Speeches by Moore.

“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?”

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

“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…”

“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…”

“As Members of Parliament, I often think that our role is to be both problem solvers and place makers. That is why today’s debate has been so important. I thank hon. Members for their contributions. The common themes have been obvious: early consultation is really important, as well as addressing the challenges around m…”

“I want to pick up on the point about the grey belt. I will use an example from my own constituency where we have challenges. The local authority is developing its local plan, but genuine concerns have been raised that where houses are being allocated, the need is not being identified—in other words, green belt or grey …”

“I thank the hon. Member for his intervention, but he started off by saying, “I’m not going to make this political,” and then went on to make a very political point. I secured this debate to raise the concerns that residents have been raising. I robustly say to this new Labour Administration that communities like mine i…”

“Absolutely; my hon. Friend makes an excellent intervention. All too often, we see little pockets of development taking place on the outskirts of relatively small towns, without due consideration of the wider challenges with traffic congestion on highways, schools, doctors’ surgeries and indeed the retail offering. Crik…”

“The hon. Member makes an excellent point. The reality is that section 106 money should be spent within a closely defined community area to mitigate any negative impacts resulting from the development. Unfortunately, we are not seeing that in my constituency. Bradford council, which is Labour-controlled, has the power t…”

“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…”

“I know that my colleague will ask about special grants so I will not go there, but what I would like to delve into a little bit is the impact on people throughout the summer and the impact on the workforce and the resilience of your teams. Do you want to give a bit of an overview of negative impacts that the summer per…”

“This is not aimed at anyone in particular but you mentioned the implications of trauma as well as those negative implications that would have been dealt with by some forces. I know in the written evidence that the Committee received some forces specifically highlighted that and Jake Richards has also referenced it in s…”

“Is there anything additional that has not been said?”

“Thank you all for your time. It is much appreciated. I am very keen to focus on the financial pressures that each of your forces have experienced. I will ask you all to dig into that a little bit and also explain what that means for other policing pressures when you have either a riot or the pressures that we saw over …”

“To expand on two of the points that you made—I do not know if anyone else wants to add anything—on the reimbursement element, obviously you have no control of when within the calendar year protests are happening, but the financial budget is set at a particular time of the year. At what stage do you feel it is normal fo…”

“Chief Constable Heaton, is there anything you want to add or in addition to what has already been said?”

“Please do.”

“May I also ask about shift patterns? When you are making decisions around the allocation of resource during the peak period of a protest or beyond that, could you expand on the financial pressures when making decisions around shift patterns?”

“Chief Constable Noble, is there anything you want to add on the financials? Does the same apply for decisions around reimbursement? I assume it does to all four forces.”