Speeches by Moore.

“I often think of our role as place-makers, problem solvers and great representatives of our constituencies, and on that basis, I say a huge thank you to all of my constituents for re-electing me. There is loads of fuel in the tank to keep me going in representing the mighty constituency of Keighley and Ilkley with grea…”

“Many businesses will be severely negatively impacted by the Government’s announcement on changes to inheritance tax through business property relief. Those in the hospitality sector, such as hoteliers and breweries, and even the manufacturing, engineering and tech businesses in my constituency, have contacted me with t…”

“I want to move on to police standards and confidence within policing, so moving on to themes. In October you announced a package of reforms to rebuild confidence in police officers and communities. Will you be publishing a formal response, building on the accountability issue, to the concerns that the last Administrati…”

“There is a proposal to build 65 wind turbines on protected peatland in the neighbouring Calderdale council area, which I am staunchly against. To make matters worse, if the development is approved, my constituents will not benefit from any community benefit scheme, despite being on the periphery of the proposed locatio…”

“5. If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a community benefit scheme for households near new energy infrastructure.”

“A final question before moving on: one of the key concerns that keeps getting raised is this feeling of disenfranchisement felt by those victims and their families from the state, whether the state be local authorities or anyone who has safeguarding responsibilities. That has been raised with me, as well as things that…”

“Alexis Jay did a very good report into Rotherham and we have had Mayor Andy Burnham do the Rochdale review, both of which identified systemic failures at that local level. In my constituency of Keighley and Ilkley I am deeply concerned about issues of child sexual exploitation in the wider Bradford district. Given that…”

“One of the issues that concerns me is child sexual exploitation, particularly when we are looking at violence against women and girls. Greater Manchester published the Rochdale review, which identified 96 men with risk to children, and identified systemic failures at the local authority level. Do you agree that the wor…”

“Police misconduct.”

“Home Secretary, to expand on the associated wider remit associated with that, can you say what those other areas are likely to be?”

“I have a follow-up question on police numbers, Home Secretary. You mentioned that you are looking to recruit around 13,000 officers in the years ahead. Does the Department have any expectation of the funding split between recruiting police officers and PCSOs?”

“Dalton Mills in Keighley, which has previously been the film set for “Peaky Blinders” and the like, has unfortunately experienced continual arson attacks. The most damaging fire was back in March 2022, when £15 million of damage was caused, and the most recent arson attack happened only two days ago. The situation is c…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the responsibilities of housing developers. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am pleased to have secured this debate on housing developers and the challenges that my constituents face around the multiple housing developments that are current…”

“My hon. Friend’s excellent intervention gets to the nub of the point that I want to make. When multiple applications or developments are coming down the pipeline, they must all be considered duly and properly by the local authority. Bradford council, the unitary authority for my area, does not do that, which is incredi…”

“The hon. Member makes an excellent point. The reality is that section 106 money should be spent within a closely defined community area to mitigate any negative impacts resulting from the development. Unfortunately, we are not seeing that in my constituency. Bradford council, which is Labour-controlled, has the power t…”

“Absolutely; my hon. Friend makes an excellent intervention. All too often, we see little pockets of development taking place on the outskirts of relatively small towns, without due consideration of the wider challenges with traffic congestion on highways, schools, doctors’ surgeries and indeed the retail offering. Crik…”

“I thank the hon. Member for his intervention, but he started off by saying, “I’m not going to make this political,” and then went on to make a very political point. I secured this debate to raise the concerns that residents have been raising. I robustly say to this new Labour Administration that communities like mine i…”

“As Members of Parliament, I often think that our role is to be both problem solvers and place makers. That is why today’s debate has been so important. I thank hon. Members for their contributions. The common themes have been obvious: early consultation is really important, as well as addressing the challenges around m…”

“I want to pick up on the point about the grey belt. I will use an example from my own constituency where we have challenges. The local authority is developing its local plan, but genuine concerns have been raised that where houses are being allocated, the need is not being identified—in other words, green belt or grey …”

“To expand on two of the points that you made—I do not know if anyone else wants to add anything—on the reimbursement element, obviously you have no control of when within the calendar year protests are happening, but the financial budget is set at a particular time of the year. At what stage do you feel it is normal fo…”