Speeches by Hack.

“I am finding it difficult to listen to the hon. Member’s speech. I do not believe that we can talk about balance when 68 children have lost their lives because of the presumption. I feel that we have to take forward this clause; it is so important. I want to understand the hon. Member’s terminology and whether she can …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. My hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington is a passionate advocate for fairness and equality, as she has demonstrated throughout this Committee and in her work more broadly. By tabling new clause 29, she offers an approach to ensuring that we can buil…”

“Quinn, did you want to come in?”

“This is a follow-on question that crosses over with the inquiry that we are doing now and other inquiries. Charles, I would like to ask you about the point that Joe raised about reasonable adjustments, and the work that needs to be done with employers to encourage more activity around employees feeling confident to ask…”

“Q Thank you for sharing your experiences. It has been incredibly powerful. Jade Blue, you said that change is not optional—we need to reduce the suffering. That has resonated with me. We need to create a system that is bearable. As victims—and you have obviously experienced trials at different places in the system—do y…”

“Q Following on from the shadow Minister’s question about what good reform looks like, we have had a period of reform in the justice system. What would be your measure of success? We know the system is creaking under pressure, so what would success look like? Sarah Sackman: There are two tests that I set myself, and nei…”

“Joe and Emily, in your organisations’ experience, has the phraseology about Disability Confident employers made a difference to the people you engage with day to day?”

“Thank you to the panel for coming to see us today. To what extent does the “Keep Britain Working” Mayfield review chart a convincing path to better support for disabled people and those with long-term health conditions to sustain work? That would include the people Sarah Vickerstaff commented on: the 24% of over-50s wh…”

“Q Thank you for being here. You have already looked at the impact that delays are having on officers, including the impact of managing a larger caseload. How are officers managing the sense that victims feel that they are exposed for such a long time before their case gets to trial? I imagine that the management work t…”

“Emily, in your evidence you mentioned an employment boost pre-retirement. I would be interested to see what the other panellists felt about that and at what age you think additional support should come in pre-retirement. Does anyone have a view on that?”

“I think we have covered my last question, so I am happy to leave it there.”

“That is useful—thank you. Tom Pollard from Mind said that although the review identified structural barriers—I think we got on to a little of that as well—it spent relatively little time analysing them. Do you agree? What do you think needs more attention?”

“Q To put the focus back on victims, Dame Vera explained clearly that it is the defendant who chooses. What would be the victim’s choice? Dame Vera Baird: Is that not part of why this is very odd? We do not give a person alleged to have committed a very serious crime and whose life will be utterly transformed by what ha…”

“The unit has been moved to the DWP; what mechanisms do we need to put in place to make sure it works in the DWP? The decision has been made; what do we need now to move it forward?”

“That is useful; thank you.”

“Thank you to the panel for coming to speak to us today. Laura, you mentioned previously in your testimony about capturing the human story, and Priya, you were talking about experience and how we get that children’s voice. Reflecting on that, what do you think should be set out in the baseline report this summer and the…”

“My constituents are in a devo desert and, even worse, it is right next door to a devolved mayor in the east midlands, so the inequity feels much greater. I am interested to see how this evolves, but we have heard recommendations that the Government should incorporate public involvement into the monitoring and evaluatio…”

“The Children’s Commissioner talked earlier about devolution and looking at localised solutions to progress on child poverty. How should the Government’s approach to devolution and local progress be looked at?”

“The unit has been moved to the DWP; what mechanisms do we need to put in place to make sure it works in the DWP? The decision has been made; what do we need now to move it forward?”

“That is useful; thank you.”