Speeches by Ribeiro-Addy.

“I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. A wealth tax would be a start, and there are other ways in which the Government could look for savings on disability benefits. They could start with the US multinationals that make a profit off the humiliating PIP assessments. Maximus, the US firm that tests eligibility for UK di…”

“I congratulate my constituency neighbour and hon. Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes) on securing this vital debate. The legacy of Windrush and the plight of the Windrush generation is a matter very dear to my hon. Friend and her constituents, as it is to me and my constituents, not least becau…”

“The Chancellor confirmed yesterday that UK military assets could potentially be used to help defend Israel. We are sending military aircraft to the middle east, and the Prime Minister has not ruled out them being used to help Israel. The Minister for the Armed Forces recently confirmed in response to a written question…”

“So the KPIs are not relevant?”

“I suppose my question is more about assessment and for all of us to be able to see what is happening, because we hear the figures and they are quite alarming in regard to what they are making. Would you consider publishing a breakdown of profit margins and service credit deductions per provider so that we could see wha…”

“With each provider specifically, not an overview?”

“We know that Migrant Help, for example, has consistently failed to meet KPIs. How can the Home Office have a grip on issues in asylum accommodation when the system for asylum seekers to raise issues is clearly not functioning in the way that it should?”

“The questions have been quite generalised on the accommodation providers’ performance, but I have been specifically told not that you cannot provide them for a reason, but that you do not hold the data on them.”

“I want to ask about some of the issues with KPIs. Why haven’t you imposed the maximum level of service credits in response to poor performance, and why has there been such a delay in imposing financial penalties for failed KPIs?”

“Is there anything else being done to address performance issues, aside from the programme of issuing service credits? Because it does not seem to be—”

“I know this is not under your tenure entirely, but why is the KPI regime only being reviewed now, five years, I think, into the contract? When will this whole review be finished?”

“When do you plan to be done with the review?”

“As part of this, is the Home Office assessing whether the level of service credit deductions is proportionate to the profits that providers are generating under these contracts?”

“No, I understand that, but is it proportionate to the profits that are generated? That is the question.”

“Yes, but they do keep failing to meet the KPIs. I suppose the question is—”

“Even by the more realistic ones, they are still failing. So, I suppose the question is whether they are failing and whose fault it is.”

“Your responses seem to indicate that in some way it is not Migrant Help’s fault. Is it the Home Office’s fault? What more is the Home Office doing to make sure that this vital service is maintained?”

“You would like me to ask you that question?”

“Again, by the KPIs, even if they have changed, they are failing, by your own evidence.”

“People don’t like them.”