Speeches by Moore.

“Baroness Casey’s recommendations specifically say, “Local authorities, police forces and other relevant agencies should in the meantime”—between June, when the report came out from Baroness Casey and the point at which the national inquiry was set up—“be required not to destroy any relevant records.””

“Baroness Casey felt strongly enough to write that as a recommendation for a direction to be issued. Why was no direction issued by Government?”

“The scale is obviously increasing, given the 5,596 I referenced earlier. According to the BBC, 1,424 of those were cases raised by men, a rise of 66%.”

“That was six months after the publication of the Casey review. That was the first time that it came from the Home Office. It was a further eight months before MHCLG wrote to local authorities with that level of instruction. Given that trust is a key issue here, as you have rightly identified, would the Government not h…”

“Minister, staying with the VAWG strategy, concerns have been raised over the lack of focus on migrant and asylum-seeking women in the strategy. What assessment have you made of the impact of the changes to the immigration rules on migrant and asylum-seeking women at risk of VAWG?”

“Applications by women rose 47% in the same two-year period. It is definitely an increasing trend. In addition to raising the evidential bar, what is the Home Office doing about it?”

“Concerns have been raised—I have raised them to do with my own constituents in Keighley, and it may be similar in your own constituency; the BBC has also been reporting on this—about false claims by migrants purporting to be victims of domestic abuse to remain in this country. The numbers are quite staggering. Accordin…”

“In addition, what the Government are doing to help those against whom a false claim has been made? In my constituency, a false claim was made against the mother of a daughter who had come over from Pakistan. The mother was a teacher at one of my schools, who then lost her job because of the false claim and accusation o…”

“I would like to move on to the rape gangs and child sexual exploitation. Do you agree with all the recommendations in Baroness Casey’s report, which was published in June?”

“It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Harris. We on this side of the House recognise the challenging situation that offshore wind developers face and the need to simplify the process to make schemes deliverable. Equally, we recognise the environmental issues. As we have heard, the regulations seek to shi…”

“My hon. Friend makes an excellent and valid point. We would absolutely expect the Government not only to open those oil fields, but to make sure that they apply exactly the same criteria when any energy project gets the go-ahead, and it feels that a one-size-fits-all approach is not being adopted in this case. I want t…”

“I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. It appears that the Scottish Government are not only ignoring the challenges associated with spatial squeeze—”

“I will absolutely listen to your comments, Mrs Harris. I merely wish to make the point that spatial squeeze is an issue, whether it be north of the border in Scottish waters or south of the border in English waters, where there is a similar challenge to do with offshore wind farm development. Whether it be the UK Gover…”

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“Can the Minister expand on whether fishermen were included as one of the key stakeholder organisations as part of the guidance.”

“The Minister is being incredibly kind in giving way, but to push her on that point: has the guidance been stress-tested on the fishermen to date? The Minister said she will work with them. Have the fishermen been involved yet?”

“Last July, my constituent Caroline decided to take out her civil service pension after 37 years working in the tax office in Shipley. Nine months later and she has still not received a single penny of the tens of thousands of pounds she is entitled to, despite many emails, messages and phone calls. Caroline is at her w…”

“The hon. Member is making an excellent speech. I have participated many a time in the Allendale challenge up in Northumberland to raise money for the North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team. I thank all the volunteers who get involved, wherever in the country they are helping out. Since it is volunteers who are giving up th…”

“The reason for calling this debate is that we are dealing with a real and live challenge, particularly in my constituency and neighbouring constituencies. The debate has been very worthwhile, but I have major concerns. There was a moratorium in place under the previous Conservative Administration, which has been remove…”

“I recognise that, but I have written to the Secretary of State urging the Government to extend the consultation period that is in place right now—it ends on 10 June. Given that the developer put this consultation in place in the middle of local elections, the two key councils, Bradford and Calderdale, cannot comment fo…”