Speeches by George.

“On that last point, you heard the exchange between me and the panel earlier. There was an expression of frustration on their part that this workforce planning tool has been sitting within the Department, effectively, or NHS England, for some time. From what I have just heard from you, Kate, it sounds like there is a pl…”

“Hassan, I will direct questions at you in view of the time pressures. Your specialty clearly does not, these days at least, exist in the shadows. Yesterday we were debating your subject in a rather different context, very heavily in a very acute manner within the Chamber itself, as you are aware. Also, such brilliant d…”

“Moving on to the workforce tool that you have been working on for some time, where are you with that? To give a little more background, as I understand it, there is a 12% attrition within three years, which is a very high level. That shows that there is a tremendous amount of pressure within the specialty itself, which…”

“Of course we should uphold the right of every state to live in peace, but in what way is the UK military involved in this? We have just heard that IDF soldiers have been trained on UK soil. Is this the same IDF that has been engaged in atrocities, including the murder of UK aid workers in Gaza?”

“Our farmers and growers can survive only if there is a functioning supply chain, but since the creation of the Groceries Code Adjudicator, they complain bitterly about continuing poor practice and the risk of de-listing. Does the Minister not agree that it is time to beef up this organisation, and to amalgamate it with…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Steve Darling) on the debate. I will try, in my remaining two minutes, to cover four subjects very quickly. The first is about the fair funding question or whether the funding to an area is sufficient. The ho…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate the hon. Member for Wyre Forest (Mark Garnier) on setting out the important case for the role of the space sector in the UK economy. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Congleton (Sarah Russell), who outlined the importance and signi…”

“Of course I agree. Clearly, the stronger the links made internationally, the more they will benefit the UK economy. Having seamless relationships with other countries is important. My hon. Friend mentions the Galileo programme, but also relevant is US GPS. All these connections clearly need to be maintained and fostere…”

“The Minister mentions the importance of international partnerships. In the context of the unpredictable environment in which negotiations take place, particularly with regard to trade with the US, what conversations have taken place between the UK Government and NASA? It is clear that a lot of UK companies, large or sm…”

“The two sanctioned Ministers have been enabled by Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is himself subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, and I wonder what the Government will do to make sure that that is properly pursued. When I was in the west bank only a week after the two Labour Members were shamefully …”

“It is clear that we are today debating methodologies, rather than values. Certainly, I do not dispute the Minister’s values at all; we all want to see growth, need met, and the environment protected. The question that we are debating today is the best methodologies for achieving those outcomes. I have submitted a numbe…”

“My hon. Friend is right about that. Affordability is defined for rented accommodation—either 80% of market rent or the local housing allowance, whichever is lower—but it is not sufficiently defined for the intermediate market in rural areas, which includes shared ownership and discounted sale. There are ways that affor…”

“Is the Minister not concerned that he has lost the audience among wildlife organisations and trusts that say they are offended by Ministers’ portraying nature as a blocker to development rather than an enhancement to life and the economy, and are now asking for part 3 of the Bill to be scrapped?”

“Sorry, did you say eight contacts?”

“That is enormously helpful. As you say, the last Health Committee recommended one further contact, and that would have been far too modest as far as you are concerned. That was to have been a follow-up question. It was interesting that in answer to the question from the Chair earlier, in terms of two big asks, you did …”

“Moving on from that and reflecting on the workforce challenges within the sector, particularly workload challenges, it is quite clear that if the Government are pursuing their three shifts—two of which are highly relevant to your area of work—one is prevention, and the other is the shift from hospital to community. Wha…”

“On the back of that, I have a final question. To what extent is retention of the workforce an issue? Given the workloads that you are talking about, one might conclude that they create pressure that would further result in people leaving the profession earlier than we would like.”

“Back to you, Alison. On health visitor contacts, I am reflecting on the line of questioning raised by Beccy a moment ago. Five mandatory contacts are required. The statistics say that approximately one in five missed the contact at the appropriate time—the one-to-two week contact, the six-to-eight week contact and so o…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. I warmly congratulate the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) on the manner in which he introduced the issues and perambulated around the full range of factors that are clearly having a significant impact on this country…”

“When you are commissioned by your 23 local authorities, do you have a template offer to them or do you tailor it to the needs of that particular local authority or ICB that is commissioning? Are you commissioning with the ICBs or the local authorities? You said, “local authorities”, so I am not clear.”