Speeches by Babarinde.

“I was once on the Employers’ Forum for Reducing Reoffending, which Lord Timpson used to chair, so we collaborated in that respect.”

“Facilities such as leisure centres and swimming pools—like the Sovereign Centre in Eastbourne where I learned to swim—are critical in supporting people’s mental health locally. Will the Minister support me in putting pressure on the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to expand the criteria of the tow…”

“I would like to ask a bit about prison capacity. Over the past 14 years we have seen a net change of 500 places added to capacity. As the prison population is projected to increase from 94,600 to 114,800 by March 2028, how many additional prison places do you think need to be built in order to satisfy that projection?”

“As well as building capacity, a key part of improving prison capacity is around our prison officers. We have spoken about training, but there is a need to recruit more prison officers. What do the MOJ’s plans look like to recruit the number of prison officers required?”

“I ask about the plan. It has been pretty well documented that Unlocked Graduates is an organisation that has facilitated the training of many prison officers over a number of years. It featured in the Sunday Times top employers. The MOJ has really relied on it to help fuel the recruitment of prison officers. We have se…”

“What are the timelines on that? Let us take Unlocked as an example. Without being able to understand whether something may be coming down the line, the likes of Unlocked may be forced to close altogether. What certainty can you provide, not just to Unlocked but to any other bidder that might want to enter the process, …”

“A few hours ago, I marched with Eastbourne residents such as Jodie Atherton, and Eastbourne businesses such as DB Domestics and the Rosy Lee café in Seaside, against Conservative-run East Sussex county council’s car-crash bus service improvement plan, after the council failed to adequately consult residents or properly…”

“Eastbourne veteran Pauline was awarded military compensation for injuries that she sustained in the service of our country, but she said that that has caused her pension credit entitlement to plummet from £70 to just £10.42 a week. Will the Minister meet me to discuss her case and ensure that no veteran is penalised fo…”

“The returning tide of populism that we have seen today is a sobering reminder of what can happen when people feel that the system has not been delivering for them. This reality makes fiscal events, such as a Budget delivered by a new Government, so critical. A Budget is more than just an annual accounting practice; it …”

“I welcome the new shadow Justice Secretary to his place. As he has campaigned to withdraw from the European convention on human rights, I am sure we can rely on him to champion international law for all of us across the world. I want to ask about domestic abuse. For too long, domestic abusers have been able to exploit …”

“An estimated 80,000 disabled young people are unable to benefit from their child trust fund savings, because their families are being thwarted by a complex legal process before they can access them. The previous Government let these families down by tolerating that, so this Government need to act. Will the Minister com…”

“Eastbourne, as the sunniest town in the UK, is on a mission to be a solar energy superpower. At the heart of that is East Sussex college’s green training hub, which is supporting students, young and mature, to move into that sector. Will the Minister join me in celebrating the hub’s second birthday, and will she come d…”

“Some 29% of jobs in Eastbourne, the sunniest town in the UK, are connected to the hospitality sector, but many businesses in that sector have expressed concerns about yesterday’s Budget, which UK Hospitality has described as the “latest blow for hospitality”. Will the Minister meet me and local hospitality businesses t…”

“The last Government left Eastbourne borough council in a position in which it spends 49p in every pound it collects in council tax on temporary accommodation. We need a solution, because that is not sustainable for councils or families. Will the Chancellor commit to supporting councils with the cost of temporary accomm…”

“It is an honour to pay tribute to our armed forces community this evening, and it is particularly special to be able to pay tribute to my late great-grandfather, Flight Lieutenant Thomas Gittins. He was a tool salesman who joined the RAF Reserves in the hopes of becoming a pilot. He was pretty small in stature, so he w…”

“It was important and powerful to hear the Minister reaffirm the legal obligation on local authorities to notify another local authority if they are placing folks in accommodation there. Brighton and Hove city council has for some years been going ahead with placements in Eastbourne, but notification has not always take…”

“My hon. Friend’s point is very well made. I welcome the news that a Windrush commissioner will be appointed to help address the injustice that my hon. Friend so eloquently discussed. I hope that I have illustrated, by spotlighting black excellence, what wonder and opportunity await us as we lift our black community. I …”

“I am so grateful to have the opportunity to bring the subject of the crisis of temporary accommodation to the House of Commons today. I thank the Minister for her time and attention this afternoon. Having first met at the ballot box in Bethnal Green and Bow in 2019, it is great to meet here again, at the Dispatch Box. …”

“I could not agree more, and I will come to the costs of temporary accommodation later. The hon. Lady knows as well as I do that the National Audit Office described the situation as unsustainable. It needs a resolution, which is why today’s debate is so important. On securing the debate, I called Kelly, shared the news,…”

“I absolutely would encourage that. There needs to be more co-ordination between local authorities, educational settings and health and care settings. Many have advocated for a notification system in order to aid the knowledge of those situations, so that they can be addressed. The circumstances are devastating, and we …”