Speeches by Munt.

“I recognise that there are very good schemes for those on lower incomes and that heating homes is really important. For many older properties and properties in conservation areas, as fast as we heat the homes, the heat just goes out the windows. In my area, where there are lots of older homes and homes in conservation …”

“7. What steps he is taking to help improve the energy efficiency of homes.”

“We need to tell people when it is doing this stuff.”

“It is really helpful of the Minister to ask people to contact Crimestoppers, but I wonder whether the Department can do more to demonstrate how it is prosecuting people who break the law. Enforcement is incredibly important—”

“Will the Minister also meet Henry Hodge, who is part of Black-Ram Recycling and one of the people who informed me about this particular problem with tyres? That is in the constituency just next door, so it is an easy trip.”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of recycling end-of-life tyres. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. The Government have placed the circular economy at the heart of their agenda. The circular economy taskforce has been established and is expected to report back later …”

“I agree with the hon. Gentleman that that should be the case. We need to tighten up the licensing regulation and how the whole process works, so that we can reduce the amount of damage that is done. According to global trade data, the UK disposes of approximately 600,000 tonnes of end-of-life tyres each year. About 350…”

“Although this is a slightly different situation, I want to clarify what the Home Office’s response would be to the case of one of my constituents. She came into the UK with her partner and sought leave to remain. He was arrested four times for domestic abuse, and she alerted the Home Office to the fact that it had happ…”

“I welcome the broad outline of what the Minister is describing in this draft order. I just wanted to highlight that particular case, which is very distressing for the constituent concerned.”

“As part of that “test, test, test” thing, can we have a look before you let it loose?”

“I thought we had done reform. We have spent a massive amount of money doing reform. You talk about end-to-end digitisation. When we went up to Northampton, I am pretty certain I heard that people were digitising stuff so that everything is electronic, but when they go to the next bit and send it to the court, they end …”

“We have heard from a number of people that the courts and the background to the courts is pretty impenetrable. You cannot phone anybody; you cannot email anybody. There is a huge number of inboxes in various courts. Things get siloed. Do you have a comment on that? It seems extraordinary to me. We have heard this from …”

“Is it more modern in Wales?”

“You used Wales as an example where you can pick up some slack from other places. I would imagine that covid had been quite a positive thing, in that one now understands that you do not necessarily have to be physically in a place to be able to work. Although there has been a push from all sorts of people that everyone …”

“I am Tessa Munt. I am the Member for Wells and Mendip Hills, which is in Somerset. Everything is as per my declaration, but I will just point out, for the sake of this session, that I am a director of WhistleblowersUK, which is a non-profit-making organisation.”

“I am not at all critical of the staff. I suspect they are doing their very best in circumstances that must be very frustrating in some cases. This is about the systems. This is a systemic problem, is it not? We still send out orders by post. Is that right? Why do we do that?”

“Surely that is a simple transaction that can be changed everywhere. Every single time you send out an order, you can do it digitally, surely.”

“There are other systems, are there not? If I want to submit my tax return, I have no choice. Certainly, in dealings with Defra and all sorts of other agencies, it is online or die. You just have to do it. You can go to your local library and be assisted to do that if you do not have that capacity at home. It is intense…”

“You are a barrister. You would have been welcomed with open arms. If you are a minion turning up at court on the first occasion and you have never been to court before, I would imagine it is quite daunting. It is about the ability to make people feel welcome and not like they are not guilty the moment they walk through…”

“Can I also ask about accessibility for those who are less mobile, people who might use wheelchairs or whatever? What percentage of our courts have front-door wheelchair accessibility? I have heard of examples where people are invited to go around to where the bins are. What is the level of accessibility?”