Speeches by George.

“That is good.”

“I simply ask the Minister the same question that I asked when he first came to the House on this matter. In relation to the cost consequences of this deal, he knows that the lion’s share of the interest lies with the military base on Diego Garcia. Therefore, what contribution is the United States making to the very sig…”

“I agree with the Minister that MMC clearly meets the threshold for proscription, but when did its actions first come to the attention of the Government? Why have they left it so long to bring forward this order? Why did they leave it until it was politically convenient?”

“16. What steps she plans to take to close loopholes in the tax system.”

“Does the Minister agree that instead of handing £500 million of taxpayers’ money to those who are entitled to small business rate relief, which is what has happened in Cornwall over the past 10 years, it would be far better to invest that money in desperately needed first homes for local families in desperate housing n…”

“Let me be devil’s advocate. I am not going to be the cartoonist in The Spectator, but there is an argument that we are increasingly becoming a snowflake generation. Indeed, the Secretary of State is using the expression “over-diagnosis” as well. I hear the emotion in what you are saying, but the fact is, as the Secreta…”

“Forty?”

“First of all, I want to get some ground understanding of the extent of the need and the changes in our understanding over the last 20 or so years. The Children’s Commissioner has indicated that there are “huge gaps” in our understanding and in the statistics available to properly appreciate the extent of need, in both …”

“Do you mean 1.2 million on top of the figures that we already have?”

“So there is an additional 1.2 million.”

“We will be coming in a moment to questions about meeting need and the system through which people go. It is just understanding the extent. Henry, do you agree with that broad approach and that there is actually under-diagnosis, and that in the last 20 years or so there have been very significant increases in diagnosed …”

“I thank my fellow member of the Select Committee and stand-in Chair for giving way, and I congratulate her on how she is introducing the issues today. Does she agree that the length of time set for the Casey review to report does not give us a sense of confidence that the Government have injected sufficient urgency to …”

“I warmly congratulate the hon. Member for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (Florence Eshalomi) on the way in which she introduced the debate, and I strongly support everything she said. Indeed, I support the sentiment and ambition of the Government’s announcement of £39 billion in investment. However, the Government must …”

“Will the Government let us know what assessment they have made of Israel’s stockpile of nuclear weapons?”

“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Altrincham and Sale West (Mr Rand). Of course, in this debate we have to reflect on the fact that the Government inherited the NHS in the very worst state in its 77-year history, which the hon. Member for Chelsea and Fulham (Ben Coleman) reminded us of. The Government must…”

“Yes, as dramas often are. Thank you for that. Leading into that, earlier you were mentioning—I think you used the expression—the old boys’ network and certainly the sense of club-ability, as it were, within the profession, in terms of one’s career development, being selected and those who rise to the top on that basis.…”

“To what extent are those conversations public, or do you have to work in the shadows within the profession? Clearly, you are in the public arena here, so you are speaking openly, but to what extent do you feel that you can speak openly within the royal college?”

“The conversation has stopped. You are not getting answers when you ask. We have all heard what you have said and we will be speaking to Ministers, who are sitting behind you—”

“And to NHS England before they are merged as well. I am sure that the Committee is listening to this. In terms of the detail of the tool itself, are there proposals within it for mandation of certain safe staffing levels? It seems to me that having guidance is all very well, but we all know that guidance is merely guid…”

“We have notified the Minister of a question we may ask in a moment.”