Speeches by George.

“That is March 2029.”

“Earlier, Glen you were talking about the £19 per head notional administrative running cost. I believe £18.76 was the figure given. Does that mean to say that the figure at the moment is somewhere in the region of £37 or £38 per head in terms of running costs?”

“It varies according to geographies, demographics and inequalities. There will be variation across the country as a whole.”

“I am so sorry to interrupt the Minister’s peroration, but she covered without detail the funding formula for local authorities and whether it will properly address the poverty and deprivation in rural areas. Cornwall is the poorest region in the country and achieved European objective 1 status—one of the highest levels…”

“Meur ras, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I congratulate my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Camborne and Redruth (Perran Moon), not only on securing the debate but on the way in which he covered the issues and made such a strong case for the very special needs of remote and coastal areas. We hope that the new gro…”

“To be fair, you inherited a bit of a car crash as far as the workforce is concerned, with a 40% reduction in staffing within the sector since 2015. I understand from UNICEF, which has highlighted a Royal College of Midwives survey, that—it seems improbable—57% of midwives are contemplating leaving the service within th…”

“This is happening across the NHS: the potential risk—or some might call it dumbing down—of saying that people trained to clinical level x can oversee or allow certain functions to be undertaken by someone who is not so well trained. Do you think those kinds of patterns are safe and deliverable?”

“Before 31 December?”

“Okay, so it will not be done by a central diktat saying, “The Blackpool model will be rolled out nationwide.” It will be a framework within which there will be local flexibility.”

“As you know, there are five mandatory visits from health visitors. The Committee learned that in Blackpool, they have adjusted the way they manage the workforce there to achieve a target of eight visits, which they believe is a better way of both keeping in touch and maintaining an overview of the progress being made i…”

“I will come back to health visitors in a minute, but I notice that the Royal College of Occupational Therapists have strongly recommended that they shift a lot of their work out into the community, which, of course, is one of the three shifts that the Government are trying to achieve. They believe that they will have a…”

“You mentioned health visitors. You said there was a proposed health visitor programme in the Labour manifesto. You also suggested that health visitors could take on a larger number of tasks—for example, the vaccine roll-out. At the same time, a large number of health visitors are struggling with stress. Retention is ex…”

“I do not know whether your niece is saying this, but a lot of health visitors are saying they cannot do their job—there is not sufficient time to perform their duties. They do not feel it is a safe environment in which they feel satisfied that they are giving families the support they need. Are you confident that you c…”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) on bringing forward this debate and on the passion with which he is advancing the case. The attendance in the Chamber today demonstrates the strength of feeling on the issue. My contribution will draw attention to an area of Government where the duty o…”

“My hon. Friend is right about the need for the state to be open and honest in all these cases. As I mentioned earlier, the duty of candour already exists in the NHS. Nevertheless, in inquests where the duty of candour should be to the fore, the state comes along with barristers, lawyers and their supporters, and the vi…”

“The hon. Member makes a very strong case for Cornwall. He should urge his colleagues in government to welcome amendments to the Bill that strengthen Cornwall’s ability to achieve its unique and very special status, which we believe needs to be enshrined in this legislation as well as the historic record.”

“Meur ras—I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving way. He will be aware that in previous Parliaments I led campaigns to secure the recognition of the Cornish language and the Cornish people. Does he agree that this is not an issue of isolationism? It is not about cutting ourselves off, but about cutting ourselves in…”

“We often get distracted by the semantics and jurisprudence of terms such as “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing”, but it is clear that, with the exception of a few, this House appears united—just as the country is as a whole—in its opposition to the actions of the far-right Netanyahu Government. The Foreign Secretary says…”

“Further to that very encouraging response from the Secretary of State, does he acknowledge that Cornwall is the poorest region in the United Kingdom? It has great opportunities, as the hon. Member for Camborne and Redruth (Perran Moon) pointed out, but it has been hampered since losing the highest level of EU structura…”

“And you believe that that is possible in relation to the emergency entrance into the hospital, which is the one that I was referring to? Are you content that it can be managed and that you can get on top of this crisis at the same time as doing everything else? We have to call it a crisis, and it is still a crisis. It …”