Clive Efford MP: speeches 2024

Speeches

• 3 Sept 2024 · Fly-tipping · Hansard source

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  I will stop the Minister after 10 minutes so that I can give the mover of the motion time for a short summing-up speech.

• 3 Sept 2024 · Fly-tipping · Hansard source

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  You are all being very good.

• 3 Sept 2024 · Fly-tipping · Hansard source

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  Order. I remind Members that giving way eats into the time of those who want to speak later. I call Jim Shannon, who has four minutes.

• 3 Sept 2024 · Fly-tipping · Hansard source

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  If a Member intends to catch my eye in the debate, they must be on their feet now. I will impose a time limit of five minutes.

• 3 Sept 2024 · International Special Tribunal: Ukraine · Hansard source

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  For future reference, summing up is meant to be brief, but I was generous because we have plenty of time left. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered the potential merits of an international special tribunal on crimes of aggression in Ukraine.

• 3 Sept 2024 · International Special Tribunal: Ukraine · Hansard source

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  I remind Members to bob in their place if they intend to speak in the debate.

• 3 Sept 2024 · SEND Provision: Somerset · Hansard source

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  Is this an intervention on the hon. Member or a speech?

• 3 Sept 2024 · SEND Provision: Somerset · Hansard source

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  I will call Sarah Dyke to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be the opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up.

• 2 Sept 2024 · Infected Blood Compensation Scheme · Hansard source

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  Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate you on your new position. I am grateful to the Minister for keeping in contact and keeping me informed of progress on this matter. I have two constituents who are directly affected—one affected and one infected. My constituent’s husband, who died 30 years ago, was a former Treloar’s pupil, and she has recently received a payment, but there is no written explanation of what she has received. She does not know if it is for her, her son, her husband, or all three of them, and she does not know how it is going to be delivered, including whether it will be through her husband’s estate and if that will plunge her back into probate. Some affected people are still experiencing issues. My other constituent is a former Treloar’s pupil, and he is upset about the £15,000 payment and does not think it is anywhere near enough. I think this shows that those people who have been campaigning for 40 years want to be more involved in the decisions being made about them. I hear what the Minister has said, but I certainly think that they want to hear how they are going to be engaged so that they can make their voices heard about the issues. While generally welcoming what has been proposed, they want to be able to influence things as they go forwards, and I would like to hear from him how he thinks that can be achieved.

• 26 Jul 2024 · Infected Blood Inquiry · Hansard source

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  May I congratulate you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on your elevation to your position? I welcome the Minister’s statement this morning, but can he say a little more about how the compensation authority will arrive at its decisions? There is concern that advisers have undue influence on the Cabinet Office and that the voices of those who have been infected and affected are not being heard sufficiently in this process. There are concerns about the compensation process and whether that will be in addition to, or conflated with, support payments; the non-payment of exemplary or punitive damages; the lack of recognition of the impact of illegal experimentation or the knowing use of contaminated blood products; and the payments that will be made to estates where people have died. The people who really should be scrutinising this are those who have been infected and affected, so will the Minister commit to involving them in the compensation authority, so that they can have confidence in the decisions that are being made?