Speeches by Murray.

“I will do my best on that score, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) on securing this important debate. I want to draw on a consistent message that the Northern Ireland Committee has heard throughout a number of inquiries, whether into public services, the Norther…”

“Thank you very much for giving evidence today. I want to look at some of the internal matters: the corporate effectiveness and financial stewardship. Your report was critical of the corporate effectiveness of the ICRIR on many fronts; which of the issues that you identified poses the greatest challenge to the effective…”

“Picking up on Gavin’s question, the world of academia has very much updated how it reflects and how it takes on arguments that come from social media or from various web sources. Is it time to update “Erskine May” so that it is more reflective of what the current information sources are, rather than where it sits in th…”

“I was going to go on to the finance director and whether you thought that was a red flag; I am quite heartened by your response that it is a move in the right direction. You also recommended the creation of a finance committee. What do you see as the main benefits of the new finance committee?”

“On the budget, you recommended that 15% headroom be built into the annual managed expenditure budget to reflect the demand-led nature of the work. How did you arrive at that figure?”

“On the budget, you recommended that 15% headroom be built into the annual managed expenditure budget to reflect the demand-led nature of the work. How did you arrive at that figure?”

“I was going to go on to the finance director and whether you thought that was a red flag; I am quite heartened by your response that it is a move in the right direction. You also recommended the creation of a finance committee. What do you see as the main benefits of the new finance committee?”

“No, but thank you.”

“Thank you very much for giving evidence today. I want to look at some of the internal matters: the corporate effectiveness and financial stewardship. Your report was critical of the corporate effectiveness of the ICRIR on many fronts; which of the issues that you identified poses the greatest challenge to the effective…”

“Thank you.”

“Thank you.”

“I commend the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for securing this debate and for giving me the opportunity to talk about my experiences of the benefits and challenges of community and cottage hospitals. I do so in the knowledge that healthcare in Scotland is devolved and so is not under the purview of my hon.…”

“We are aware that the volumes of WPQs have increased substantially during this Parliament; that is one of the reasons for this inquiry. How has that affected the Table Office?”

“Thank you. I have certainly found this session to be very helpful. Another specific area that has been raised with us is factual basis. Have there been any changes to that requirement over time? Do you see a case for making changes?”

“Anything that we might not have seen at a surface level, but that the Table Office has experienced. You deal with it every day; we do not.”

“Have there been any other trends of which we should be aware in relation to volumes of WPQs?”

“So it is not that my grammar is getting any better, then.”

“Thanks very much for that response, Ben. It has been widely reported that you have submitted more written parliamentary questions than any other Member. How on earth have you managed to do that and to manage that workload? Also, what value do you get from the responses?”

“By Government Ministers.”

“They are predominantly Opposition MPs. How do you think that your perspective, as a Government Back-Bench MP, would differ from the perspective of an Opposition MP?”