Speeches by Cane.

“Who do you think are the PHSO’s key stakeholders?”

“How do you think you will split that, roughly?”

“As you know, it is a hybrid organisation that has two offices and there is also working from home. Where do you think that you are most likely to work most of the time?”

“Good morning. Thank you for being willing to take on what I agree is a really important role. Following on from some of the questioning so far, you are effectively taking over with an interim extra year on the corporate plan, and that is already under way. Do you think that the three strategic objectives in that are th…”

“Many of our hospitals are crumbling, but even those that appear sound may contain hidden dangers, notably asbestos. Last week I met a constituent who is suffering from mesothelioma, contracted from asbestos. He was very concerned that so many of our hospitals and other public buildings still have asbestos within them, …”

“T3. Cambridgeshire’s rural crime action team is successful, but it does not have the resources to be available 24/7. Indeed, it was not available during the recent hare coursing incursion into my constituency of Ely and East Cambridgeshire. What assessment has the Minister made of ensuring the 24/7 availability of rura…”

“Can you give an example of something specific that has been done or is about to be done?”

“I am pleased to hear about the initiatives around protecting candidates, but I am not entirely sure that they are directly relevant to trust in our politics. They are relevant to participation and they are important, but I am not sure that they are relevant to trust. What is concerning me is that, as you say, there are…”

“We know that at the last election a minimum of 16,000 people were excluded. The Electoral Commission tells us the figures are significantly higher because there are people who simply did not even try. And yet I think, if I am right in remembering, the number of charges for personation was 34. What are the criteria you …”

“You are looking at the impact on voters and whether or not they were able to vote, and it is good to hear that. However, I have not heard anything about the impact on electoral fraud—which was why it was introduced in the first place—and how that is being measured, and I have not heard what your criteria are for judgin…”

“There are no criteria that you have pre-set against which you are going to do these judgments?”

“What resource are you going to put into doing all those things, a lot of which people would say have been happening for some time? What resource are you going to put in to ensure that those things are happening and that it does improve trust?”

“In the Government’s response to the Commission’s report, you say that public trust has been undermined. Could you outline how it has been undermined and explain how significant a crisis it is for the UK’s political system?”

“The voter ID was introduced to tackle electoral fraud. What evidence is there that electoral fraud has been reduced?”

“Farmers in Ely and East Cambridgeshire face the threats of flood and drought, which are made infinitely worse by the climate change that my right hon. Friend is talking about, in addition to all the other challenges that farmers are facing. Does he agree that the Government should invest in rural flood management and w…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) on securing the debate and summing up the issues so comprehensively. I want to talk about transport. Successive Governments have judged transport investment by the number of people usi…”

“I welcome much of what was in the Prime Minister’s statement, particularly what he said about our continued support for the brave people of Ukraine, but I was shocked by what he has described as a difficult and painful decision to cut overseas aid. I suggest that it was nowhere near as difficult and painful as it will …”

“How are you working with the various Departments that will be impacted? Your Government’s major priority is growth, so obviously, business and trade will have a big interest in these negotiations. But in terms of the youth mobility scheme, how will you be working with the Department for Business and Trade, the Home Off…”

“Good morning, Minister. You have largely answered my first question, which was about what the EU’s formal position was going to be. In other words, we do not know yet. We have heard various linkages that have been coming out, for example, on fisheries and youth mobility. How are you working to calibrate our negotiating…”

“11. What steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase access to assessments for special educational needs.”