Speeches by Moore.

“My constituency is blighted by the shocking crime of child sexual exploitation, and rebuilding trust among victims in our criminal justice system is vital if victims are to come forward. Recently, eight men from my constituency were sentenced for the horrendous gang rape of two children and received shockingly short se…”

“When we thought it could not get any worse, the Government roll out their latest attack on our farming community and UK food production, setting the direction that they want to replace food production, with around 20% of farmland being dedicated to solar farms, tree planting, biodiversity offsetting and wildlife habita…”

“I put on record my sheer admiration for my constituent and local community champion, Julie Meares. I first met her four years ago, when she wanted to make sure we had a proper community centre in the centre of Braithwaite. We got there with her dedication to improving Braithwaite, and I went to the opening of the new K…”

“We all agree that better choice and more services—in particular, direct services—are an objective that we all want. Unfortunately, in Keighley, we do not have any open access provision at the moment. Does my hon. Friend agree that if we achieved a direct link between Skipton and London or Ilkley and London, with more o…”

“Many constituents, including Maggie Gardiner, have kindly contacted me about their deep concern for the wellbeing of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been detained by the IDF. I have written to the Foreign Secretary about that, and I know that the Government have raised the issue with the Israeli authorities. What explana…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“I am pleased to see that the hon. Member has been given her Labour Whips’ handout note. It is interesting that not once did I hear her oppose the Labour Government’s increase in council tax. Not only that, but she did not call out the mismanagement of the Labour-controlled authority. I am referring to the whopping £50 …”

“I will give way to my neighbour, the hon. Member for Shipley (Anna Dixon). I hope that she will join me in opposing the council tax rise.”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“I would be interested to hear what the hon. Lady’s constituents say. She has quoted the previous Administration completely wrongly, because they were absolutely behind the campaign to split the two constituencies apart. Indeed, I had many a meeting with the boundary commission. The challenge is that we have to get cons…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“I give way to the hon. Member for Shipley.”

“I absolutely agree. That point has been made not only by my hon. Friend, but by many Conservative Members. They say that the Government may, on the one hand, be passing down finance to local government, but they are, on the other hand, taking it away through the increase in employer national insurance contributions. Th…”

“I will not give way, because I do not think the hon. Lady will agree with me and many of the constituents across the Bradford district in opposing a nearly 10% increase in council tax. I hope that her constituents are watching. Not only that; it also comes down to the absolute mismanagement of children’s services by Br…”

“I rise to speak on behalf of my constituents across Keighley, Ilkley, Silsden, Craven, Worth Valley, and indeed my wider constituency area. I want to focus on a specific part of the Government’s announcement and the real frustration that all my constituents will now face, as a result of the Government’s decision, a 9.9…”

“Thank you for your time this afternoon. I want to build on the point Connor just made around the settlement wanting to achieve 13,000 as a combination of neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs. I assume that there is a cost differential between recruiting PCSOs as opposed to neighbourhood police officers. Do you know …”

“Just expanding on that, how is the Home Office planning on meeting the challenge, inevitably, where different forces want to potentially bid for a different combination of PCSOs and neighbourhood police officers? I assume that it has not indicated the figures, but if it is cheaper for PCSOs to form that part of the rec…”

“It would be useful to have that in writing. If police forces are saying to us, “In order to facilitate keeping as many police officers or PCSOs out on the streets as possible with our existing numbers before the additional recruitment, we actually need more backroom staff to be able to allow the existing officers to sp…”