Speeches by Babarinde.

“That is good news. I have a final question. I have been out with Serco and joined it on a tagging shift. I pay tribute to Gemma, who I went out with, who was fantastic, but there were some structural issues that seemed to have persisted for quite some time that Serco has not addressed. At what point will the Government…”

“I know that Professor Thomas has spoken a fair bit in various research and in the media about this. Do you want to share your take with the Committee?”

“Hundreds of peaceful protesters have been arrested this weekend in the name of national security, but in what way does a peaceful protester’s tactic of holding a banner compromise national security? If the aim of national security is fundamentally to ensure that we can live in a free society where our democratic freedo…”

“Eastbourne’s mighty sea cadets celebrate their 115th birthday this year, but their future is being put under threat by rising energy bills, which are making running the operation less and less sustainable. It is the same with many other cadets across the country. Will the Minister share how the Government will support …”

“The point my hon. Friend makes is testament to the importance of parity of legal representation. To continue, how many lives must be lost before we accept that the public deserve honesty from those in power? When will we get to the truth proactively, not just when institutions are dragged to the witness box? That must …”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) on securing this debate. On behalf of my party, I too pay tribute to the Hillsborough families in this landmark debate. After years of delay by the last Conservative Government —the Conservat…”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire) for securing this debate. Whether it is on Seaside, Melbourne Road, Linden Close, Sydney Road, Heather Close or outside Oakwood, St Thomas a Becket or West Rise schools, it is unacceptable that pedestrians, especially those with disabilities, are all…”

“This is my final question. We have asked very many things; we have learned a lot from you and have gained a lot of insight into your experience, what is driving you and what you would do. Is there anything that we may not yet have given you the opportunity to share? Is there anything else that you would like to let us …”

“What forums, spaces or mechanisms will you create for victims, bereaved families and so on to hold you, as the Standing Advocate, to account?”

“I want to ask about how you view success and how you will assess success if appointed to the role. You spoke about doing an annual report, for example. What metrics will you report on if and when you are back at this Committee reporting on the work you have done, should the appointment proceed? What things do you hope …”

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“It is a matter of public interest for us to know what the budget of the office is.”

“May I make a very quick point? I think it is bonkers that you have not been given a budget or a sense of a budget, and that all you have been able to go on is a figure that you found from 2018. For what it is worth, while we have been sitting here, I have submitted a written parliamentary question to the Ministry of Ju…”

“Thanks for sharing, Cindy, that you had worked in this place before as a parliamentary researcher and that that had been for Labour MPs. You have had a lot of experience in between, doing completely independent roles and so on. It would be really helpful, on behalf of victims—who, God forbid, you will not have to be su…”

“Hi, Cindy. I am Josh Babarinde, MP for Eastbourne. Folks can check out my interests on the register.”

“As an Eastbourne boy born and bred, I am a proud Englishman. In Winston Churchill’s St George’s day speech in 1933, he said that his England was one where no one would think of persecuting a man on account of his religion or his race. Does the Home Secretary agree with Winston Churchill that our country and our flag re…”

“I will not take the hon. Member’s intervention, unless he is going to confirm my point. [Interruption.] Okay, I will take his intervention.”

“I came into the Chamber for this statement to hear and speak about the Orgreave inquiry, so it was pretty shocking to hear the shadow Minister use it as an opportunity to yet again play politics with child sexual abuse and exploitation. As a survivor myself, I find that particularly appalling. The Liberal Democrats wel…”

“I certainly owe the hon. Member one, but that is not quite as bad as when I was mistaken for another mixed race Member when I once forgot my pass and was granted a pass of somebody else—who may or may not be the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Ben Obese-Jecty). I did not settle the bill left with the hon. Member for Newcas…”

“Parking at Eastbourne district general hospital, where I was born, is woefully inadequate. The car park is often full, so patients have to park way away up the Rodmill hill, and car park services are crumbling. More than that, lower-banded NHS staff now face a near doubling of car parking charges to cover the cost. Giv…”