Speeches by McIntyre.

“I am happy to discuss the levers; we have got a whole report discussing what levers could be pulled and the fact that we are probably not going far enough or quickly enough. What really concerns me is that we are two years in. Obesity is possibly the single biggest lever that we can pull in terms of public prevention. …”

“I get that, but when will we start to see that change happening?”

“In the actual 10-year health plan, it talks about ending the “obesity epidemic”. What does that look like? There are currently 15.8 million people who are overweight or living with obesity in this country. By the end of the 10-year health plan, how many of those people will no longer be obese or overweight?”

“Thank you for appearing before us today, Secretary of State. To take you back to the comments you made on prevention, you said our approach depends on what we are seeking to prevent and we know more about some areas than others. I have got a public health professional sitting two seats down from me and I am sure she an…”

“As a neat segue into my next area of questions—I only have a couple minutes left—mental health has been in the news recently, not least because of the Milburn review, which shows that mental health is a big driver of young people being not in employment, education or training. We currently spend roughly 11%—I think—of …”

“Sorry, Secretary of State, but I do not want to go into the detail of the policy; a report is going to come out on that. I am asking what definition is the Department setting for the obesity moonshot?”

“Being very parochial, when will Gloucester residents see those waiting lists coming down? One of the biggest challenges I get in my inbox is that for young people the CAMHS waiting lists are far too long; we are letting down a generation. I appreciate the state that we found them in when we took office a couple of year…”

“So we do not have an answer to that?”

“We are going to have a whole session on that. If I may, because I only have two minutes left, I am going to go on to mental health.”

“As a Department, what is your definition of the obesity moonshot?”

“Do you think that we as a Government understand the “spend to save” principle? Do you think the Treasury understands that on, for example, something like obesity, you may need to spend money in the short term in order to save billions, potentially? Looking at obesity, for example, that is currently costing the economy …”

“You do not know how to get there if you do not know where you are heading. That is part of the problem: how do you set out a plan? It would be like me saying, “I’m going to set off in my car later. I don’t know where I’m going to end up.” How do I know which route to take?”

“19. What diplomatic steps her Department is taking in response to settler activity in the west bank.”

“Last week I signed a letter to the Foreign Secretary, along with 140 colleagues, asking the Government to take further action in response to settler violence and the rhetoric used by two far-right Israeli Government Ministers. Over the last two years, I have heard from hundreds of my constituents expressing their deep …”

“I welcome the report and my hon. Friend’s commitment to cross-departmental working, but I want to raise one area that his Department could put its weight behind. The Health and Social Care Committee has suggested an amendment to the Health Bill that would put the mental health investment standard into statute, so that …”

“The River Severn holds incredible potential for tidal energy, with the Severn Estuary Commission finding that it has the potential to generate up to 7% of the UK’s electricity. Will my right hon. Friend meet me to discuss how the Government plan to take that forward, and how we can ensure that some of the resulting goo…”

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“I welcome the report and my hon. Friend’s commitment to cross-departmental working, but I want to raise one area that his Department could put its weight behind. The Health and Social Care Committee has suggested an amendment to the Health Bill that would put the mental health investment standard into statute, so that …”

“The River Severn holds incredible potential for tidal energy, with the Severn Estuary Commission finding that it has the potential to generate up to 7% of the UK’s electricity. Will my right hon. Friend meet me to discuss how the Government plan to take that forward, and how we can ensure that some of the resulting goo…”

“Since the general election, there are 10,000 fewer people stuck on NHS waiting lists in my constituency of Gloucester, we have the green light for two new NHS dental practices, and a new GP surgery is being built in Hucclecote. But now is not the time to pat ourselves on the back and say, “Job well done.” It is not eve…”