Speeches by Perteghella.

“My question is for Jayne. How does Ofsted assess safeguarding culture rather than just compliance with statutory requirements and processes?”

“Would you say that there is a genuine culture of reporting within earlier settings where staff at all levels feel confident that safeguarding concerns will be taken seriously and acted upon? What evidence do you have, if any, that staff feel listened to when they raise issues?”

“My question is for Ann. To what extent are LADOs and the director of children’s services appropriately resourced? You mentioned the funding challenges that councils face and that the role of LADOs is not consistent. What steps could be taken to improve public awareness of the two roles?”

“Thank you. Anyone else on the panel?”

“Would you say that there is a genuine culture of reporting within earlier settings, where staff at all levels feel confident that safeguarding concerns will be taken seriously and acted upon? What evidence do you have that staff feel listened to when there are issues? I will start with Mike, please.”

“My next question is for Mike and Claire Reid. What evidence do providers collect to demonstrate compliance with safeguarding standards during inspections and ongoing self-evaluation? What are those evidence documents that you look for?”

“My hon. and gallant Friend is right to highlight the threat from hostile states such as Russia and most importantly from individuals with Russian links. That is exactly why I introduced a private Member’s Bill last year to cap political donations and close the loopholes that allow foreign-linked dark and dirty money to…”

“This question is for Liz. The Committee has heard evidence that suggests that total and non-targeted PFAS monitoring methods can reveal that up to 90% of the PFAS may be undetected using just targeting monitoring methods. The Environment Agency uses a mixture or a combination of both methods. How do you decide what PFA…”

“Staying within the monitoring framework, does the Environment Agency consider the lack of environmental standards for many PFAS to be a barrier to effective monitoring? If so, in your view would constraints on, for example, lab infrastructure or resources prevent the use of non-targeted PFAS monitoring?”

“My next question is about multimodal texts, such as comics and graphic novels. We know that these type of books have retained their popularity while overall reading has declined and that might be because we are living in an increasingly visual culture. However, what does the academic evidence tell us about the benefits…”

“My question is for Dr Hendry. Will teachers and other school staff be trained and supported to deliver the initiatives that then foster a lifelong love for reading within the school community? Perhaps you can talk about the role of school libraries and school librarians in this. If not, what more needs to be done?”

“The two-child limit has punished children for circumstances entirely beyond their control. For nearly a decade, families have been denied support simply because a child happened to be born as a third or a fourth child. That was a cruel choice made by policymakers, not one made in children’s best interests, and it reall…”

“I would like to put on record that before becoming an MP, I used to teach for the Open University. I want to focus on the printed book in our digital age. How does reading from a digital device differ from reading from a physical book?”

“Would you say there are more benefits for young children, early years, to have physical books rather than digital ones?”

“I want to focus on the victims—the children and young girls who were trafficked. Will the Government confirm that any UK-linked offences will be fully investigated, that all evidence will be acted upon, and that anyone implicated, whatever their status, will be pursued with the full force of the law to ensure that vict…”

“Do you all think DEFRA has the required levers to oversee the delivery in its overseeing role for the delivery of the revised EIP? Do you think it will be able to oversee the delivery? Does it need anything else, or any help?”

“In my constituency, there are hundreds of residential park homes occupied by elderly residents. They are very energy-inefficient homes and very complex to retrofit. Previous home upgrade grants were ineffective and bureaucratic, because of the batching application process to retrofit homes, so they did not reach many p…”

“I absolutely agree with the hon. Member. I understand that recycling is now at 15% in this authority; given that there have been no weekly recycling collections for almost a year, it is a surprise that any recycling gets done. Perhaps it is the result of the good work of residents, who are doing their best to take rubb…”

“My first question is for Ruth and Richard. Ruth, you mentioned how the EIP does not exist in a vacuum; I wonder whether we can go into more depth on that. How important is alignment between the revised EIP and other current and forthcoming policies such as the land use framework? We will go with Richard first.”

“My next question is about delivering the EIP. To what extent, Richard and Ruth—and I will come to Livi in a little while—do you think there is the necessary join-up between Departments to deliver the revised EIP? Are there any specific gaps between Departments and across Government?”