Speeches by Turmaine.

“14. What steps his Department is taking to support magistrates.”

“Can you explain how you ensure that Department teams do not use consultants unnecessarily?”

“Is that working well at the moment?”

“Thank you for the blush-sparing that you have done on that. Where does overall responsibility for the Government’s IT procurement sit?”

“The corollary question is whether you have a naughty list of Departments that are not adhering to it.”

“Mr Forzani, can I just ask a little about the consultancy playbook? What work are you doing to ensure that Departments use it and are complying with its requirements?”

“Are you noticing that you are implementing any changes in behaviour as a result of the reviewing of that?”

“Mr Leigh, I wanted to ask about what controls DESNZ has in place for the use of consultants and temporary labour.”

“I was going to ask whether you see much variance between what is going on with in-year reporting through OSCAR and when you get to the NAO at the end of the year.”

“Good afternoon. I want to talk about costs and ask if you can tell us about some of the actions that local authorities could take to help reduce the cost of home to school transport.”

“It really does touch on some of the issues in the question, and I noticed that the report includes some examples of where cost reduction has been tried. On a related note, I wondered if you had any sense of which of those have been particularly effective.”

“It would be lovely to see that information if you are able to share it afterwards.”

“This question will hopefully be a quick one. The bus franchising legislation has been mentioned a number of times in this and the previous session. Do you see any risk associated with this in terms of budget or anything else? It sounds great. It looks like it could be really helpful, but is it going to be?”

“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore). I thank and congratulate my right hon. Friend the Chancellor, on behalf of my fellow residents in Watford and Bushey North. The Chancellor has made the tough decisions needed to get Britain’s future back, just as we promised we would dur…”

“First, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury) for giving an incredibly moving introduction to this debate. International Men’s Day, which is held on 19 November but which we debate today, is a wonderful chance to celebrate all that is good about men and boys and to commit to ensurin…”

“Does the Secretary of State agree that aligning safety standards and cutting red tape—checks and paperwork—is precisely the kind of support for growth and trade that this Government promised to deliver for business when they were elected last year?”

“5. What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recent UK-EU agreement on trade from Northern Ireland.”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Ben Goldsborough) for securing this important debate. As we are all making declarations, I should say I am a self-confessed fan of survival horror games. Does my hon. Friend agree that the evolution of video games over the years to include an online component has cre…”

“Leaving care can be extremely challenging. In Watford, Hertfordshire’s local authority provides support with housing, finance, education and training, health and relationships, and wellbeing, but does my hon. Friend agree that all these services have to work really well not just independently but harmoniously together …”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Minister for Equalities, and the Mother of the House, my right hon. Friend the Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott), on their excellent speeches, as well as my hon. Friends the Members for Brent East (Dawn Butler), for Clapham and Brixton Hill (Bell Ribeiro-Addy), f…”