Speeches by Quigley.

“Exactly—this would be a much shorter process.”

“Thank you for being honest—that saves us all a lot of bother.”

“Professor Williams, you alluded to the potential conflict of a Minister’s being the one who calls for a public inquiry when they might be responsible for the Department that has caused the wrongdoing or harm. Could you be a bit more specific about how we could guard against that? What would good look like—I would say p…”

“Yes, slightly—it depends where you are taking us for lunch, Chair. You have done very well at explaining how to change the system, but if you had a magic wand, what would Government do to improve the role it plays in public inquiries?”

“As we are in danger of this meeting going on as long as a public inquiry, I will be brief.”

“Rosanna, if you have anything to add, please do.”

“You mentioned the lack of outcomes previously. Do you think that the lack of institutional knowledge within this place because of the churn of staff and everything else is a factor in that? Is there a better way for us to make sure that outcomes are followed through?”

“T3. The wage gap between the Isle of Wight and the rest of the UK—[Interruption.] I know that Conservative Members love the Isle of Wight, but they did nothing about it when they were in power. The wage gap between the Isle of Wight and the rest of the UK leaves full-time island employees about £5,500 a year worse off …”

“What would you do differently with the Treasury?”

“I do not think anyone in this room would be surprised by how you describe the Treasury and its vice-like grip on everything. With that in mind, does that make ALBs pointless, or does it make Ministers outside of HMT pointless?”

“When Governments have focused on arm’s length bodies, they have tended to pick the ones that are officially classified and that the Cabinet Office provides information for, but they do not focus on other public bodies that are more general.”

“Governments have focused on ALBs that have been officially classified and where consolidated information is provided, but not public bodies at large. Is it a mistake to ignore other public bodies?”

“You alluded to this briefly, but in your review you describe arm’s length bodies as defying “rational explanation”. Has that got worse since you were a Minister or is it a case of unfinished business? There is a second part to that: from what you just said, would you describe the machine of Government as being too big …”

“May I say what an incredible pleasure it is to serve under your superb chairship, Mrs Hobhouse? I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes) for securing this debate. As in so many other ways, I am proud to represent an area that truly punches above its weight in literary tradition, not …”

“Q5. As the Prime Minister will have heard me say, the Isle of Wight is a fantastic place to live, work and learn, despite the Leader of the Opposition trying to give us to China. He will also be aware of some of the challenges we have in cross-Solent transport with reliability, frequency and price. The emissions tradin…”

“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish a requirement for persons providing certain public services to undertake training relating to eating disorders and disordered eating; to make provision about the delivery and content of such training; and for connected purposes. As many colleagues will …”

“I know that the Department is working hard with the Department for Transport to decarbonise shipping, but the current system works against businesses. One of our ferry companies is having to pay £12 million up front for a shoreside connection and then wait for up to seven years. Will the Minister commit to reviewing th…”

“Listening to the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately), is quite something—one would think that the recipients of this benefit were spending the money on soft furnishings for their second homes. They are not; they are spending it on food, rent and clothing for their child…”

“13. What steps he is taking to support naval shipbuilding.”

“Wight Shipyard and Diverse Marine in my constituency do fantastic work and they thoroughly welcome the launch of the new dedicated unit to help ensure that small defence companies can access Ministry of Defence contracts. However, given the recent news that a £200 million contract has been awarded to the Dutch firm Dam…”