Speeches by Naish.

“Minister, you are describing something that you have not been happy with, and you do not think was working. When do you think you will be in a place where you will be sat in front of us saying that the new structure and community approach are sufficiently developed, and that the idea of wasting money on centrally manag…”

“You can ask her here. You were talking about gender, but what about disability?”

“Yes, and I will talk about that in a moment. There has been cross-party consensus on the need to make changes, but it will fall to this Government to make them. I am pleased that in advance of this debate, we saw that move from the Government, and I trust that there will be proper, meaningful change in due course.”

“So you think it is primarily a lack of focus and interest.”

“I thank hon. Members for joining the debate. We have covered the whole country—from the south coast all the way up to parts of northern England and to Northern Ireland, which of course has slightly different legislative foundations—and I am really pleased there has been such strong representation. I thank the Minister …”

“When Nick Dyer was here, he told us that the global response to insecurity in the Sahel had effectively failed. What impact is that having, and what impact will it have over the coming months and years, on the instability in Nigeria?”

“The hon. Lady is absolutely right. I will talk later about the different reasons that have been given for the 10% commission, which demonstrate in and of themselves that nobody is sure what it is for. It is a hangover from a past era.”

“I will press on and see where we get to. I will not go into detail about many key issues facing park and mobile home owners—I am sure colleagues will touch on them, as they have already started to—but I want to mention, up front, some key items that are common across all sites. The first is maintenance and site standar…”

“I trust that the Minister and his team will do exactly that. This is not just about the 10% sales commission; there are broader issues impacting park home residents. I will come on to those matters shortly. Let me say two important things. First, mobile homes can be a very good housing option. They typically offer peop…”

“Thank you, Sir Alec. I will press on, but the hon. Member is absolutely right and has touched on some issues that I will talk about. I congratulate him on ensuring his residents got their money back. Most concerning, and often alluded to by MPs, is the imbalance of power. A park home resident may own the home they live…”

“When do you think you will be being told?”

“I will quickly go to two areas: disability and gender mainstreaming. That decision has been taken, and I think that is happening in Nigeria. To what extent are you concerned that funding reductions will impact those two areas—gender and disability?”

“Is there a single global leader who does have this high on their radar?”

“I will quickly go to two areas: disability and gender mainstreaming. That decision has been taken, and I think that is happening in Nigeria. To what extent are you concerned that funding reductions will impact those two areas—gender and disability?”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The consultation is being run for a reason. I encourage anyone watching the debate or emailing their MPs about it to go further and engage with the consultation, because I am sure that the Minister is looking forward to review those responses.”

“Are you saying, Minister, that we will not know the baseline from which to do a true equalities impact assessment across both local and central programming, because of the way work has historically been commissioned?”

“When do you think you will be being told?”

“This question may be more for Cynthia. Thinking about displaced people, because obviously millions of people have been displaced within Nigeria as well, what work has been done to understand the impact of that and its potential to further undermine stability within the region?”

“This question may be more for Cynthia. Thinking about displaced people, because obviously millions of people have been displaced within Nigeria as well, what work has been done to understand the impact of that and its potential to further undermine stability within the region?”

“When we were in Nigeria, we heard a lot about the Reserved Seats for Women Bill, which the UK Government, through FCDO, has very much supported. What is the progress with that? What difference do you think it will make, should it pass into law?”