Speeches by Shastri-Hurst.

“T8. I think it is fair to say that the Government and I do not see eye to eye when it comes to the policy of curtailing trial by jury. However, if the Government are determined to go down that route, their own impact assessment sets out that a significant number of magistrates need to be recruited—the MOJ has put it at…”

“Phoenix shops are a blight on many of our high streets, including in my constituency of Solihull West and Shirley. Councillor Karen Grinsell, the leader of Solihull metropolitan borough council, recently brought forward a motion to have greater statutory powers to close down these stores. Will the Leader of the House p…”

“Can I just pick up on that? You have said you get limited time, and you get limited information when the referrals are made across to you. How do you therefore ensure that you are effectively transferring a child’s care history or their risk profile from the community into one of your establishments?”

“Within the secure home estate, you have welfare placements where they often involve children who are a high risk to themselves, whether that is through self-harm or other means. You have justice placements that are potentially children who are high risk to others. How do you manage that balance within the same space?”

“I take the message you are saying that this is very low. You have given an example that they may go to a secure mental health bed. Of those who are refused, albeit there were none in the last year, what proportion are then pushed into the YOI or the STC estate, where perhaps they are the ones with the most complex need…”

“Ms Ashurst, local authorities have the right to refuse a placement of a child in a secure home. On what grounds would that child be refused? Can you also set out roughly what percentage are refused annually?”

“I am Neil Shastri-Hurst. I am the Member of Parliament for Solihull West and Shirley. My interests are as per the register, but I am also a registered barrister with a practising certificate.”

“Would that trigger any specific safeguarding protocols if they are under 12, for example?”

“I think you said in your earlier evidence that you do not have anyone as young as 10 at the moment—”

“—but you can take them?”

“Let’s just keep on that thread because there will be those who receive a physical visit from their family and those who will have more video contact because of perhaps distance. Looking at the HMIP survey from 2024-25, for Wetherby 60% of children who did not receive a physical visit did not get a secure video from fam…”

“Mr Wragg, you set out the example of a child who was transferred from Plymouth up into your institution in Milton Keynes. The youth custody population report sets out that around 60% of children and young people on the secure estate are based in an institution that is within 50 miles of their home, but around 15% are h…”

“I gave you the data from 2024-25. You say you are making progress on that. What are the figures for 2025-26?”

“Mr Wragg, are you able to?”

“If I can pivot across to placements in the youth custody system, the Youth Custody Service’s placement team determines them. Can you set out your experiences of how that process works?”

“You have set out how it works. How could it be improved to ensure that it is more efficient and effective?”

“If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I will not. I want the Minister to have sufficient time to respond to the multiple contributions there have been today. I ask the Minister the following questions. How are the Government ensuring that the NHS is not locked into a single supplier over the long term? What is the pla…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. Before I start, I should probably put it on record that I am on the RARO—Regular Army Reserve of Officers—list as a former Regular Army officer. I joined my right hon. Friend the Member for Rayleigh and Wickford on the delegation to Ukraine, which was put to…”

“I was expecting a promotion there, Dame Siobhain. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) on securing the debate. He has brought forward an issue that sits right at the centre of how we shape the future of our national health service: how we us…”

“I welcome the clause. Will the Minister set out how there will be consistency in the use of these powers by commanding officers, to ensure that there is equality of justice across the board?”