Speeches by Murray.

“There are about a million children in Gaza. To put that in context, we have about a million children in Scotland too. Before I was elected, I worked for Save the Children and I have met the children of the Palestinian refugee camps. Of course, we welcome the ceasefire, which is long overdue. Those children now face hom…”

“Did anyone ever say to you at any point that a second inquiry might be required?”

“In your previous answer, you spoke about how some survivors had gone forward to authorities to make reports and nothing had happened. We are talking a lot about processes, politics and administrative structures here, but at the heart of this are the victims, who are victims of terrible crimes. Delay has cost, not just …”

“I am surprised by what you are saying there, Professor Jay and Mr O’Brien, because this issue has received significant publicity over the last couple of weeks. It has been on the front page of newspapers; it has been at the top of the headlines; it has been raised at Prime Minister’s questions. Did any parliamentarians…”

“I welcome the Home Secretary’s statement. In her statement and in the Prime Minister’s speech this morning, they painted a terrifying picture of how terrorism is changing in this country and how the threat we face is evolving, especially with the proliferation of extremely violent online content, which is having an eff…”

“No curiosity at all as to what the substance of the delay has been?”

“No curiosity?”

“So over seven years and seven Home Secretaries, the first call for a second inquiry was late last year?”

“There have obviously been a lot of calls for that recently. When did you first hear of a call for second inquiry into the issue?”

“You have set out your engagement with the Home Office over the years. Was there any time, under any Home Secretary or any Home Office Minister, when you were advised that the scope of your inquiry was either too broad for the recommendations to be implemented or too narrow, specifically on grooming gangs? Did anyone ev…”

“Thank you very much. That is very powerful. One can understand that a survivor may feel quite conflicted or ambivalent about engaging with the process. As you say, you have set out a range of different methodologies for them to engage. If a survivor changes their mind about whether they have given you evidence or been …”

“Thank you very much. This is my final question. The recommendations that you set out in your inquiry work first to help victims of historic child sexual abuse, but also to strengthen our resilience against it happening now. Obviously it is happening across the UK in every community just now. What is your view of the im…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. In her report, Alexis Jay notes that one in 20 boys and one in six girls in the United Kingdom is estimated to be a victim of sexual abuse. We have had scandal after scandal of grooming in care homes, councils, schools and churches for decades. I welcome the appointment of Baroness Case…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I draw the Committee’s attention to my declaration of interests and my membership of the trade unions Community and Unison. I will note a couple of useful points in response to the important arguments of the hon. Member for Dundee Central about migrant…”

“That is a very helpful intervention, because it draws me on to my final point. There is a distinction between what rights there are and what rights are enforced. We have seen from the discussion around the fair work agency and the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority that the issue is that rights are not enforced. Th…”

“For the four years before I was elected to this place, I worked in Scotland on combating human trafficking and labour exploitation, and I did a lot of work with the GLAA. Quite properly, the hon. Gentleman lists the industries with which it was associated, such as shellfish, agriculture and horticulture. Although the G…”

“The previous Government wasted a scandalous amount of public money on asylum accommodation. For example, in Northeye, they paid double what the previous owners had paid, without checking that the building did not have asbestos and contaminated ground, and it could not be used. Will the Minister commit to being more eff…”

“I want to make a brief contribution to this incredibly powerful debate, to draw attention to a specific and extreme form of violence against women and girls that is taking place right now across the whole of the United Kingdom: trafficking and modern slavery. Women and girls are trafficked into and around the UK, for s…”

“I very much welcome the hon. Lady’s contribution, because it will be for both genders to step up. We can see concepts of masculinity transforming before our eyes, exacerbated by the internet but also by political interventions. It is incumbent upon us—the younger generation of men—to stand up and face that head on. Tra…”

“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I congratulate the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) on securing this important debate on an issue that goes to the heart of the economic and environmental goals of the Government. I represent Edinburgh city centre and have Waverl…”