Speeches by Olney.

“Just so I am clear—does that extend to local authorities as well? They cannot collect financial information?”

“Did you want to come in, Susan?”

“A concern that has been raised with me locally about a home in my constituency is that the company running it is registered as dormant and does not have adequate share capital. That information is obviously publicly available through Companies House. Is that the sort of information that either the DfE or local authorit…”

“I want to ask a bit more about the financial situation of some of the companies that are providing care homes. We know, for example, that some of the private equity-owned providers have much higher debt levels than other providers, which obviously gives rise to concerns about their sustainability. What information, Gil…”

“When you have completed the capital provision in London for secure places, even though you have talked about hoping not to need quite so much, do you think it will cover the gap that you anticipate you will have?”

“Reduce the need.”

“What will the capital programme that you are putting in place in London do to address the shortage of secure places? Will that make up all the gap or will it just go part of the way?”

“Thank you for that, but, Ms Acland-Hood, do you nevertheless accept that work remains to be done to ensure that, even when a secure place or a children’s home is needed, it is necessary to ensure that not quite so many children are having to go quite so far? If you do, what is happening to address that?”

“As I was explaining in the earlier session, I am concerned about the issue of young people being placed far from home. I accept that on some of the evidence we have had, just because it looks bad in London does not necessarily mean that it is. Nevertheless, a concerning number of children—at least half, from the data w…”

“I understand, thank you.”

“In my constituency of Richmond Park, our policing force has been decimated. We used to have three police stations, and now we have none. The next nearest police station is facing the closure of its front counter, and the Royal Parks police force has been scrapped. People in my constituency have no faith that common cri…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that interest rates shot up in the way he has just described as a direct result of that mini-Budget three years ago, and that that is precisely why the taxpayer is now paying such large interest rate payments to the banks? Is it not therefore right that the Conservative party should get behind…”

“The hon. Gentleman will be happy to hear that 53.3% of Richmond Park voters voted for me to be their representative, so I was, in fact, elected by the majority of my constituents. I am delighted to hear that he thinks I am doing a good job for them. I think he was attempting to highlight that many of the people in the …”

“It is a real pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner) and hear her passionate advocacy for this Bill. The Liberal Democrats support many of the principles of this Bill. We have long advocated for strengthening employment rights in several ways, including by increasing support for c…”

“They are different kinds of work with different work patterns, requiring different skills and experience. I am not entirely certain what point the hon. Member wants me to respond to. If a different regulatory framework is to apply to seasonal work, a clear definition of seasonal work must be created to prevent employer…”

“There is a balance between the employer and the employee. If the fit is not right, it is better for both sides that the employment is brought to an end, and that the employee is free to seek more appropriate employment. There are very significant concerns. The lack of clarity about probation periods, which the Minister…”

“The point has been made on a number of occasions that it is always possible for employers to make mistakes in their hiring—for people to not be the right fit for the job. There should be a straightforward way for those employers to dismiss those people without being challenged on the basis that the dismissal was unfair…”

“May I finish the point? If people are choosing from a list of five people, it is likely, under the first-past-the-post system, that the winning candidate will receive less than 50% of the vote. In a strike ballot, the choice is between two options. That is why there should be more than 50% of all members voting for the…”

“My hon. Friend represents his constituents and their businesses in North Norfolk so admirably. He is absolutely right about skills, which neither Conservative nor Labour Members have yet mentioned, but which are fundamental to powering the growth we really need in our economy. Providing the support that our high street…”

“I am very grateful to take advice from the right hon. Gentleman as to what I should and should not include in my speech. What I would say is that it is always targeted pots of money for individual places, but we have always advocated for a much more wide-ranging set of policies that would support all high streets where…”