Speeches by Lowe.

“These are my whistleblowers, Chairman, but they are not reporting it to the NHS for fear of reprisals.”

“So you disagree with these whistleblowers?”

“Thank you for that. Can you explain something to me, then? I have had literally hundreds of NHS whistleblowers contact me. You probably know that I set up something called Restore Britain; we have our own whistleblowing line. We have literally had hundreds of NHS staff whistleblowers—I do mean hundreds—contact us about…”

“T6. Does the Home Secretary agree that if a migrant—legal or illegal—cannot speak English, claims benefits, lives in social housing, refuses to work, rejects integration, commits crime, and is a drain on our society or even actively hates Britain and wishes to do us harm, they should be removed from our country, regard…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I am grateful to the Petitions Committee for granting time for this extremely important debate, following our successful petition. Most importantly, I thank the more than 190,000 British people who signed the petition that we initiated, which calls for an en…”

“I am sure that the hon. Gentleman has heard of the Pakistani rape gangs, which are currently the subject of my crowdfunder. When he reads the report that is coming out in March, I am sure he will agree with me. We are witnessing the steady expansion of what are essentially speech crimes—offences where there is no viole…”

“It strikes me that there are too many people involved in this chain. It was made clear earlier that this scheme was over-complex and, in many ways, needed to be reformed and reviewed. It seems to me that it is a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth, and nobody is prepared to take responsibility. Again, that must f…”

“I am always wary of experts. It is better if principals deal with it, isn’t it? Have you reviewed it? Has your Department reviewed it?”

“Have you reviewed the balance sheets of these insurers or guarantors?”

“I think the Committee would like to see whatever minutes you have. It would be unprofessional and, in my view, irregular not to have minutes of meetings. I think we should see those, Chairman. Also, you have referred to guarantors, rather than insurers. With these insurers or, indeed, guarantors, are they FCA-regulated…”

“For me, the key issue is that Mr Ayers mentioned the fact that you had various meetings in 2022; he did not think they were minuted, but he has the agenda for those meetings. Have you got the minutes for those meetings? In my experience of government, Mr Pocklington, most things are minuted to the nth degree. Did your …”

“Do you think this is a systemic failure?”

“I have a question for Mr Pocklington. I see from your CV that you were in charge of financial regulation for some time in the early ’90s; you must have presided over FSMA 2000 as part of your brief. The London market is now a shadow of its former self, having been over-regulated. Listening to this hearing and reading t…”

“You are obviously aware of the wording of the insurance policy. As you know, mould can create health issues as well as the building work issues. Can you assure the Committee that those insurance policies cover health issues downstream from this malpractice?”

“Which insurance company is standing behind most of this?”

“You say “now”, but it is not now, is it? It is when the scheme was running.”

“Insurance as well, Geoffrey.”

“So it could be a newco.”

“First, I should declare my potential conflicts of interest in the various disclosures that I have made to the Committee. They are businesses that I am now a non-exec director of; I do not think they have been involved in this particular part of the curve, but they do contracting business. Simon, I am intrigued: did Tru…”

“Q14. Every week we hear of a brutal murder, rape or stabbing, far too often perpetrated by someone who should not be in our country to begin with. Does the Prime Minister agree that, for cases in which the guilt is so undeniable, the crime so monstrous and the evil so irredeemable, the reintroduction of the death penal…”