Speeches by Munt.

“Thank you very much. I just wondered whether we were all working at cross-purposes in different areas and doing all sorts of different things in different schemes.”

“It is not related.”

“Can I stress test that a bit? Is that where somebody has come from area A and they have returned to area A and lost their accommodation? It might have been social housing or whatever. Is that what you are talking about, where somebody has come back into their own area and they are not able to pick up on their accommoda…”

“I want to look at your experience of the other end, if you like, where local authorities offer incentives to private landlords and accommodation for ex-offenders through local authorities and other Government support that might be available. How do you feel that is working in reality?”

“Do any of the other witnesses have any comment to make about that?”

“On a technicality, I think you said that you work in 12 regions.”

“That would be helpful. Could you elucidate on some of the barriers faced by people who are trying to access something in the way of more long-term housing? You have identified some things. Looking at that, whether it is social housing, supported housing, or private rented accommodation, I recognise there is heat in the…”

“Oh, do they?”

“Can you expand on that a little?”

“Is the situation different, or maybe the statistics are different, for women coming out of prison? Is there a difference, or does everybody get treated equally?”

“Yes.”

“I am intrigued, because I thought there were nine regions in England, so maybe I missed something.”

“When women have children and they are reunited with their family perhaps, does different stuff come into play?”

“Indeed; I was going to ask you about that next.”

“I beg to move amendment 30, in clause 11, page 10, line 4, leave out paragraph (b).”

“It is a pleasure to serve with you as Chair, Sir Roger. Amendment 30 removes the exemption for journalism from the offence of misleading the public, showing that no one, including journalists or public officials writing in a journalistic capacity—including in internal newsletters—can avoid accountability for knowingly …”

“It was a long one. I am sorry, Sir Roger.”

“I want to put on record that I recognise that journalism has an important place in shedding light on various situations. I understand that, but I am concerned that this particular wording covers everything. I write journalistically every day of my life. I suspect that I have effectively written a whole bunch of journal…”

“I seek a little clarity. The Minister made reference to somebody who is seriously injured. They might be part of the proceedings as a friend of the family of somebody who has died. We have seen fairly recently people being injured in a terrorist attack in which colleagues around them have died. They might have somethin…”

“I have had discussions with the Minister about the Bill’s relationship with the families of those who are deceased, and I am rather hopeful that she will consider new clause 5. It has been implied that people who are seriously injured or survivors are included in the Bill, but I would like to be very specific about tha…”