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HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)We get to question the Minister at the end of the process, so that is a helpful thing for you to have given to us to think about.27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)You are doing a great job.27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q I am the shadow Minister. Could you begin by telling us, given your experience of what happened at Grenfell and the investigations that followed, the key things that you think…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q Hello, Chief Constable Guildford, I am the shadow Justice Minister. Obviously police officers are already under considerable obligations in terms of their conduct. What gaps do…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Some people say there is and some people say there is not; I guess it is for us to try to work that out. Thank you for your assistance.27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q How do we ensure that the right people are caught by these offences? I am aware that you can have a culture in an organisation where senior leadership can create an expectation…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Ms Butts, for coming to give evidence. I am Kieran, the shadow Justice Minister. I do not know whether you heard any of the earlier evidence, but one of our…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q I am the shadow Minister. Earlier, we heard clear evidence from families and from an organisation representing families, Inquest, about the imbalance in legal representation at…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q The Bill’s provisions essentially ask public bodies to ensure just that they are representing themselves in a “reasonable” manner. How would you even begin to advise a public…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q What provisions in the Bill could be most helpful to the sorts of people you will be seeking to represent? In what areas, if any, do you think the Bill could be changed? Cindy…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for that opening statement. It applies to anybody who might have criticisms of elements of the Bill or views on it; we should not translate those into a lack of…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q I do not know whether you heard, but in an earlier session I asked how we are going to decide what is sufficient or adequate representation for public authorities. The evidence…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q We also heard in evidence that court judges in other settings make decisions about appropriate costs and so on. With some training and support, could coroners be asked to fulfil…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (First sitting)Q We have time for you to expand slightly on what you want to see change in those three elements. Pete Weatherby: On command responsibility, the Bill, and the original Bill,…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (First sitting)Q I am the shadow Justice Minister. Thank you for the written briefings, particularly the one done with INQUEST and Justice North, which is very detailed. As has been alluded to,…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q I am the shadow Minister. I want to begin by thanking you both so much for coming. What you and the other families have been through is horrendous. I want to pay tribute to the…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q This is a separate line of questioning, but the question of whether the experience of the coroners process is always a positive one for families is not a new issue. Some of my…27 Nov 2025HANSARDAccess to GPsThere are a number of exciting opportunities for extended GP premises in my constituency—in places like Martins Oak in Battle, Little Common and Old Town, and Oldwood in…25 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayI am not sure it helps the Home Secretary’s cause for me to say that I have a great deal of respect for her and that I thought her interventions this week were very important,…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [Lords]I rise simply to put on the record my thanks, particularly to the Bill Committee and to the Law Commission for its diligence. Yet again we see the great benefit that our state…19 Nov 2025