Speeches by Dixon.

“When we visited, we heard about something called the programme and project partners approach. It seemed that this longer-term collaboration between different suppliers was creating a more positive way of working than perhaps is reflected within the main operating, and certainly the historic way of operating, at Sellafi…”

“I did accompany colleagues on that visit to Sellafield, and we did, indeed, see the very innovative use of that modelling and its use to ensure that things were going to get delivered on time and cost‑effectively. It just seemed to me that there was a greater level of focus on project planning, delivery, efficie…”

“Will you be adopting some of this excellence in project and programme management such as the 4D BIM caves?”

“In 2019, Sellafield went under the direct control of the NDA following the creation of what you call One NDA. It seems that, despite that, looking at figure 2 and just hearing that last interaction about the governance structure with the UKGI and what you were saying earlier about the so-called G6—ONR, EA, NDA, Sellafi…”

“Good morning. I would like to start by asking a few brief questions to you, Mr Peattie. This whole part of the questioning is really about whistleblowing. Do you have a group-wide whistleblowing policy?”

“I am sure that we will come back in the main hearing to some of the more general points. I also wanted to specifically understand the use of non-disclosure agreements. Are they used across the group? If so, how many have been used at Sellafield in recent years?”

“Perhaps you could write to the Committee and provide the detail about that. I would like now to turn to the case of my constituent Alison McDermott. The majority of what I am about to say is already in the public domain but, for the avoidance of doubt, I do not believe that anything I am about to say relates to live le…”

“I am not going to speak about any current legal proceedings in this case. It is using public money to pursue employment tribunals to that degree. Taking the general point, would you say that that is a good use of public money?”

“This is survey data that you sent to me personally yesterday afternoon. As it is marked “official”, I assume it is appropriate to draw upon in this hearing, so I have shared with fellow members of the Committee. I am sure that we will all want to come to some more detailed questioning. Before I do that, I do not want t…”

“Just to establish, what role were you in at the time that that initial report was done in 2017?”

“You were in a safety-critical role. My own background is working on patient safety in the NHS. Indeed, I am vice-chair of the patient safety APPG. I hope that you will agree with me that it is critical to safety that there is a culture where people at all levels feel safe to speak up. I wondered whether you thought tha…”

“I am going to come back later and challenge whether these problems have really completely gone away. I do not think that I heard an apology, but I hope you will at least agree to meet with me and my constituent, Alison. I know we will come back to these issues of safety and culture in the main hearing.”

“Before I get into my area of questioning, I just wanted to pick up the last point that Luke raised about cyber-security. Just to clarify, were you saying that there had or had not been successful attacks?”

“Q14. One in five disabled people in social housing, and one in three disabled private renters, live in inaccessible housing. One of my constituents with severe fibromyalgia and post-traumatic stress disorder lives in a first-floor flat with no lift access. As we build the 1.5 million new homes that the country needs, w…”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for reassuring my constituents with profound disabilities that they will be protected under these reforms. My niece, who herself has autism and has faced significant barriers to work, is a health coach in a local jobcentre, where she is helping other people with disabilities, neurodiversity…”

“I just want to draw attention to the Runnymede Trust evidence we received, which highlights that women and girls of colour are more vulnerable, as are women who are disabled, homeless, refugees and migrants. I would like to put on record my thanks and commendation to Bradford Rape Crisis, who have had a specialist serv…”

“That sounds excellent in terms of the College of Policing. On the Education Endowment Foundation, Early Intervention Foundation and the rest of the What Works network, how are we making sure the evidence base is there?”

“In my own area, the West Yorkshire Mayor and West Yorkshire police have brought together a dedicated joint unit that has done a lot of innovations, such as supporting schools to deliver lessons around keeping safe and understanding the law on spiking. They are doing a lot on that. They also had a public-facing campaign…”

“Just for context, I should probably put on the record that I previously worked as a chief analyst in a Government Department and indeed headed up one of the What Works centres. That is the context to me asking these questions. Will you be dedicating specific funding to evaluation as part of your bigger spending review …”

“In terms of those chunks that were evaluated as part of the 2021 and 2022 strategy and plans, have some of those reported and are they part of your sprint?”