Wednesday, 19 November 2025

 David HODGETT (Croydon) (14:49): My question is for the Minister for Police, and I ask: when will my office receive a response to a letter originally sent on 9 July 2025? Minister, after sending the original letter in July, my office then sent a follow-up email on 15 August. I personally handed you a copy of the letter in September, as well as spoke to you about it in October, and we are still waiting on a reply. Not even an acknowledgement has been received to date. My constituent Ryan Sleeman has been patiently waiting to hear if an historical arson reward scheme payment that was due to be paid to his late mother, whose testimony led to the convictions of two arsonists in the late 1980s, will finally be honoured to the family, who have had to endure endless heartache, tragedy and loss and are finally due a reward for all their sacrifices.