Speeches by Moore.

“May I bring it back to local authorities? Don’t forget that Bradford is a local authority that had children’s services taken away from it under the previous Administration and a new trust structure set up, so there are deep levels of concern about what is going on in Bradford. One of the reasons for refusal, as I have …”

“Thank you; we would appreciate that. What advice are the Government giving, or what are they looking to do, if care providers cannot fill those essential roles?”

“I want to focus on child sexual exploitation and gang-related grooming. Home Secretary, last month I met your colleague, the Safeguarding Minister, alongside a leading child abuse lawyer, David Greenwood, who has acted on behalf of many victims and survivors of the Rotherham cases. We presented a dossier to your Depart…”

“One area that has drawn particular attention is the role of care workers. I want to build on the point that the Home Office expects the impact of the announced changes to overseas recruitment on the approximate number of care workers to be about 7,000. I was wondering how many previously displaced care workers have bee…”

“As part of the decision to try a strategy that brings about a reduction in inward migration of about 7,000 care workers, has there been any impact assessment, or fiscal impact assessment, of the cost of care for care providers if they find gaps or cannot keep that level of recruitment going given the new announcements?”

“That is excellent to hear, but the point I am trying to make is that local authorities are coming up with excuses as to why not to have one, which I am absolutely seeing in my own area of Keighley and the wider Bradford area. Where we have local authorities that refuse to put themselves forward for an inquiry, will you…”

“My right hon. Friend makes a valid point. At the moment, the risk is all sitting on the shoulders of the growers and producers. That is unfair, because there is a certain expectation of the food they are preparing, whether in quantity or quality, but some of the risk factors are completely out of their control, as the …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) on securing this important debate. Who better to open this debate than a Lincolnshire representative from a county that I know very well and which produces…”

“My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. One issue not normally considered is the reinstatement provisions after a solar farm has been implemented. A vast quantity of our prime agricultural land is being taken out of production, generally for a term of 20 to 25 years. Should not consideration be given to the state…”

“West Yorkshire police recently announced, to much fanfare, that areas such as Keighley and Ilkley would receive extra officers as part of a new neighbourhood policing team strategy. What seemed like a good and positive announcement hid the fact that the so-called new officers have been seconded from Operation Steerside…”

“I will be forever indebted to my constituent Clive Smith, who is also the president of the Haemophilia Society. He has been a long-standing advocate and a voice for those victims seeking justice for being affected and infected. Of course, time is of the essence and many victims still feel disillusioned and that the Gov…”

“Are these services that are provided by you as the provider or other charitable services?”

“Using that example of Wethersfield, there is regular transport that is put on from Wethersfield into the neighbouring towns; you are saying that that is not actually included within the contract that was awarded?”

“Is there anything else to add from the two of you on that point that you want to expand on, or differs from your view? No? In terms of the contract that exists at the moment, is there anything within that that incentivises you as a provider to go above and beyond in terms of the offering to those residents?”

“Why has that not been audited as you have been going along and changed and adapted to reduce the cost to the taxpayer?”

“Under the current hotel arrangement, would you accept there is a variation in terms of the standard of provision that is rolled out to those who are using the service from one hotel to another? From the visits that we have been doing, there is a great deal of variation in terms of the size of the community space that e…”

“To very quickly summarise, all three providers are not changing their performance targets for any type of hotel provision. That obviously relates to contingency hotels as well. Do you feel that if contracts were to be renegotiated further down the line, there is any cost effectiveness that can be achieved through the c…”

“The same performance regime in relation to performance targets across all hotel accommodations?”

“I want to just focus on performance management. The question applies to you all. The contracts allow you and the Home Office to set different performance targets for hotel accommodation. To what extent have you done that and negotiated that with the Home Office?”

“So, to summarise, no actual observation or assessment criteria is done in terms of capacity and impact on additional services beyond the actual accommodation itself when assessing the criteria for hotel accommodation.”