Speeches by George.

“Like others, I welcome this report. The Secretary of State referred to Dr Bill Kirkup, who resigned from the Amos review as an adviser because he felt that it was skirting around certain birthing ideologies and caesarean targets. The Secretary of State said that “staff shortages can have a dangerous impact”, and indeed…”

“It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend. I declare an interest as the former chief executive of a registered provider, the Cornwall Community Land Trust. I am now a volunteer on its board. I have therefore worked in the sector for some time. First, I congratulate my hon. Friend and his Committee on an excellent repor…”

“Nearly six months ago, my west Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency bore the brunt of Storm Goretti, which caused death and destruction across the area. Will Ministers work with local MPs in Cornwall and on the Isles of Scilly to review resilience plans to improve co-ordination on the resilience of nationally regu…”

“4. What steps he is taking through national policy to help improve the resilience of communities affected by natural disasters.”

“I have given Ministers advance notice of this question. Will they do more to better co-ordinate support across Government for women and child victims? The abuser of my constituent Caroline Eshghi was granted a lenient sentence because the abuse occurred before 2005, and my constituent Tina Nash, who was beaten, assault…”

“T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

“There is an opportunity for another victory for the United Kingdom if we can find a way of co-operating. Clinging on to half of the Parthenon sculptures while assuring ourselves that we own them, when they were obtained in, at best, highly dubious circumstances two centuries ago, is not a great look for this country. D…”

“1. What recent discussions she has had with her Greek counterpart on mutual exchanges of cultural artefacts.”

“Matt, you are very close to the ground, so presumably you can see the benefits.”

“Less digital prior to the rollout?”

“Can I simply draw the conclusion that you are sceptical and not yet convinced?”

“Presumably you don’t need a federated data platform to do the job of cleaning—as you put it—making true the waiting lists, removing people who no longer require the procedure. Surely there must be systems available to do that. When local authorities go through their housing waiting lists, I know they have their own mec…”

“You will have seen the FT article today that goes through some of those issues, looking for the cause-and-effect relationship of the Federated Data Platform and the outcomes. According to this, it seems that the Chelsea and Westminster trust has achieved an 84% decline in out-patient waiting lists, yet about a third ha…”

“A complete change in sovereign provider.”

“You said in your letter in February that many ICBs “already have similar tools in use that presently exceed the capability and application”. You are saying that it is only the ICBs that were less digitally enabled that might have seen benefit. What systems were in place, and do you not think that those simply could hav…”

“Do any of you know what the Government’s rationale was in 2023 for signing the contract with Palantir to deliver the FDP in the first place, rather than to expand the existing systems or make them more widely taken up?”

“On understanding the rationale, do you think interoperability was the justification to take a federated view, rather than the piecemeal view that might have been taken by each of the ICBs having their own systems? Is that the way of thinking about it?”

“Just to nail this point, and I think Ben has covered it very well, are you saying that it is already too late to begin the process of alternative procurement—I think this follows the point that you were making, Nigel—and would it be too disruptive even to consider it? Is it too late, and would it be too disruptive?”

“The Secretary of State says she is looking at options and that she wishes to work in partnership in the international sphere. She must accept that the UK has significant history and responsibility in this region. Does she not listen to the words of her Back Benchers? It is incumbent on her to take action now—not simply…”

“I should not have confused the two. I am sorry.”