Speeches by Campbell-Savours.

“You have highlighted disability as one area that needs work. How can this be addressed?”

“Just to clarify, is the issue that we are not diverse enough or is it that we are not measuring diversity accurately enough?”

“I welcome the publication of the road map, and note from the section on environmental land management schemes that in 2027 there will be a need to support farms with legacy countryside stewardship and higher-level stewardship agreements in the transition to new schemes. However, many in this House, the EFRA Committee, …”

“One of the roles of the commissioner is to advocate for diversity in public appointments. You have said that public appointments need to reflect the communities they serve. How do you believe this can be best assessed and achieved?”

“You also highlighted socioeconomic background as an area that needs to be addressed. How would you achieve that?”

“Specifically on data disclosure, I noticed the following from your pre-appointment hearing questionnaire: “data disclosure feels like an area to consider alongside more granular data over time.” Could you explain and expand on that a bit, please?”

“I do not know a great deal about this, but should there be transparency around those networks when people in public appointment roles are using them?”

“You have said that you would seek to convene, and I quote, “an ecosystem of stakeholders, including headhunters, executive coaches and others to deepen the understanding of the issues faced by potential candidates”. What would that look like in practice, and what would it achieve?”

“I am trying to work out how that ecosystem would be any different to anybody in a role identifying organisations that are go-tos for conversations on these things. Is there something unique about what you are suggesting?”

“You will have to excuse me as I am a bit of a novice in this area, but how do you do that without it simply becoming a pipeline for those particular stakeholders to dominate the process?”

“Do the Backbench Business Committee and the Petitions Committee have an opportunity to work together? Dr Thompson has already touched on that. Do Mr Evans or Dr Fleming have a view on whether there is scope for more co-ordinated working between the two Committees?”

“Sometimes people request that we do inquiries into things that happened a very long time ago. Was there a view that perhaps there should be some formalisation of time cut-offs for such inquiries, such as a statute of limitations-type approach?”

“It is around efficiency, especially where there are not many live witnesses to events.”

“Under the current system, regardless of the amount of pressure that is brought to bear, if the Government refuse to hold a statutory public inquiry, there is very little anyone can do outside perhaps judicial review. Is there any answer to that problem?”

“The Statutory Inquiries Committee recognised that the inquiry process can be, “extremely arduous for victims, survivors and their families, who often spend many years campaigning for an inquiry.” How can we better take victims, survivors and families into account when considering whether an inquiry should be establishe…”

“My question was more focused on the period that families and friends of survivors will spend campaigning for an inquiry to happen. Is there value in formalising the request process such that it can be managed in a more sympathetic way for them?”

“Mr Banister, on behalf of the PHSO, suggested that there was a distinction to be made where the safeguarding concern related to, effectively, a core function of the charity. Are you clear in that distinction yourself?”

“Where does safeguarding fit into your regulatory function?”

“What does identifying and investigating “apparent misconduct or mismanagement” in the administration of charities mean specifically, as opposed to what the words misconduct or mismanagement might mean in other contexts?”

“I want to turn to the role of the Charity Commission. Can you briefly explain the regulatory functions of the commission, particularly its role in identifying and investigating apparent misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of charities, and taking remedial or protective action in connection with that?”