Speeches by Munt.

“7. What steps his Department is taking to support small and microbusinesses in rural areas.”

“My constituent Jason runs The Cider Barn in the village of Draycott just outside Cheddar, a fantastic local venue that hosts live music and serves, unsurprisingly, really good local cider and ales. Jason was rocked by this year’s massive increase in business rates, which have jumped from £100 a month to £600 a month. I…”

“My young constituent Alex is paralysed after a dreadful road accident a couple of months ago. He wants to return to Loughborough University for his third-year studies as soon as possible. He has been told by the wheelchair services team that he has to have a 27 kg wheelchair to start with, before he can get a different…”

“Wouldn’t it be a good idea if you were at the prison gate, tagging people as they come out?”

“Wouldn’t it be a good idea if you were at the prison gate, tagging people as they come out?”

“Just one other quick question: what would be the disadvantages to getting somebody tagged as they left prison?”

“I just want to understand whether you know what you don’t know, if you see what I mean. I have an example: the gentleman who had been harassing one of my constituents was released from prison and should have been GPS-tagged but was not. He therefore breached the location bit and was reportedly twice in a place he shoul…”

“I do not want to sound negative, but I want to understand how many people you have lost back into the prison system.”

“Do children’s services make a financial contribution to your centre at all?”

“I want to be really clear: the Liberal Democrats support the statutory instruments, but we wonder why it has taken so many years for them to come forward. Why has it taken two years of this Government for the statutory instruments to reach Parliament? Given that the substances were added between March 2014 and March 20…”

“Do children’s services make a financial contribution to your centre at all?”

“Okay, but where would you get that order from?”

“I just want to understand whether you know what you don’t know, if you see what I mean. I have an example: the gentleman who had been harassing one of my constituents was released from prison and should have been GPS-tagged but was not. He therefore breached the location bit and was reportedly twice in a place he shoul…”

“Just one other quick question: what would be the disadvantages to getting somebody tagged as they left prison?”

“I represent a very rural area, and people have to drive many miles to get to a court. With fuel prices currently so high, why are ordinary citizens reimbursed for jury service at the rate of only 31.4p per mile for travel by car, yet the standard HMRC approved rate is 45p per mile? It does not cover the cost of travel,…”

“That would be really interesting. I don’t mean that in a negative way.”

“That would be really interesting. I don’t mean that in a negative way.”

“I do not want to sound negative, but I want to understand how many people you have lost back into the prison system.”

“Good afternoon. My name is Tessa Munt. I am the Member for Wells and Mendip Hills, which is in Somerset. Everything is as declared on the register, but I point out that I am a director of WhistleblowersUK, which is a non-profit-making organisation. I am also the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on penal …”

“Good afternoon. My name is Tessa Munt. I am the Member for Wells and Mendip Hills, which is in Somerset. Everything is as declared on the register, but I point out that I am a director of WhistleblowersUK, which is a non-profit-making organisation. I am also the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on penal …”