Speeches by Quigley.

“I will not, I am afraid—I did warn you, although I do like the hon. Gentleman very much.”

“Not enough to give way. If we cannot trust Dr Hilary Cass, the author of a report that the Conservative party itself has endorsed, when she says she is “absolutely convinced that more children will be harmed if we don’t do the trial than if we do,” who exactly are we prepared to trust? Do we follow the evidence, the cl…”

“I am grateful to have secured my first Adjournment debate as an MP on an issue that has resonated so deeply with many residents across the Isle of Wight, whether they are directly touched by dementia or not. I put on record my thanks to those across the island who have contacted me and are passionately fighting for the…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for that timely intervention. Before I get into the deeply troubling accounts that have been brought to me, I pay tribute to Maggie Bennett and her team who run the Parklands Alzheimer’s café. While the café cannot offer overnight accommodation, it offers vital respite for carers. Loved ones can …”

“I could not agree more; a national dementia strategy is of the utmost importance. As I will go on to say, we currently have a situation where people are being moved away from home or where the care they need just is not available. Nationally, 87% of care services are now commissioned by councils or the NHS at rates bel…”

“Do you think that from the outside, people end up thinking that Parliament has no role in monitoring and scrutiny? Is that what it seems like?”

“I mean the outcome in terms of what happens after an inquiry.”

“You made a striking point that inquiries—to the Chair’s point—may start off with good intentions, but they are almost designed never to come to a conclusion because once there is a conclusion, action has to be taken. So, as you say, there is a severe lack of outcomes for victims and survivors. You have enthusiastically…”

“I do not wish to put words into your mouth, but I get a sense that when you say that sufficient evidence is sufficient, it is because you feel that perfect has become the enemy of the good.”

“The Statutory Inquiries Committee recommended a new Joint Committee to monitor and scrutinise inquiry recommendations. What were the main reasons that was considered to be the best way forward?”

“In July of last year, the House of Lords Liaison Committee acknowledged that in the current savings context there were clear challenges to establishing the new permanent Committee you were discussing. Was that disappointing news for you?”

“In the absence of a Joint Committee, is there a not-quite-perfect solution in the House of Lords? We have two Houses, and we have lots of actual capability there, but no official Committee. What role could the House of Lords play?”

“I will be brief. To bring it back to the reason we are here, there are two victims, for want of a better word, who have both waived their right to anonymity: Ms Hall and Mr Murray. In Ms Hall’s words, “The Charity Commission’s repeated failures have caused me profound pain and ongoing injustice. Instead of holding a tr…”

“What value do you think you as the PHSO have offered in these cases?”

“If that is the case—you are saying that it is an unedifying process but you would not do anything differently—do we have a much bigger problem?”

“What would you want to do differently in this case?”

“Ideally, it would be the Treasury, but it could also be MHCLG. It depends which level of disappointment you want.”

“Thursday afternoon is fine as well.”

“Mr Banister, are you content that the PHSO had full understanding of the regulatory functions of the Charity Commission, particularly the commission’s role in identifying and investigating any apparent misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of charities, as opposed to general misconduct or mismanagement?”

“I would take a car park to do the debate in, if it is available! The debate is about isolation and deprivation in coastal communities. I will present the argument from the eyes of the Isle of Wight, the point being that the many coastal communities represented will suffer similar issues. The Isle of Wight has the secon…”