Speeches by Dixon.

“I have a final point. In the shift from debt to equity that you are signalling, there is, I think, an aspiration to move away from the short-term equity or hedge fund-type investor—I will not name any specific ones—to more long-term patient capital in the form of pension fund investors and other types. Is there any con…”

“There is much to welcome in the White Paper, including the MOT for assets, the increase in funding for community and catchment partnerships, and the greater say for communities in regional planning. However, my Shipley constituents have been let down by Yorkshire Water over many decades, through its blatant profiteerin…”

“I would like to thank the Secretary of State on behalf of the over 5,000 households in my constituency that experience fuel poverty. Constituents have also benefited from Saltaire Retrofit Reimagined, a community initiative focused on improving energy efficiency within the Saltaire world heritage site. Will the Secreta…”

“We have all witnessed the unfolding catastrophic humanitarian disaster in Gaza, exacerbated by the collapse of the Gazan health system and the suspension of aid delivery. I am therefore shocked that the Israeli Government plan to prohibit some 37 international non-governmental organisations from operating in Gaza and t…”

“2. What steps her Department is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I thank the more than 1,000 Shipley constituents who signed the petitions. The antisocial use of fireworks is a blight on our communities. Since I was elected a year and a half ago, hundreds of constituents have contacted my office. They have been in touch fro…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I am sure that the Minister will have heard his plea, along with those made by other Members. To be clear, this is not about stopping anyone enjoying fireworks. I enjoy good fireworks as much as the next person—in fact, the sparkler is my favourite. Bonfire night, new year’s…”

“My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. As co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on housing and care for older people, we are about to complete an inquiry into intergenerational communities. Will she join me in calling for the new new towns to be built and designed for all ages and all abilities as inclus…”

“Chaplains work in various settings, including care homes, hospitals and hospices. If the Bill were to pass unamended, they may be required to provide assisted dying services to people who are terminally ill, as there is currently no organisational opt-out. Would the Church support an amendment in the other place to all…”

“6. What assessment the Church of England has made of the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on end-of-life ministry.”

“I hope that the Secretary of State enjoyed her visit to Bradford during our fantastic time as city of culture 2025. It was a roaring success, with more than 5,000 events across the whole district, audiences in excess of 3 million and some 650 local artists and organisations involved. Does she share my ambition to make …”

“4. What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the new town of culture and UK city of culture 2029 competitions support communities.”

“As a member of the Public Accounts Committee, which did an inquiry into HS2, I must warmly welcome the Secretary of State taking such a disciplined and clear approach to ensuring that this scheme is delivered, and delivered on time and with value for money, as the trans-Pennine upgrade was. As a Bradford MP, I would li…”

“That will all be part of it. Okay, thank you very much.”

“Okay. Can we expect that there will be clarity on the accountability for how you are going to monitor delivery against the modern service framework? Again, we heard from the pre-panel that there is no point writing another fancy framework that, at the end of the day, makes not a jot of difference to the fact that there…”

“We have talked quite a lot about the modern service framework. Sam, you said it is not the be all and end all, but it is clearly a significant piece of policy development in this area. At the time, the NAO reported that it was slated for spring. Can I confirm that, Sir Jim, you said it will be September now?”

“You brought up West Yorkshire—I am enjoying this inquiry today because I have had two local examples praised: Bradford was praised by the pre-panel, and now we have West Yorkshire. We are obviously hearing about the stress that hospices around the country face, and that it is urgent and immediate. There is a real risk …”

“I guess it comes to the point of allocative efficiency. We heard a lot of evidence from our pre-panel that basically says, “If you spend less on community hospice services, you will end up spending more on acute hospital beds.” Amanda has talked about wanting to shift more into the community, and that would suggest spe…”

“We have focused a lot on data for commissioning. I thank you, Jim, for your honesty in saying that it is poor and inconsistent, and Sam, for saying that it is not strong or robust. It is a shame that we are in this position when we have had statutory commissioning since 2022, and ambitions long before that to have move…”

“You mentioned Bradford, and I could not resist, that being my local patch—thank you, Ilora. I have something that might be an example of, “This really works, so why doesn't everywhere do it?” I visited the REACT service, which is a partnership between Bradford Royal infirmary’s A&E department and Marie Curie’s Bradford…”