Speeches by Lowe.

“I have one question for the Permanent Secretary and one for Sir Andy. I had a look at your profile, Dame Antonia. I am not a great man at doing research, but it did not take me very long to find out that many in Whitehall and the media call you the “queen of woke”. Do you recognise that title?”

“It is driven by your championing and proactive implementation of high-paying DEI roles within the civil service. I had a quick look.”

“If you dispute that, this is what the media have said.”

“If I go on to my question, I think you will understand. I had a quick look. In 2021-22, the police forces spent £15 million on DEI and there were 147 DEI officers. Whether they are highly paid or lowly paid I leave to everybody to judge. In 2023-24, there are 197. The DEI virus is growing within the police force. Are y…”

“Geoffrey, this is quite important. They come to see me because they think the police are being made less efficient by the cant that is coming from the top of the police force, which clearly is coming from somewhere. This is my question. Does it make them operationally less efficient? I then have, in a moment, an observ…”

“Are you driving the DEI agenda within the police force?”

“Well, I have asked a lot of questions through my parliamentary office. Number of GP registrations by non-UK citizens? No data. Number of illegals accessing healthcare services? No data. Cost of treating those with no right to be here? No data. Nationality and immigration status? The NHS uses no data. Patient category b…”

“It does appear that we have a major problem here. Not only are more people suffering the consequences of medical malpractice, but the downstream costs of dealing with that are obviously rising. I think we have to look at the upstream and the downstream. The legal costs are a downstream result of medical malpractice in …”

“I am happy to do that, Chairman, but I do think that the NHS needs to improve its whistleblowing line and make sure people do feel comfortable coming forward. They would not come forward to Restore Britain’s line if they thought they were going to be treated fairly by the NHS whistleblowing line. I venture to suggest t…”

“Clearly, these people do not agree.”

“These are my whistleblowers, Chairman, but they are not reporting it to the NHS for fear of reprisals.”

“So you disagree with these whistleblowers?”

“Thank you for that. Can you explain something to me, then? I have had literally hundreds of NHS whistleblowers contact me. You probably know that I set up something called Restore Britain; we have our own whistleblowing line. We have literally had hundreds of NHS staff whistleblowers—I do mean hundreds—contact us about…”

“T6. Does the Home Secretary agree that if a migrant—legal or illegal—cannot speak English, claims benefits, lives in social housing, refuses to work, rejects integration, commits crime, and is a drain on our society or even actively hates Britain and wishes to do us harm, they should be removed from our country, regard…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I am grateful to the Petitions Committee for granting time for this extremely important debate, following our successful petition. Most importantly, I thank the more than 190,000 British people who signed the petition that we initiated, which calls for an en…”

“I am sure that the hon. Gentleman has heard of the Pakistani rape gangs, which are currently the subject of my crowdfunder. When he reads the report that is coming out in March, I am sure he will agree with me. We are witnessing the steady expansion of what are essentially speech crimes—offences where there is no viole…”

“It strikes me that there are too many people involved in this chain. It was made clear earlier that this scheme was over-complex and, in many ways, needed to be reformed and reviewed. It seems to me that it is a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth, and nobody is prepared to take responsibility. Again, that must f…”

“I am always wary of experts. It is better if principals deal with it, isn’t it? Have you reviewed it? Has your Department reviewed it?”

“Have you reviewed the balance sheets of these insurers or guarantors?”

“I think the Committee would like to see whatever minutes you have. It would be unprofessional and, in my view, irregular not to have minutes of meetings. I think we should see those, Chairman. Also, you have referred to guarantors, rather than insurers. With these insurers or, indeed, guarantors, are they FCA-regulated…”