.”

“The Statutory Inquiries Committee recommended a new Joint Committee to monitor and scrutinise inquiry recommendations. What were the main reasons that was considered to be the best way forward?”