Speeches by Hall.

“Year 6 McKellen pupils at St Philip Westbrook primary school in my constituency are campaigning against hostile architecture, such as spikes and divided benches, which makes life harder for people experiencing homelessness. Will the Leader of the House join me in praising their courageous advocacy and make time for a d…”

“I want to use my contribution today to talk about my constituent Lucy Harrison. I warn Members that what follows will be painful to hear—painful because Lucy was deeply loved, because Lucy’s life was taken in circumstances that should never have happened, and because Lucy’s family and loved ones have had to carry the t…”

“Given that the Crown Estate does not collect or publish information on the receipts, how can Parliament and the Public Accounts Committee be assured that those arrangements represent value for money and are being managed transparently?”

“In your opinion, does allowing leaseholders to retain sub-letting income constitute a public subsidy or financial benefit? If not, why not?”

“In the case of Royal Lodge, why did the lease allow for the three cottages to be privately rented by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, rather than the Crown Estate leasing them and generating income for the taxpayer?”

“Did the Crown Estate have any visibility or oversight over the rents that were charged for those properties?”

“Why is that?”

“Dan, I am afraid it is back to you again. I would like to look at sub-letting in residential lease agreements. How common is it for leases to allow for income from sub-letting publicly owned property not to be returned to the Crown Estate or the Treasury?”

“The leases on Royal Lodge, Bagshot Park and Thatched House Lodge contain materially different provisions on sub-letting. Why is that?”

“How do you monitor the income-generating sub-letting arrangements on the properties? Does that happen?”

“Sorry to interrupt, but you say “regular”. How regular are we talking?”

“So there is transparency about some of this—”

“I have a couple of points to follow on from Catherine’s; I think most of it has been covered. On the overall phase 1, including the temporary accommodation, the thing that we as a Committee are very keen on is milestones, reporting and making sure things do not slip. What will be in place to track progress through that…”

“Who does that involve? Who is doing the scrutinising?”

“So there is not one individual but several.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) for securing this hugely important debate and for his powerful speech. Just a few weeks ago, I stood outside Downing Street alongside women living with invasive lobular breast cancer, their families and campai…”

“Trish is a phenomenal campaigner—a lot like Susan—and she wants to work together to create an awareness campaign so that women understand that there is a difference between types of breast cancer. We are looking to establish a support group for women who have lobular breast cancer; that is in the works. On training, my…”

“On the big projects that we have seen in the past, one of the big issues that we have come up against time and again is the lack of monitoring throughout the process. If we can see it on a regular basis and have that ability to scrutinise, that would be very useful.”

“I would like to revisit governance, as we have not touched on accountability yet. Where does the overall accountability for programme delivery sit?”

“How do they differentiate the decisions they make, which Parliament then has to approve? Is one strategic?”