Speeches by Munt.

“Okay, thank you. So, you have said that you are learning from everything that happened. I just wondered how you might summarise that learning and whether you might express any regrets that you might have on the way that the CCRC handled the response to Andrew Malkinson’s acquittal and the publication of the Henley repo…”

“Did you have any concerns yourself about having a conflict of interest in that you had been, as I understand it, responsible in some way for managing the casework at a critical time in the Malkinson case, yet you were also employing the comms specialist to deal with how the organisation—”

“And what stopped that?”

“That sounds like the end of his job. You are just saying that he got to the end and it was all fine, and off he went, as opposed to—”

“And why did he resign?”

“And did the CCRC attempt to edit the review report to water it down in any way?”

“Did he tell you that he had serious concerns about the CCRC’s response to the Henley review?”

“What was the purpose of bringing in the crisis communications consultant in November 2023? That was Chris Webb, was it not?”

“That is what the annual report says.”

“So you don’t feel that there is any impact on any other.”

“Yes, I do, I do, I do. I wondered why the CCRC’s response to the Henley report and the annual report of 2023-24 says that Henley’s findings are “necessarily limited to the Andrew Malkinson case”, because to me the evidence suggests otherwise.”

“Fine.”

“You have said that, and everyone will understand that. Most of the work that solicitors and barristers do is unseen and the judge’s deliberations are unseen. It is the poor person who has not been served properly who needs to see this stuff sorted out, and sorted out fairly. It is not even as though this is the only ti…”

“But you have said that quality is important.”

“I am amazed that you are saying that you have case review workers who do not understand the basics of evidence. But we are also talking about the oversight, are we not?”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of recycling end-of-life tyres. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. The Government have placed the circular economy at the heart of their agenda. The circular economy taskforce has been established and is expected to report back later …”

“Yes, indeed; I shall come to that shortly. The previous Government talked a great deal about the circular economy, had their own circular economy strategy and brought forward consultations on a number of measures to close certain loopholes that created an opening for waste crime. Sadly, despite multiple commitments to …”

“I agree with the hon. Gentleman that that should be the case. We need to tighten up the licensing regulation and how the whole process works, so that we can reduce the amount of damage that is done. According to global trade data, the UK disposes of approximately 600,000 tonnes of end-of-life tyres each year. About 350…”

“Will the Minister also meet Henry Hodge, who is part of Black-Ram Recycling and one of the people who informed me about this particular problem with tyres? That is in the constituency just next door, so it is an easy trip.”

“It is really helpful of the Minister to ask people to contact Crimestoppers, but I wonder whether the Department can do more to demonstrate how it is prosecuting people who break the law. Enforcement is incredibly important—”