Speeches by McIntyre.

“Will the hon. Gentleman welcome the Government’s partnership with Colgate on tooth- brushing in schools so that we can tackle prevention with children and make sure they are not going into hospital with tooth decay because they are learning how to brush their teeth and doing so properly?”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn) for securing this important debate. I also thank the dentists, hygienists, dental nurses and practice staff in my constituency who do so much to look after my constituents. The reality is that the dentistry system we inherited from the pr…”

“May I also pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley (Anneliese Midgley) and to Olivia’s family for their powerful campaign? The Bill seeks to challenge the power imbalance that has long existed in our justice system between perpetrators and their victims—for too long, offenders have had the upper hand. I a…”

“Thank you ever so much for your answers so far. I just wanted to come back to something that you said in your initial remarks about feeling like you were almost held captive in the hospital until you had an intervention. You were not able to leave and you felt pressured into making a decision. I have an 18-month-old an…”

“I was completely ignorant about this two years ago, if I am perfectly honest. One of the things that I learned is that you can do nothing. When people are offering you an intervention, you assume that you have to take whatever is being offered, but the option is available to say, “What happens if we do nothing right no…”

“It is hard to deliver systemic change.”

“Opening up that question to the rest of the panel, is anyone else aware of particular areas?”

“We have also talked about the pilot you have run in Bristol. Are you aware of any other policy initiatives or programmes that are out there that enable communities to provide culturally competent care?”

“It was about the differences in how people had been treated and you had your suspicions, and you referred it back to medical professionals as to why they might deal with certain groups differently. It was Beccy’s question about pre‑existing conditions, and diabetes was the example you gave. You do not have to answer th…”

“Sonah, I want to come back to something you said. You do not have to answer this question if you do not feel comfortable, but you said you have your suspicions about why things have not happened. Does that align with what Shanthi just said? Do you think that might be part of the issue?”

“That report was in 2022. Has there been any progress in addressing those issues since that report?”

“Is that all under the banner of systemic racism?”

“My next question is on continuity of care. We touched upon it in the first session. From my own experience of it, we were really lucky. Our community midwife was the same throughout and she ended up being on call on the day of delivery, so she was actually delivering midwife. Having spoken to a lot of people and parent…”

“On that data point, in 2022 NHS England took out the target date for that continuity of care piece because of the staffing levels and the ability within the system to actually provide it. Is that impacting our ability to understand the impact that is having and the data we are able to collect around continuity of care?”

“Picking up on the point that Marian made, do you think there is perhaps not enough focus on the role that doulas and others can play in providing continuity of care?”

“Shanthi, we talked briefly about the report, I am sure lots of your answers already have drawn from that 2022 report. In a minute—I know this is really difficult to do—could you summarise the key findings of that report?”

“To follow up on that before I go to the questions I am meant to be asking, we heard last week in a separate evidence session about family hubs and the importance of having more of the antenatal checks in those family hubs. That pilot in Bristol sounds really interesting. Do you think that model could work in a family h…”

“A final question from me and then I will hand back to the Chair. My colleague Josh Fenton-Glynn tried to ask this question a couple of times and you gave new MPs a brilliant example of how not to answer a difficult question when quizzed by a Committee. You are clearly very passionate about this area and about Sure Star…”

“In their Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, the Government propose a single unique identifier for children. The intention is to be able to share information better between different agencies. Do you think that will enable better joined-up care and promote the improved outcomes we are hoping for?”

“Thank you for your answers so far, Dame Andrea. Building on Danny’s questions, we have spoken about the consistency that family hubs provide, and about having a consistent model where you can go in and know the services that you will be able to get there. What evidence is there that they can also respond to different l…”