Speeches by West.

“It is still a small number compared with £39 billion.”

“The figure of £9 million out of £39 billion is quite a small quantum—”

“On council housing, what is the role for local authorities to speed things up a bit, given that we are already nearly two years into the Parliament?”

“Moving to the mechanics around builders and developers, what do you think we need to get things going a bit more, because it is a bit slow?”

“The Government’s role in trying to get the mechanics going.”

“I believe that £100 million is spent on debt advice from various providers. As a constituency MP, many say that it is not necessarily working. What evidence do we have that the £100 million that is going in to debt advice is actually helping? How many people will it help? What proportion of funds that are missing in th…”

“Likewise, the panel have mentioned insurance as a running theme. What practical recommendations would the inclusion strategy make—”

“Some of this might have been covered but, Mr McAteer, you have argued for an emergency support loan scheme. What would that look like in practice?”

“Dr Karagiannaki, what policy area of the total strategy would you like to see highlighted? There is a lot in it.”

“The panel is correct to say that we thought about it 20 years ago and now we are trying to catch up. What would you each like to see happen, perhaps in a policy area, by the end of the Parliament? What has been identified from this morning’s session is that there has not been an implementation strategy with outcomes at…”

“Professor Benamraoui, do you feel that there was enough reflection of the diversity of the UK population and the services consumers need within the financial inclusion strategy?”

“Thank you for your openness on that question. Mr McAteer, does the strategy strike the right balance between industry influence and consumer influence?”

“Could I thank the panel for coming? We have been long awaiting the financial inclusion strategy and it is wonderful to have you with us today. In your view, who is missing from or underrepresented in the development of the financial inclusion strategy? Perhaps I could ask Ms Williams to kick off.”

“I commend the Minister for coming to the House, and for his excellent work and that of his officials in bringing forward further sanctions yesterday and last week. I also welcome the current position in the very, very sensitive discussions and talks, and commend our European partners, Canadians and all others involved.…”

“I am a member of the London and City Credit Union, was a member of the Co-operative Party, formerly a Labour Co-operative Councillor, and I bank with Nationwide. I want to ask about mortgages in terms of the extra backroom resource that mutuals might need. For example, there are a lot of checks that go into doing mortg…”

“I wish you a speedy recovery, Mr Speaker. Will the Minister say something about music recording studios, such as the Church Studios, where Annie Lennox recorded “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”? Could he give me a sweet dream this evening and tell me that my music recording studio is going to be fine?”

“In terms of the consumer benefit point that Mr Grady has just made, what would need to change for building societies, for example, which tend to be more popular because of things like their remaining branches being open locally—all the sorts of things on which they have perhaps appealed to the general public—to be able…”

“I look forward to reading the report that comes out of my hon. Friend’s Committee. How do we build a future without food banks? Let us look at what has worked. As a former borough leader, I introduced free school meals for all primary school children. It was a great equaliser and social leveller. Children were more foc…”

“Indeed; if the hon. Gentleman is a listener to “Farming Today”, which I listen to in the mornings, he will know that the price of milk goes up and down, which makes it very hard for dairy farmers to survive. I agree that there is something there, and I am sure the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has …”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of food inflation on the cost of living. It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate, which I requested in October last year, and to those colleagues who are here toda…”