Speeches by Moore.

“Why has that not been audited as you have been going along and changed and adapted to reduce the cost to the taxpayer?”

“Under the current hotel arrangement, would you accept there is a variation in terms of the standard of provision that is rolled out to those who are using the service from one hotel to another? From the visits that we have been doing, there is a great deal of variation in terms of the size of the community space that e…”

“To very quickly summarise, all three providers are not changing their performance targets for any type of hotel provision. That obviously relates to contingency hotels as well. Do you feel that if contracts were to be renegotiated further down the line, there is any cost effectiveness that can be achieved through the c…”

“The same performance regime in relation to performance targets across all hotel accommodations?”

“I want to just focus on performance management. The question applies to you all. The contracts allow you and the Home Office to set different performance targets for hotel accommodation. To what extent have you done that and negotiated that with the Home Office?”

“So, to summarise, no actual observation or assessment criteria is done in terms of capacity and impact on additional services beyond the actual accommodation itself when assessing the criteria for hotel accommodation.”

“What level of interaction do you have with local authorities as part of that recommendation to the Home Office?”

“As a provider, do you take into account the impact of capacity on other services beyond the accommodation itself when putting forward a recommendation to the Home Office?”

“Everything you have mentioned relates to the capacity of the accommodation itself; you have mentioned that hotels should not be next to roads or highways and so on. But nothing you have mentioned relates to the impact on local services: GPs, schools, transport connectivity, which all have a direct impact. When you are …”

“Following along the same themes, availability was mentioned when choosing a hotel location. What is your assessment of availability?”

“Thank you, Mrs Hobhouse.I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman) on securing a really important debate. There is no better champion on this issue in Parliament. He is bringing together many all-party parliamentary groups to specifically tackle and bring to the Minister’s attention the i…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I thank the hon. Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) for securing this incredibly important debate. As has been indicated in all the contributions, we realise that small abattoirs are a vital part of our food supply chain and, therefore, of ou…”

“On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, I thank those who fought for our and Europe’s freedom and, indeed, those who worked our land and kept our nation fed. Our peatlands store 26 times more carbon than forests. They improve water quality and protect communities up and down the UK from flooding. The Nature Minister rightly…”

“Baby Jack was just 16 months old when, on Boxing day 2022, he passed away from sudden unexplained death in childhood, which was incredibly heartbreaking. It is something that unfortunately we just do not know enough about. I want to commend Jack’s parents, Cheryl and Darren from Silsden, whom I have met. They have been…”

“We have had huge amounts of tariffs put on the UK, and then a trade deal to reduce them; there have been positive impacts on some industries, and potentially negative impacts on others. Today’s announcement of a UK-US trade deal has therefore given rise to more questions than answers. On one side, we have US officials …”

“Focusing on the targeting of funding, evidence suggests that about 11 million people live in rural areas and international research indicates that violence against women and girls is more prevalent in rural areas. What do you think the Government should do more of particularly in rural areas where you may be dealing wi…”

“Thank you. Is there anything in addition?”

“Thank you. On prevention?”

“Maybe this is an unfair question to ask you, and I will ask everyone. Is there an appropriate ratio, appropriate balance between the funding for prevention and funding for other services beyond prevention?”

“Many issues have been discussed and I think this is almost summing up some of the key themes that have come through. This has been slightly touched on throughout, but what criteria should the Government be using to prioritise funding for the services that you are providing in an ideal world? Ellie, do you want to go fi…”