Speeches by Moore.

“I struggle to understand how the Minister can come out with these pre-written speeches and expect anyone to believe him. How can he say that stability has now been put back into the wider economy when many hard-working businesses, including the SMEs that many hon. Members have talked about in this debate, are strugglin…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that this demonstrates that the Labour Government do not understand how our small businesses operate, and are not on their side? We see the impact of not only VAT registration, but employer’s national insurance, minimum wage and business rates increases, among other things. Does he agree that …”

“This is effectively going to ban the spraying of organic manures in the coming months. Is the Secretary of State categorically ruling that out?”

“It is a shame that the Secretary of State did not do any media at the Royal Cornwall Show and pulled out of speaking events. I can tell him that DEFRA is ranked the third biggest loser of any Government Department in the spending review, and that is his failure. In reality, we are now looking at cuts to the farming bud…”

“It is a pleasure to cover for the shadow Secretary of State, who is speaking to farmers at the 140th Lincolnshire Agricultural Show. Having visited many such shows myself, including North Sheep 2025 and Cereals 2025 just last week, may I say how disappointed I am by the Secretary of State’s lack of attendance at these …”

“Can I just ask what conversations you have had with the Secretary of State for Education on the IICSA recommendations?”

“When was the last meeting you had?”

“Any organisation that effectively has safeguarding responsibility, including the CPS. So how do you envisage the terms of reference being established, and how do you envisage getting cross-Government buy-in? Yes, it was the Home Secretary who made the announcement, but actually this cuts across every Government Departm…”

“Thank you. Openness, transparency, and accountability are incredibly important; that is absolutely noted. This brings me on to my next question, which has to do with the terms of reference potentially associated with the national inquiry. I know that West Yorkshire Police fed into your report and helped with, I suspect…”

“I really appreciate your response. The excuses at a local level were first about it being too expensive and therefore not warranted. Then it turned into the idea that we would learn nothing new. An element of communication is coming out from Bradford Council, and, dare I say it, our West Yorkshire Mayor as well, and ve…”

“Baroness Casey, let me say a huge thank you to you and your whole team for the amount of work that you have put in to producing these recommendations. It is hugely appreciated. I want to focus my questions on the national inquiry, and local inquiries as well. I refer to page 137 of your report, in which you make refere…”

“And for you as the—”

“Yes, which is what I have just said. So my question is just how much dialogue is the Home Office having with the—”

“The reason I ask is I did a written question to the Home Office asking when the recommendation for a Cabinet Minister for children was going to be implemented, and the response that I had was, “Oh, well, that’s the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Education.””

“When was the last conversation you had with the Secretary of State for Education with IICSA? You personally as a safeguarding Minister.”

“Power for court to intervene in councils to exercise parental responsibility. My understanding is that there has been no indication on timings associated with that. The point I am making is there are about 14 of the recommendations that we do not have a proper understanding of timeframe yet.”

“I will mention City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council again, and I know that you were kind enough to meet with me and indeed David Greenwood who I brought along to the meeting as an expert and child abuse lawyer. That is an area where there has been an element of concern that has been consistently raised and yo…”

“Just following on the session that we had earlier on, which I know you were kindly listening into—”

“Can you just provide any indication—if you are aware at the moment—on whether the structure following the announcement of the national inquiry is going to focus on more areas beyond the five that have already been indicated?”

“Are you able to give any better indication on timeframe? I am just conscious we are almost a year in.”