Speeches by Quigley.

“Does the hon. Member agree that perpetrators should not be rewarded through the court process with reduced sentences when they change their plea to guilty at the last minute? It is just a continuation of the coercive and controlling behaviour that they have already displayed.”

“While I welcome the steps the Department has already taken to prevent perpetrators of domestic abuse from using the family courts to continue coercive control, will the Minister look to ensure that legal aid is accessible to victims in pathfinder courts, particularly at decision hearings, given the worrying reports tha…”

“5. What steps his Department is taking to help prevent people convicted of domestic abuse from using family court proceedings to harass their victims.”

“1. What assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of support available to survivors of sexual assault on the Isle of Wight.”

“I thank the Minister for her answer. On the Isle of Wight, the absence of a sexual assault referral centre means that survivors of rape and sexual assault are often required to make a long ferry journey to Portsmouth or Southampton—sometimes in the very clothes they were assaulted in—to access the specialist support th…”

“21. What steps his Department is taking to improve cross-departmental working.”

“Happy St George’s day, Mr Speaker. My right hon. Friend may have heard me say what a fantastic place the Isle of Wight is to live, work and learn. Does he agree that our island is uniquely well placed to test exciting new policies and initiatives across all Departments to speed up national roll-out, as evidenced in an …”

“The joy.”

“I guess a repeat of where we are this week.”

“My constituent Ollie Bennett is wanted by Interpol for an alleged crime in Morocco three decades ago. Ollie has always maintained his innocence, and following a debate in this place, his crewmate was granted a full royal pardon for the same charges. Ollie, however, was not. In December, he was arrested and detained in …”

“For members of the general public out there who look at very brief snippets of standards in public life, how will the EIC improve confidence in the public and how will the public know things have got better?”

“2. What discussions she has had with international counterparts on the adequacy of safeguards governing Interpol red notices issued in respect of British citizens.”

“Okay. Correct me if I am wrong, but the EIC has no regulatory power or political power to enforce standards. Will its creation change anything?”

“What would failure look like?”

“This is a question for all three of you. Do you have a very clear idea of what success and failure look like? In terms of success, what are the handbrakes or the things you need to focus on?”

“The Government chose to fulfil their manifesto promise to create an Ethics and Integrity Commission by replacing the Committee for Standards in Public Life with that commission rather than a new and separate body. Is there a reason for that?”

“Probably most of us would agree with removing the necessity to go through an MP, but do you envisage any unintended consequences of doing that? Do you think your workload would increase beyond what you currently see?”

“When we came up for our visit last year, which I found very interesting, you mentioned the MP filter and the potential issues with it. A respondent to our inquiry described it, in their exact words, as, “A gatekeeping mechanism that denies access to administrative justice.” Would you agree with that?”

“And colleagues, yes. The Public Office (Accountability) Bill, known as the Hillsborough Law, that you just mentioned, aims to put a legal duty on public services to act truthfully and to fully support investigations. Do you think that it will have the impact it is intended to, bearing in mind the cultural issues that y…”

“Do you think then, because it is a Minister’s decision, that they may sit at a desk and say, “No, there's no need for a public inquiry in this instance”, but then when political pressure builds around them from the press or whatever else, they end up creating a public inquiry that was not necessarily required?”