Speeches by Osborne.

“First, I pay tribute to all the hon. Members across the Chamber who have contributed to the debate with their life experiences, from barristers and prosecutors to criminal justice experts, as well as the powerful victim testimony we have heard. I welcome to the Gallery those victims who have put themselves forward and …”

“It is welcome that the Secretary of State opened the London stock exchange this morning, just after St David’s day and at the opening of Wales Week. Is this not a vindication of the two Labour Governments in Wales and Westminster working in partnership? In my constituency of Chatham and Aylesford, and across the countr…”

“8. What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing economic growth in Wales.”

“I could not agree more. I am proud that chalk streams are part of the portfolio that we are looking at to safeguard our natural world. However, as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for the ocean, my focus is on a different ecosystem—one that is no less important than our terrestrial ecosystems. I want to ask t…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North East Hertfordshire (Chris Hinchliff) for his passionate speech. Chatham has a proud maritime history and connection with the oceans, as well as the beautiful chalk streams of the escarpment that flow into the River…”

“Lastly, looking for forward programmes, in paragraph 2.6 there is a sentence at the end, which I think is quite general, but, in relation to the timeline on this programme, it says, “The Renewal Programme delay is at the lower end of the range of delays we have observed in our work on government digital change programm…”

“My follow-up before I move on is that when you did have those resource challenges, was that flagged within your three lines of defence risk framework? Were audit, assurance and control aware of that?”

“Thank you for that answer. I appreciate your candour on the contingency level in hindsight, because that is part of what we are trying to get to the detail on. My other question concerns resource risk. It was highlighted in the Report, in paragraphs 2.11 and 2.12, that this did have an impact on other Bank technology o…”

“I want to focus on one or two elements that have come out of the Report and I would appreciate your answers to them. One of those things is referred to in paragraph 2.7 and is specifically about contingency risk. It was identified at the start of this project that the “final business case budget of £375 million include…”

“I have one or two points on some of those lessons, but I am happy to hear the wider overview first.”

“I will ask some questions about the lessons for the Bank’s wider programmes. I will reflect on some of the lessons of this project and where we are going in future, in the light of some of the NAO Report. Broadly, paragraph 3.14 talks about “19 high-level lessons from the Programme that could be applied more widely to …”

“I have a series of questions concerning data and information and the IT platforms. Paragraph 10 of the NAO Report indicates that each of you is going through a process of transformation. I think the EA is ahead of the curve, in the sense of the Report that we have seen. DEFRA has a series of legacy IT platforms, which …”

“Yes. The question is, are we going to move to a position where the infrastructure board is more transparent so that people can see some of the thoughts behind the decision processes?”

“I am conscious of time, but I have some follow-up questions. I ask you to keep your answers a bit shorter, otherwise no one else will get the opportunity. You referenced the water reforms. We had Ofwat in a few weeks ago, and I specifically asked them about the SPSs, of which they have 59. They indicated that they are …”

“My questions link to the regulatory environment and whether you are giving sufficient flexibility. My overarching question is about federalism versus centralisation. The UK operates quite a centralised structure. If you compare that with other countries—specifically the US—we have a precautionary approach, which effect…”

“The recent National Audit Office report into police productivity highlights inconsistency in the operational and financial resilience of police forces, which suffered after the criminal inaction of the Conservative party. Will the Home Secretary set out how the National Police Service will enhance collaboration, while …”

“I thank the Minister for that answer. Under the last Government, social enterprises were decimated by cuts to their budgets during austerity. We have many good social enterprises in my constituency, such as Medway Community Healthcare, Emmaus and Medway Voluntary Action. What more can be done to support social enterpri…”

“10. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to enable local authorities to invest in local businesses.”

“My questions are linked to the IWC’s concerns around financial resilience and investor confidence. I suspect that one of my colleagues will pick up on some of my points. I was surprised when you said earlier that you felt there was investor confidence in the sector. The credit rating agencies have done numerous reports…”

“Lastly, financial resilience is critical—and I understand that my colleagues will pick up on other aspects of this. Ofwat has presided over a period when a significant number of companies have been financially distressed, and their ratings have also decreased. There is a crisis of confidence in this sector at the momen…”