Speeches by Moore.

“My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and I was just going to come to that. Natural England is engaged in that consultation right now. It is not just me who is concerned about the consultation process and the direction that Natural England is going in; the concern is shared by my hon. Friend and by Members across th…”

“Clearly, the reason why our moorlands are in the state they are in today is the collective management that is taking place, whether by mechanical means or through the moorland management burning plans that exist. If we were to end the burning of heather altogether, we would allow the woody stock to generate that has le…”

“Earlier this month Family Business UK confirmed what was obvious to many on this side of the House—but not, apparently, to Labour Members—that the Government’s changes to business property relief will cause more than 200,000 job losses and cost the economy nearly £15 billion. That includes 250 jobs in my constituency a…”

“I would like to put on record my thanks to the Minister for her interaction with me in my endeavours to get a banking hub in Ilkley. Could I ask the Minister about the assessment criteria that Link and Cash Access UK are using? Is it the right course to get to the point where we are relying on the final bank to close b…”

“After a long campaign, we have finally been successful in securing a banking hub in Ilkley, despite having to wait for the last bank to announce its closure. However, securing access to cash is not just about securing a banking hub; it is about securing an ATM that people can access when the hub is closed. We found tha…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Leicestershire (Mr Bedford) for securing today’s important debate because, as he and my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne (Lewis Cocking) have illustrated, many of our small independent businesses have contacted…”

“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 …”

“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 …”

“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 frustrating that it has taken a national embarrassment to get you and the Mayor of West Yorkshire to change position on this. At a local level, given the level of concern that has consistently been raised about the Bradford district in particular, do you accept that there should be a spotlight on Bradford as part…”

“Finally on ethnicity: do you believe that men of Pakistani heritage are overrepresented in cases of grooming in West Yorkshire? And if so, why?”

“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…”

“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…”

“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…”

“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…”

“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…”

“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.”

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