Speeches by Osborne.

“Q12. May I ask the Prime Minister about our national health service and what better treatments we can offer people suffering from memory loss? A very distressing case was recently brought to my attention by a constituent in Wouldham, a village in my constituency, of a man who could not remember his own words—even thoug…”

“I thank the Home Secretary for coming to the House today, and I extend the sympathies of my constituents to Henry Nowak’s family over this heinous and horrific crime. There is speculation online about the identities of these police officers, which is putting at risk other officers across the country due to the irrespon…”

“In Medway we have identified 240 NEETs as part of our local authority review. They have suggested that part of the solution is increasing the capacity of further education colleges so that people can be streamlined from school straight into college, as opposed to having to wait. Does the Minister agree that more invest…”

“I thank the Home Secretary for coming to the House today, and I extend the sympathies of my constituents to Henry Nowak’s family over this heinous and horrific crime. There is speculation online about the identities of these police officers, which is putting at risk other officers across the country due to the irrespon…”

“In Medway we have identified 240 NEETs as part of our local authority review. They have suggested that part of the solution is increasing the capacity of further education colleges so that people can be streamlined from school straight into college, as opposed to having to wait. Does the Minister agree that more invest…”

“I have a quick question on the structure. You have commented, Sir Alan, about having an independent body. If we look at different countries around the world, Australia has a stand-alone national redress agency, the United States has “special masters” projects, and Canada uses third-party administrators. I was wondering…”

“Thank you for making that clear. That is what I understood you meant, but I appreciate that.”

“One of the successes has been balancing speed with accuracy. Some of the schemes have introduced fixed-sum tariff offers; would you say that has been a successful approach in the programmes it has been offered in? Should we look at that in future for all schemes?”

“My last question—Kate, you raised this—is about what seems to be a coherent theme of a lack of trust between the individual and the body. That is sometimes because, in Peter’s example, it is associated with the Ministry of Defence, and sometimes because there is a lack of trust in the Government to deliver. For whichev…”

“I am a south-east MP. The 2012 NAO report on High Speed 1 showed that the project had similar problems to those identified with this project. My question is in two parts. First, did you learn from the High Speed 1 experience, because that has turned out to be not such a success with operators? Secondly, has there been …”

“I do not have the answer for the Callaghan reduction, but my point about the thresholds is that previous Governments of both colours have looked at thresholds, had conversations similar to those we are having today, and concluded that it was a sensible and necessary step—both under Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher. Sir …”

“We are absolutely seeking to reduce the number of cases going before jury trials. It comes back to the thresholds. We have seen a long history of changes to thresholds, as well as changes to those serving on juries. In the early part of the 20th century, women were allowed to sit on juries for the first time, and it wa…”

“Adjourned till this day at Two o’clock.”

“The point is that the premise of his inclination was that it is appropriate for thresholds to be changed. Although there will absolutely be principled disagreement between different advocates about where that threshold will be and the appropriateness of who will oversee those cases, be that a bench or a single judge, t…”

“My contribution will be brief, as other colleagues said a lot this morning. Clause 3 is extremely pragmatic and proportionate to the challenges we face. As Sir Brian Leveson made clear in his oral testimony, it is necessary because financial investment and efficiency measures alone, while essential—no one present disag…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I want to discuss two aspects. First, I welcome the consideration of new clause 29. I absolutely believe it is correct for the Government to review and look into inequalities in the criminal justice system. I pay testament to the work done by my hon. Friend…”

“The Chair adjourned the Committee without Question put (Standing Order No. 88).”

“I am going to ask specifically about financial management skills and staffing within these organisations. I want to get your commentary on some bits of the Report. Paragraph 3.17 indicates that “financial management capability can contribute to breaches of financial controls.” I want to talk first about officers at boa…”

“Paragraph 1.14 of the Report indicates that the financial resilience of the organisations has significantly worsened since 2025. In addition, paragraph 1.16 indicates that strategic reserves have fallen in the period, and paragraph 2.8 identifies concerns about future costs. I suggest that the sector is showing you a y…”

“You described it as being in the beta stage. When do you expect it to be rolled out? If it is being used in a beta stage, what are you looking at in terms of the ratings, and how is each museum factored according to them? Which has appropriate risk appetite? Which has appropriate financial resilience? That sort of gran…”