Speeches by Atkinson.

“Do you have flexibility in your agreement with Treasury and capital spend about which financial years you can use that funding in?”

“In terms of good practice and compliance, whatever the sector, to me, the internal compliance assessment matching the external compliance assessment is the key. Can you tell me a little bit about that? Whether it is 70% or whatever, the important thing is that you agree on that because the quality of your internal assu…”

“Internal inspection?”

“I commend the Minister for her work in reducing waiting lists for GP referral to first treatment, and they are genuinely coming down. She will be aware, however, that that statistic does not capture the entire picture, particularly for people who require subsequent follow-up care—for example, women with endometriosis o…”

“What steps are you taking to resolve that?”

“If you were to come back in, say, six months’ time, would you expect to have agreement on the core standards and, therefore, no reason why your internal compliance assessment would differ from the Home Office’s external compliance assessment?”

“Are you consistently assessing any KPIs as being compliant that the Home Office is consistently assessing as being less compliant?”

“Minister, you have said that you intend to expand the total number of bed spaces in large sites. How far is the Government’s commitment to coming out of hotels dependent on doing that?”

“It should align but, in percentages, regardless of the number, what is the level of matching in numerical terms between the two? If you are finding 99% compliance but the Home Office is finding 80% compliance, it is a significant discrepancy.”

“Do you think 60,000 overall is the normal level that you are aiming for?”

“Even if coming out of hotels did not require large-scale sites, you would still deliver the large sites because you think it is important that they are part of the mix, and that would allow a further reduction in dispersed accommodation, for example?”

“Thank you for coming in this afternoon. Previous large sites operated by Clearsprings, including Napier and Wethersfield, had significant issues. How have you learned from past mistakes to ensure they are not repeated at Crowborough?”

“The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration is a statutory role enshrined in the 2007 Borders Act, and we met with that individual recently. We were concerned to hear that there are reports from the ICIBI that have been on the Minister’s desk now for more than a year that have not been responded to. I th…”

“Is the accommodation at Crowborough and your management of it significantly different from how it was at Wethersfield?”

“You and colleagues have plans to tackle every stage of that process—appeals, potential legislation coming forward, and so on. Do you expect there to be a reduction from those interventions that would allow people to exit from hotels without these further large-scale sites?”

“For the reason that you have identified, you think there is value in their own right, even if they are not necessary?”

“You made a reference before to Home Office inspections. How frequently does the Home Office externally inspect your big sites as opposed to, say, this personal accommodation?”

“Presumably, the Home Office will not turn up to a dispersal accommodation unit or an individual unit on a regular basis.”

“I understand that you cannot speculate about individual sites and discussions about that. The Government have stated that they want to come out of hotels over the term of this Parliament. When can the Committee and others expect further announcements about large-scale sites, whichever ones they may or may not be? When …”

“My hon. Friend is right, as is my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater). I have heard it said that it was inappropriate for this issue to be brought as a private Member’s Bill, but equally we know that it would have been inappropriate for it to be included in any party’s manifesto. I see opponents of …”