Speeches by Maguire.

“This is clearly a national crisis. Cornwall ranks 144th out of 151 local authorities for per-pupil SEND funding, and children with SEND needs in Cornwall get almost half the funding of those in Middlesbrough. Does my hon. Friend agree that this gross funding unfairness should be urgently addressed?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Steve Darling) on securing this debate. Following the Chancellor’s spending review announced in the House today, I am appalled that Cornwall and the wider south-west have been seemingly overlooked yet again, …”

“Given the discrepancies between the provider’s self-reporting, which we have heard about, and the independent assessments— the ongoing audits, which I think you have mentioned—what specific measures then do you think could be implemented to ensure the accuracy and reliability of that performance data, which we keep tal…”

“Thanks to everyone for coming in. Given the concerns raised with us as a Committee about the standards of accommodation—those include quality of accommodation, unsuitable for vulnerable asylum seekers, poor communication with asylum seekers from the providers and inadequate safeguarding, which I think we will come on t…”

“It feels like, from what you are saying, the way the contracts have been structured you do not have enough oversight, there are too many subcontractors, and you would like to—correct me if I am wrong—shift that oversight to local authorities?”

“You are content that that system is working at the moment as oversight?”

“I will quickly take you back to Bell’s question earlier, Minister. You mentioned about decentralising Migrant Help, and in one of your answers to me you mentioned the oversight of some of these contracts being shifted to local authorities. Clearly, you were reflecting on the performance, functioning and processes of th…”

“I have a follow-up question. One huge concern for my constituents in rural North Cornwall is that the neighbourhood policing guarantee performance framework will not actually take account of rural areas. Obviously, per head of population is important, and policing resources are put there, but in constituencies like min…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I thank the hon. Member for Hendon (David Pinto-Duschinsky) for securing this important debate. As the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) just pointed out, last year alone fraud accounted for a staggering 40% of crimes against individuals in England and…”

“That is exactly what has happened in Cornwall. The No. 11 and No. 12 bus served lots of rural towns and villages to Derriford hospital, but it has been salami-sliced—I have just got off the phone to Go Cornwall Bus—after years of underfunding. My constituent Mary in Padstow relies on that service to get her breast canc…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“The town of Bude in my rural constituency is further from a district hospital than almost anywhere else in the country. Derriford hospital in Plymouth is more than an hour and a half away. The No. 12 bus from Bude to Plymouth has made two changes, which means the route now has three buses and often three different bus …”

“There is no doubt that the Conservatives plunged our prisons into crisis. [Interruption.] They chunter from a sedentary position, but what else would they call it? It is clear that the Government have failed to step up and tackle the sheer scale of the problem. Across the country, victims and survivors are worried abou…”

“Can you give me an example of how you put in extra resources in an area where you have hotels?”

“Is that a pre-emptive measure that you take at all your locations, or just afterwards where there have been any particular issues?”

“What was the specific example you had of that cohesion that you were helping with in communities?”

“Yes, but what steps were you taking as a specific example? You said that you promote cohesion within communities.”

“We know the benefits, but what specific steps are you taking to help that authority in the north-west with cohesion?”

“Is that Serco staff helping, training, and guiding them?”

“Is Serco providing that service, though? Not just coming up with that strategy, but actually providing on the ground—”