Speeches by Mullane.

“Bearing in mind it has been said that some accommodation is not habitable and not fit for purpose, who are you comparing yourselves with when you are saying that?”

“Jason, why do you think Mears has missed the most KPIs relating to accommodation being habitable and fit for purpose, bearing in mind that money is clearly not the issue? What do you think the issues are?”

“With your motivation, as in your last answer, you are going to be doing work because I would not imagine those locations have dramatically changed. How do you think you are going to do that?”

“Where this Government is trying to lessen the use of hotels, do you think that unless you get the systems right, whatever the accommodation and whatever your plan is moving forward, without the safeguards we are moving in the wrong direction?”

“When we have been visiting sites—I will not name the particular site—there were accusations of security bullying. What you have just related to us, the Home Office would have little or no idea of that going on?”

“We have heard consistently from the previous panel, and it has been raised today, about the adequacy of the accommodation. I think this has been answered, but I would be interested to see what you think the way forward is. Do you think the Home Office has a strong enough oversight of what the providers are delivering o…”

“This is a final question to everybody. How should equity of distribution be balanced against other considerations you have all mentioned, such as cost?”

“Councillor Mason, what do local areas need to do for asylum dispersal to function well? We all know when it goes wrong what it looks like, but what does it look like when it goes well?”

“Thank you. Do you think that the Home Office should have some levers to try to help make this happen, so it is fair and equitable? What is a good outcome for local areas in the asylum dispersal?”

“This question is for Mayor Dennett and Frances McMeeking. Do you think the Home Office plan for equitable distribution will be fair? Do you think it will work?”

“Megan, you have stated that the current system for allocating accommodation is not working. How often do you see asylum seekers moving across accommodation? We discussed earlier what the impact is. There is a shortage of housing countrywide, so local authorities and housing providers will always have to try to manage t…”

“Will the Minister introduce a 12-month delay to the incoming change in taxation for double-cab pick-up trucks? The manufacturers and their commercial customers feel that they have had insufficient time to adjust to the new changes this month. Can he share with us any impact assessment work carried out on the reclassifi…”

“You have alluded to it in the previous question with the competed fund, but what incentives do you think the Government should put in place for the local authorities to access it to help fund the inquiries?”

“No problem. Again, I do not know if you could answer this now, but who should be responsible at a national level for common themes from the local-led inquiries and doing a wider action on them?”

“Another question from me: how confident are you that the work of the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and the Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce will have an impact on identifying child sexual exploitation?”

“I am very interested in this, because we have heard from different things that the Committee has covered. How effective do you think regular publication of good, high-quality data in combating misinformation on group-based offending is?”

“So you would ask for more resources? I know everyone says that, but would that be your ask?”

“How are you working with international partners to share best practice with prosecutions?”

“Eleanor, you have said that you are ambitious, which is what is needed. Are you able to implement your strategy with your current staffing and budget levels?”

“Caroline, what are the main challenges when you are investigating and prosecuting a very complex modern slavery case? You mentioned some cases earlier. How effective is law enforcement in supporting you?”