Speeches by Moore.

“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.”

“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 …”

“How do you go about that process of cross-departmental agreement? Putting up the price of one visa could have an impact on the amount of revenue coming in.”

“That brings me nicely to my next follow-up point. How do you balance the competing priorities of controlling net migration, making sure that you still have revenue coming into the Treasury—if not increasing it—alongside workforce demands across different sectors and the ambitions of growth?”

“I will move on to visas. What considerations do the Home Office take into account when deciding the level of visa fees?”

“Just finally on this point, correct me if I am wrong, but I assume that the 13,000 are additional staff over and above those who may be retiring, falling ill, taking leave, having contracts terminated and so on.”

“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…”

“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…”

“The hon. Member’s intervention gets to the nub of the why this petition is so important: not all employers are doing the right thing by their employees. That parent may be a single parent or have no support around them, and they can end up in a very difficult situation, having to deal quite immediately with the challen…”

“The hon. Member must have read my speech, because I will come later to the importance of all employers and employees being aware of the rights that already exist. There are a number of protection measures out there. The challenge is that employers and employees do not necessarily know what support is available. Through…”

“To sum up, I first want to thank Christina, because without her and the circumstances she has brought to our attention, we would not have had the petition, the over 100,000 signatures that have attached themselves to it and therefore this debate. On behalf of the Petitions Committee, I thank not only Christina but Skye…”

“I always agree that it is fine in this place for us to be designing guidance, regulations or indeed other legislation, but unless it practically works and has the positive impact it was designed to have, it benefits no one. More datasets and data collected and available to Government to help them make the right decisio…”

“Absolutely, and I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Not all employers sing from the same hymn sheet by providing that good level of support and care to their employees while they are going through very traumatic situations. Some employers are very good, but not all carry out the same level of care for their e…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 638449 relating to career breaks for parents of seriously ill children. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. No parent should have to go through the upset and anguish of seeing their child diagnosed or suffering with a serious illness. Sadly…”

“I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. That absolutely highlights the importance of why the petition needs to be considered by the Government and the Minister of the day. The Employment Rights Bill that is working its way through the House includes some positive measures. Potentially, this petition is an additio…”

“Absolutely. That highlights the associated challenges for parents, and not only the financial ones that can unexpectedly be put on them, but the emotional challenges and anxiety-related issues. Whether the scenario involves a short-term care plan being put in place or something much longer, that anxiety is absolutely t…”

“Whether it be the drastic reduction in business property relief and agricultural property relief, which will decimate many family businesses, or the increase in employer national insurance, which will negatively impact all businesses, including the GP surgeries in Keighley that have told me they are now deciding to fre…”

“Will the Minister give way?”