Speeches by Onn.

“North East Lincolnshire council has received over £4 million. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Daniel Francis) mentioned, the council seems to be struggling to get that money out the door and those potholes filled. Areas like Winchester Road have got absolutely disgraceful road conditions. I…”

“The negotiations are critical to UK fisheries. What plans does the Secretary of State have to keep this House and the fishing sector updated? Perhaps she or one of her colleagues would attend the all-party parliamentary group on fisheries, to ensure that we are up to date on all developments.”

“We have had these energy-saving schemes around for 30 or more years, and we still see families in fuel poverty. Do you think the funding focus should instead be on simply reducing the price of energy?”

“Do you think that the shift risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater, with good providers who will no longer be able to operate under the scheme? Will there be reassurance for them on the continuation of their businesses?”

“On that point about workmanship, the quality of the work has really dented public confidence in some of these schemes. People will worry about part-funding some of this stuff themselves. It can be very expensive, and they don’t want their homes to be uprooted once and then again if more reparatory work needs to be done…”

“I want to turn your attention to the ECO scheme. Is the end of the ECO scheme and its replacement with new funding and the warm homes plan an acceptance that at least some policy costs should not be on bills and that targeted support should come from general taxation?”

“I don’t know at the moment. I can try to find out.”

“I don’t. All I have seen, through Government communication channels, is that one of the Ministers has been talking about bringing forward new proposals around, for example, penalty points on driving licences, but I do not have any indication beyond, “This is what we intend to do.” Maybe this will be an opportunity to t…”

“I would like MHCLG partly because so many duties within local government could apply to this issue. DEFRA will have some responsibilities, but at a local and practical level, local government is the frontline in dealing with it. I am sure DEFRA colleagues will be happy to provide bullets to our MHCLG colleagues.”

“Thank you very much, Mr Blackman. It is a pleasure to be here. Fly-tipping is undoubtedly a scourge on every town, village and city up and down the country. The issues are very relevant, given that we are expecting the Government to give us more information about action they are preparing to take. This would therefore …”

“Grimsby town centre is experiencing repeated attacks through antisocial behaviour, particularly by young people, and this is causing a huge amount of concern for shop workers and shoppers in the town. I welcome the Government’s additional funding for police officers, but what is the Department doing to improve the puni…”

“T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

“T6. I wish my constituents a happy Great Grimsby Day, to commemorate the signing of our charter in 1201. UK titanium dioxide production like that at Tronox is under threat from aggressive Chinese practices, funnelling cheap product through companies that they buy, run down and hollow out, circumventing protective levie…”

“Yes, I am. Exactly what functions do you think the Warm Homes Agency should have, Dion?”

“Having the partnership activity, so that they are not going to be required to engage with the public directly necessarily if they can use agencies and organisations like yours.”

“Do you think anyone will use it? Do you think anybody will know that the Warm Homes Agency even exists if it has not got an office on the high street or—”

“Yes, I am. Exactly what functions do you think the Warm Homes Agency should have, Dion?”

“I wonder why people always think that leaflets in GP surgeries are the ideal thing for communication with people. It is a strange thing that people think that that is the way to do it or pin something on a notice board. Okay, so—”

“You do get a lot of subcontracting—that tends to be a thing. You are talking about firms, but very often it can be sole traders or microbusinesses.”

“Would they do that themselves, in terms of their ability to demonstrate that they have upgraded their skills?”