Speeches by Slade.

“There is obviously that—”

“De-escalation processes.”

“From the Prisons Inspectorate, no less.”

“Can I just ask a quick question on that, which just struck me? If we had schools where the roll was falling, the funding would fall with it. How does your funding work? Is there a risk of reduced funding if you have reduced numbers in your establishments?”

“From the paperwork we have.”

“As I understand it, that is to do with education and training. If no meaningful work is being done with those young people, and we heard young people telling us, “Well, I don’t know how long I will be here for, it’s not worth starting something you will not finish”. That is a completely understandable mindset, but thes…”

“Great. My more substantive question is around the 60% of the children in the YOIs who do not receive a custodial sentence. We visited a YOI a few months ago and it was quite mortifying as to how little education some of those young people were getting, for various reasons. The report I have read says that only 12% of y…”

“That is helpful to know because I was thinking they are literally going out into—”

“Thank you. I have one point of clarification from Rachel and then a question more directly towards Mark. Earlier on you talked about your children going to school. We were hearing about the children having this routine in their larger institutions but you have four to six children—when you say “go to school” is that a …”

“I rise to present a petition about Upton Heath in my constituency and note my personal interest as a regular user and contributor to the fundraiser. Alongside helping to raise almost £110,000 in two weeks via a crowdfunder, the 1,763 petitioners and I note the importance of Upton Heath as a natural asset for the wide r…”

“A report by the charity MYTIME Young Carers, which is based in Broadstone but works across the country, found that young carers are twice as likely as their classmates to be persistently absent and, shockingly, more than twice as likely to face school suspensions. Young carers are now included in the school census, but…”

“My hon. Friend’s expertise in this area is impressive. I recently spent a shift with the South Western ambulance service and saw how critical it was for that service to be able to access both GP and hospital data—we had a lady who had had a heart attack, and we did not know who she was. Does my hon. Friend agree that t…”

“You will be aware, Mr Speaker, that Lib Dems are great at fixing the church roof. In Sturminster Marshall, the community is going further with Project Welcome, which will repair and modernise the space, creating a warm, safe and accessible church that is integral to the community. However, the closure of the listed pla…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“I am so glad that he made it to the Chamber in time. Will he comment on the fact that families who live in very old properties—I have properties on Charborough Park and in Shapwick that are National Trust properties or belong to old estates—are already facing much higher costs to run their homes because they are solid-…”

“Q8. Will the Prime Minister join me in congratulating Dorset Wildlife Trust and the people of Dorset on their incredible efforts to secure Upton heath for nature, after part of this internationally designated site was put up for sale after decades-old planning consent was being used for mineral extraction? We worked ar…”

“I am not a legally involved person, and I am mortified by the complexity of the regulation in this sector. I do not know how people manage. Is having two regulators—an ombudsman and a regulator—perhaps part of the problem, and should we look to propose that you do both sides?”

“I am not a legally involved person, and I am mortified by the complexity of the regulation in this sector. I do not know how people manage. Is having two regulators—an ombudsman and a regulator—perhaps part of the problem, and should we look to propose that you do both sides?”

“Hello, I am Vikki Slade, Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole. My interests are as per the register, but I have none related to this Committee.”

“I want to focus on your work on access to justice. One piece of written evidence submitted to this inquiry suggested that access to justice is actually “not a strategic priority” of the Legal Services Board and that, potentially, the narrow make-up of the Board—with its very limited number of people with any background…”