Speeches by Dixon.

“4. What steps she is taking with pension providers to help increase regional economic growth.”

“I think the preference would be to wait for time in the Chamber. Colleagues are aware that there have been oversubscribed debates in Westminster Hall. We think this is about bringing greater prominence and a wider ability for Back Benchers to give fuller speeches. Many of us have constituents who have tragically had lo…”

“I have, and I have been waiting for it for a long time. Thankfully we have now rescheduled it for Carers’ Rights Day. I am very aware of the timings of these things. On the other hand, can we put in now for next year? [Laughter.] This is because of timeliness around the road safety strategy.”

“Yes. We could remove the word “tackling”. We have suggested this debate because Road Safety Week will be focused on dangerous driving, so we would like to maintain “dangerous drivers” or “dangerous driving” in the title alongside “road safety”. I am very happy to accept a revision to the title as you suggest.”

“The topic of road safety is personal to me, as I lost my grandfather in a car accident. It was before I was born, and my grandmother, who raised me for some of the time, lived with lifelong disability. Tragically, the equivalent of three jumbo jets’ worth of people are killed on our roads every year. Road Safety Week i…”

“Many of my constituents have assets in the West Yorkshire Pension Fund, which manages more than £19 million. I am concerned, however, that some of the fund’s investments are concentrated in sectors that cause harm, such as the fossil fuel industry. Does the Minister agree that the West Yorkshire Pension Fund could inve…”

“My hon. Friend makes an excellent point about the number of pop-up shops and illegal traders on the high street. I am running a petition about the antisocial use of fireworks; does she agree that more needs to be done to stop their illegal sale in pop-up shops?”

“I am very fortunate to represent the beautiful villages across the Shipley constituency, including Baildon, Menston, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Wilsden, Harden, Cullingworth and Eldwick. These communities are thriving because they have village halls; churches, like Wesleys in Baildon; post offices, like the community post o…”

“I am very proud that the Government have supported Ukraine through the provision of drones. I recently visited Radio Design, a company in Saltaire in my constituency that is at the cutting edge of radio frequency, which is essential for fighting the rapidly developing threat from drones. Can the Minister assure me that…”

“I commend my hon. Friend for explaining the problems so clearly, problems that are shared by my elderly residents in Aire Valley Court and Sutton Court in Bingley. They too have seen above-inflation rises in service charges and a lack of transparency about accounts, with no evidence to justify them. Does my hon. Friend…”

“As the hon. Member rightly says, ICBs are under a legal duty to commission palliative care services. Does he not recognise that the problems we are having, not just with hospice care but with the lack of availability of palliative and end-of-life care, often come down to poor commissioning—ICBs failing to commission in…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this debate, and I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Member’s Financial Interests. I am an officer of the all-party groups on carers, and on housing and care for older people, and I was formerly chief executive of the Centre for A…”

“Your commitment is to extend this to outsourced providers. Can you say anything more about how the modernisation programme and culture change is impacting on outsourced providers? Everything we have heard so far sounds as if it is all about your internal, directly employed staff. But clearly clients deal with outsource…”

“Yes, please.”

“And that is the main outsourced provider?”

“This question may be more for Barbara than for you, Helen. The DWP has gone through a lot of staff changes, but changing a job title to “coach” does not necessarily change how the person behaves. Obviously, in the past, there was a much more rules-based, compliance-driven conditionality than the one we see in “Pathways…”

“So it is feeding through in productivity?”

“Is that reflected in retention? What are your retention rates?”

“We have talked about health transformation, but the other major programme that we discussed when you appeared before us before, or that you told us about, was your service modernisation programme. This relates to the point about customer experience but also to culture change. You briefly touched on this issue right at …”

“But of those that go to appeal, 70% to 80% are upheld in favour of the claimant.”