Speeches by Moore.

“Having consistently advocated for victims of the rape gangs scandal in my part of West Yorkshire—I have raised the subject more than 40 times in this place since being elected—I want to focus on that issue in the short time I have been allocated to speak today. It is over two decades since the Labour MP Ann Cryer, my p…”

“Nobody has, and that is exactly why I have been advocating for a local inquiry across the Bradford district—for far too long. A report of 50 pages that looked at five children who had been sexually exploited in the Bradford district was released in 2020. It acknowledged that there had been mistakes, but nobody was held…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“Rape gangs and the grooming of children has haunted Keighley and the wider Bradford district for decades, yet local leaders have consistently refused to launch an inquiry. The national IICSA report, which the Home Secretary is treating as a silver bullet, was not an inquiry into rape gangs. Nor does it reference Keighl…”

“Thank you, Mr Speaker. I take this opportunity to wish you and all in the House a very merry Christmas. Many customers are rightly concerned about Thames Water and the situation that company finds itself in. For the third time of asking the Secretary of State in this Chamber, will he confirm that he will not issue any …”

“I have been contacted by vast numbers of families and relatives of those who have been wonderfully cared for by Sue Ryder Manorlands hospice in Oxenhope in the Worth valley. They are all concerned about the impact that the rise in employer national insurance will have on them. Those at Manorlands are deeply concerned t…”

“I often think of our role as place-makers, problem solvers and great representatives of our constituencies, and on that basis, I say a huge thank you to all of my constituents for re-electing me. There is loads of fuel in the tank to keep me going in representing the mighty constituency of Keighley and Ilkley with grea…”

“Many businesses will be severely negatively impacted by the Government’s announcement on changes to inheritance tax through business property relief. Those in the hospitality sector, such as hoteliers and breweries, and even the manufacturing, engineering and tech businesses in my constituency, have contacted me with t…”

“I want to move on to police standards and confidence within policing, so moving on to themes. In October you announced a package of reforms to rebuild confidence in police officers and communities. Will you be publishing a formal response, building on the accountability issue, to the concerns that the last Administrati…”

“There is a proposal to build 65 wind turbines on protected peatland in the neighbouring Calderdale council area, which I am staunchly against. To make matters worse, if the development is approved, my constituents will not benefit from any community benefit scheme, despite being on the periphery of the proposed locatio…”

“5. If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a community benefit scheme for households near new energy infrastructure.”

“A final question before moving on: one of the key concerns that keeps getting raised is this feeling of disenfranchisement felt by those victims and their families from the state, whether the state be local authorities or anyone who has safeguarding responsibilities. That has been raised with me, as well as things that…”

“Alexis Jay did a very good report into Rotherham and we have had Mayor Andy Burnham do the Rochdale review, both of which identified systemic failures at that local level. In my constituency of Keighley and Ilkley I am deeply concerned about issues of child sexual exploitation in the wider Bradford district. Given that…”

“One of the issues that concerns me is child sexual exploitation, particularly when we are looking at violence against women and girls. Greater Manchester published the Rochdale review, which identified 96 men with risk to children, and identified systemic failures at the local authority level. Do you agree that the wor…”

“Police misconduct.”

“Home Secretary, to expand on the associated wider remit associated with that, can you say what those other areas are likely to be?”

“I have a follow-up question on police numbers, Home Secretary. You mentioned that you are looking to recruit around 13,000 officers in the years ahead. Does the Department have any expectation of the funding split between recruiting police officers and PCSOs?”

“Dalton Mills in Keighley, which has previously been the film set for “Peaky Blinders” and the like, has unfortunately experienced continual arson attacks. The most damaging fire was back in March 2022, when £15 million of damage was caused, and the most recent arson attack happened only two days ago. The situation is c…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the responsibilities of housing developers. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am pleased to have secured this debate on housing developers and the challenges that my constituents face around the multiple housing developments that are current…”

“My hon. Friend’s excellent intervention gets to the nub of the point that I want to make. When multiple applications or developments are coming down the pipeline, they must all be considered duly and properly by the local authority. Bradford council, the unitary authority for my area, does not do that, which is incredi…”