Speeches by Rand.

“I would like briefly to mention the case of the Priestman family in my constituency. Paul Priestman, a military veteran, suffered a stroke in 2019 and now requires care. That is being provided in a care home in Rochdale, many miles from the family home. The family have serious concerns about the quality of Paul’s care,…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I join other Members in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) on securing this debate and on her powerful advocacy. I want to focus specifically on the Jimmy Lai case and what it means to the sizeable H…”

“Thanks to Great British Energy, Meadway health centre in my constituency is set to have solar panels installed, which will cover its entire energy bills for the summer. My local hospital, Wythenshawe, will also benefit, saving my local NHS trust some £4 million to £5 million a year, which can be reinvested back into fr…”

“15. What steps he is taking to support rooftop solar power projects.”

“Does the Minister agree that, as other hon. Members have alluded to, last night’s brutal attack on Kyiv is a timely reminder to Governments and leaders around the world that Russia is and always has been the aggressor in this conflict? Does he agree that that perspective must be central to any talks, as we stand with U…”

“Bar Etna, a fantastic family-friendly restaurant in Altrincham, has suffered to the tune of thousands of pounds from a business rates scam. Thankfully, the licences of the fraudsters were suspended, but they have since changed their company name and are back scamming small businesses again. It was the fourth time they …”

“The UK has one of the worst paternity offers in Europe, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the police force, where new research from the Dad Shift shows that many frontline officers are taking just one week of paternity leave, because that is all they are entitled to on full pay. Does the Leader of the House agr…”

“Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the scale of fear in the Hong Kong community in this country is extremely concerning? Every aggressive act by the Chinese state, whether sanctions, violence against protesters or bounties, only increases the fear of the long arm of the Chinese state and of transnational repression, in…”

“My constituent Chloe is trying to sell her leasehold flat, but in order to do so she needs a landlord’s certificate, which protects leaseholders from the cost of remedial work. Riverside, the company managing her property, is refusing to provide it, meaning that she is trapped in an unsaleable flat that has become unaf…”

“Does the Minister agree that, especially at a time of such intense suffering for so many civilians in Gaza, this use of both humanitarian assistance and aid is totally unacceptable and not conducive to a lasting ceasefire and long-term peace?”

“Minister, I wanted to pick up on a couple of the points from your dialogue with Paul. We heard a lot from the previous panel about the importance of a tailored local response in many instances. Obviously we have talked about IT, information, aviation and a drive for more national collaboration and perhaps national stan…”

“Thank you. That is very useful.”

“Thank you. It is good to hear you feel that there was an appropriate balance in terms of questioning and direction, while at the same time maintaining operational independence. Turning to you, Emily, I wondered whether you could perhaps comment on the role that police and crime commissioners played at that time, at tha…”

“Thank you, that is useful to know. To go back to some of the points you made, Chief Constable Harrington, you talked about intrusion; I think that was the word you used. I just wanted to pick up on that. As the Home Secretary herself has said and as we all agree, operational independence is a fundamental principle of B…”

“It is good to hear about that strong sense of co-ordination and working together. I suppose seeing people involved brought swiftly to justice was also something that, to an earlier point, hopefully will help rebuild trust in policing.”

“Chief Constable Harrington, we saw in response to the summer disorder—I think it is fair to say, quite correctly—a desire from the Government, in the words of the Home Secretary, for a strong and determined response, and indeed for a swift response. We had the meeting on 1 August in Downing Street with police chiefs in…”

“All right. That is useful.”

“Okay, and we can infer from the length of that meeting that there was a robust exchange of views from both sides?”

“The specific focus on that—”

“To clarify, you said a couple of times that it was a 90-minute meeting, obviously at a critical and stressful juncture. That was a 90-minute meeting just on that one point?”