Speeches by Hall.

“Have you reached out to MPs as well? Not everyone may have realised that you were in post from October. In terms of proactivity, it might be worth reaching out to MPs’ offices.”

“I declare an interest as the MP for Warrington South, so Warrington Bank Quay is in my patch. I am understandably very excited about the plans for it, which include a new station. One of the things that has been raised with me by local people time and again is that there is an element of scepticism, because this is obv…”

“Are there worries about the supply chain and those component parts, and even about the people who will be working on this from start to finish? Is that being built into the process as well? Obviously, there will be quite a lot of demand.”

“You are saying it is operational, absolutely, but a lot of these are top-level things that can be replicated across any museum or gallery—making sure that security is up to scratch, and that they have robust offboarding processes and regular training, I suppose. All those things can be disseminated across the board, th…”

“What about things of an internal nature—I am not just talking about what happened here, but as we have touched on, the Louvre and so on and so forth—like whistleblowing? If concerns have been raised, are we confident that we have robust procedures there for people to share concerns? Is offboarding, when people leave th…”

“On the security systems themselves and modernising, is support being given to make sure that security standards are where they should be?”

“Going back to digitalisation and digital inventory, obviously there will be lots of items that are not categorised or on the system, and may be in storage. How do we know, in a timely way, what has been stolen?”

“Making sure people only have access to the things that they need to have access to, I suppose.”

“On specific lessons, can you give us some examples of things that will change as a result of the thefts?”

“I would like to look at the high-profile instances of theft from national museums. We have touched on the cyber side of things, but some of the things that have been highlighted in terms of these thefts is that they are internal threats, there is a danger of delayed transparency and there is a real need for fundamental…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John. The death of a child is something that no parent should ever have to endure. It is every parent’s worst nightmare. There are no words that can make sense of it, and no pain more unimaginable. For many families, understanding why their child died is an important …”

“At a time when families are already under pressure from high energy bills, what assessment has the Minister made of the risk that, without action before April 2027, declining landfill gas generation will undermine energy security and increase costs for consumers?”

“7. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of methane harvested from landfill sites on energy security.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John. In Warrington South, I have been working closely with grassroots sports clubs like Cromwell Athletic, Crosfields and Bank Quay Bulls, and people like Ste and Bob: volunteers who give their time week in, week out, not for recognition, but because they care about …”

“As chair of the inclusion and nurture in education all-party group, I welcome the Northern Ireland Department of Education’s independent research showing that nurture provision delivers measurable improvements in pupils’ behaviour, attendance and attainment. What discussions are being had to share this good practice in…”

“5. What recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on education.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I will speak for my constituents who did exactly what this country asked of them. They came here legally, they worked hard, they paid their taxes and they built lives on the clear understanding that after five years they could settle. Now, part-way through that…”

“I am going to carry on because of time. I have spoken to highly skilled public sector workers who are being told that their day job is somehow not contribution enough. I have heard from researchers and lecturers who are strengthening our universities and innovation base, yet are falling short of blunt thresholds. To be…”

“I welcome the statement and the progress that it represents, and I put on record my thanks to the National Leasehold Campaign, which has spent many years campaigning tirelessly on behalf of existing leaseholders, who have been trapped in an unfair and archaic system. For the benefit of Warrington South leaseholders who…”

“Thank you, Ms Vaz, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairship. Too many people in Warrington South are being failed by the system that is meant to help them. Demand for ADHD assessments has risen sharply, with waits of up to six years. As someone whose ADHD was diagnosed when I was an adult, I know at first hand ho…”