Speeches by Maguire.

“Thank you, Baroness Casey and your team, for such fantastic work and for turning it around so quickly. To pick up on the Alexis Jay recommendations, I noted from your executive summary that you have assumed that those recommendations will now be implemented. We have had lots of reviews, dating back to Lord Laming in 20…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on her excellent speech. Does she agree that lots of British farmers, like many in my North Cornwall constituency, are trying to move away from confined systems such as crates, but that until the Government insist on applying UK animal welfare standards to imported food, they will be under…”

“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, …”

“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…”

“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…”

“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…”

“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…”

“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 …”

“Steve, I know that earlier you touched on Robbie’s question. You gave some answers about extra services, and it was not entirely clear which were provided by charities and which were provided by you. Maybe you could have another chance to have a go at that, and you could tell us whether you ever go beyond contractual r…”

“I want to go back to a question a moment ago that Paul was asking of you, Steve. I was quite concerned to hear your answer that Stay Belvedere Hotels in your view—or the company’s view—was potentially just as bad as any of the others. The Home Office actually removed permission for you to use Stay Belvedere Hotels as a…”

“You just slightly changed your answer from earlier, where you said it did not appear to be any different to the other providers, but now you are saying you cannot comment on the live situation. Is that right?”

“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?”