Speeches by Paffey.

“I have one quick supplementary question. I appreciate what you have been setting out in terms of re-engaging with students, but for providers there are still concerns about the regulatory burden, and that the OfS is not going to remove any of its current regulation but has plans to add to it. What are your thoughts on …”

“You will understand the challenge when an Office for Students is not seen to have the confidence of or engagement with students. I would be interested to know, from the picture that you have just painted, how you intend to use your experience to build back that credibility, both with providers and with the students the…”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for giving way and my hon. Friend the Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery) for securing the debate. On the point about the criteria, it is difficult to match some of what we know about our own constituencies with some of the criteria that Link deals with, which seem restrictiv…”

“I realise we are short of time. The final question from me—it has been partly raised already—is around accountability and recognising you said about the value for money. Some of that might be perception but how do we ensure that there is value for money for the public purse, not just on cost but on quality? The questio…”

“I think the best people to answer that would be the employers who, time and again, have been telling us—and, I am pretty sure, telling the right hon. Gentleman and his colleagues—about the pure bureaucracy and complexity of the system that has been set up. They are the best advocates of the need for change. By setting …”

“In rising to support the Bill, I want to say, without heaping too much praise on the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes), that it is a pleasure to follow him and many of the comments he made. Like him, I have arrived at this place through the academic route, and perhaps precisely becau…”

“Claire, I will start with you. Recognising that the ISA has acknowledged that there is some scepticism around accountability within independent SEND provision particularly around lacking adequate scrutiny and being held to different frameworks and so on, what is your response and how do we go about improving that accou…”

“Yes. I think it is around things such as whether they are held to the SEND code of conduct, different obligations, the code of practice and things such as that, so there are some things where they are held to account. Whether they are doing them or not, and that might be part of it, it is just knowing that they are fol…”

“I warmly welcome this statement and the firm actions that my right hon. Friend is taking to make sure that we can level the playing field and boost attendance and attainment for children in Southampton Itchen and beyond. I am particularly delighted that St John’s primary and nursery school will get this investment from…”

“I pay huge tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Derby North for her frankly masterful navigation through the facts. This moment demands the facts—not misrepresentation and the dismissal of previous inquiries, but the gravitas and experience that she has brought to the debate. I believe that has kept the Committee o…”

“2. What steps he is taking to increase the accountability of water company executives for service failures.”

“I thank the Secretary of State for his answer. Many of my constituents in Southampton Itchen have written to me, outraged at the 53% bill increase that Southern Water is proposing at a time when it and others continue to pollute our rivers at an alarming rate. This is simply becoming a national scandal. As part of the …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I rise to support clause 51 and to question the nature of the amendments. The block on new local authority-run schools could only have been introduced for ideological reasons. Its removal is hugely welcome. If one model were of substantially better qualit…”

“Briefly, I warmly welcome the new clause. Colleagues will be aware of my interest in this area. From years of working alongside those who fall foul of laws and principles on paper that they never see, but that make a material difference to their lives and outcomes, I know that this will be a positive change. It builds …”

“T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

“Levels of E. coli and faecal matter in the River Itchen remain disgustingly high. I commend the Friends of the Itchen Estuary group for their work to highlight the issue. Like me, they want designated bathing water status in order to protect the river, so will the Secretary of State update us on when that application p…”

“Southampton Itchen has many Victorian and inter-war homes that are poorly insulated and therefore expensiveto heat, especially as the Conservative party dragged its feet and did not invest in clean or affordable energy. What steps is the Minister taking to improve the insulation and energy efficiency of my constituents…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. I rise to support clause 40 and to argue that the amendments under discussion are unnecessary. I very much welcome this measure. It underpins the ambition that the Government have to ensure that every child gets the best quality of education. Although this wil…”

“I will make some progress and then will be happy to give way. I ask Opposition Members to reflect on the logical fallacy of applying this laissez-faire approach in a way that they probably would not do—or at least I hope they would not do—for other professions. I think it is uncontroversial to ask for assurance that, w…”

“Who is diving in first? I will give way.”