Speeches by Kirkham.

“My next question was going to be about the single trade window. Can anybody else tell us about the impact of not having that?”

“I was going to ask about IT systems, if I can get my head around them. I am struggling, to be honest. I will start with the driver notification system. There was at one stage meant to be an app, was there not? That has not happened. How are drivers notified? There is a pre-notification in IPAFFS, but it may go to the i…”

“We went to Sevington last week and it seemed there was lots of facility there. There were 40 routes to come in and lots of inspection chambers. We do not know how many inspections are taking place completely. You say that you can be there for hours and hours, and it is really difficult to get through. You were talking …”

“My last question is about TODCOF, which allows medium-risk products to come in without any checks. This is done apparently in exceptional circumstances. Do you have any evidence about this? Do you know when that is being used so far?”

“So the amount has gone up for each customer rather than the percentage of households rising to the average, is that right?”

“Even if you increase it by the amount you are talking about—up to 5%—it is still just over half the average. Why so low? Why so few?”

“I wanted to ask about social tariffs because I asked about this at a previous session and it concerned me. You said you gave a lot of support to your customers. I was looking at Ofwat’s PR24 determinations and they state that you are expecting to increase the social tariff provision from 2% of households to 5%, but tha…”

“Access to justice is a real issue in Cornwall, which is in effect a legal aid desert. In my previous life, when I first came to Cornwall, I ran an employment law clinic at Citizens Advice in Falmouth. Citizens Advice does great work, but it struggles with funding and recently had to stop its drop-in surgeries. Cornwall…”

“Our coastal communities are likely to have higher deprivation living alongside great wealth. They are often creative hubs. Cornwall attracts many artists and musicians, and Falmouth has the world-class Falmouth University, which grew out of a 100-year-old art school. People come from all across the country and the worl…”

“That is quite a long time away, though. How long do you think it will be before those two reservoirs are online, and will they definitely come online?”

“I agree with my hon. Friend. This matter affects the entire country. Unison, for example, has a campaign about migrant care workers, so, yes, this is a national issue. In Cornwall, those care workers are often given the early morning and late evening shifts with no flexibility. Some sit on benches, stranded in Cornish …”

“Local government funding will, of course, be increasing to take that into account, and funding for adult social care is rising and will rise further in the next three-year settlement under this Government. To return to my speech, in Cornwall we have seen the rise of care workers coming from other countries to work on s…”

“I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and declare my Unison membership, although I am also an ex-solicitor. I am going to address the Government amendments relating to enforcement, rather than trade union rights. We have a large demand for social care in Cornwall, as is the case in the con…”

“Does the hon. Member recall how many strikes there were under the last Conservative Government?”

“Can the Minister confirm that environmental land management scheme agreements will remain in place under this Labour Government, including SFI, and that there will be a new and better targeted SFI on offer as soon as possible, with details to follow in the spending review?”

“So you chose that alternative.”

“You are aware that you are a seriously water-stressed area, so my concern is: why has no investment in reservoirs been made before? We are looking at the first one coming online in 2032, so how come you did not invest in building reservoirs previously?”

“So you chose that alternative.”

“Thank you. That is all I wanted to check.”

“I have a really quick question. When South West Water came, I asked about the Friends of Mylor Creek, which had been trying to test. South West Water was happy to work with them and enable testing and they have set up some meetings to do that. Considering what Jenny was just saying, would Anglian be prepared to do the …”