Speeches by George.

“I am delighted that the Deputy Prime Minister has arrived in time to hear my speech. I do not question her sincerity and intention, or that of the Planning Minister, regarding the legislation or the planning changes introduced in the revised national planning policy framework. My concern is whether they will actually d…”

“With regard to discharging, there is some anecdotal evidence that there is spare capacity in nursing and residential care homes that is not being taken up. To save money and move the system forward, discharge to assess in a care home until a final decision is made is one option that is surely worth pursuing.”

“No, I have probably used pejorative terms.”

“Are you seeing a push to reduce the requirements in packages of care in residential care home or nursing care home settings? For financial reasons, are people seeing whether they can get away with not providing that care?”

“Can you supply that to us? It would be really useful to us, if you did have exemplars.”

“Such as where?”

“The previous presentation was saying that there will be a doubling of those over the age of 85 by 2045. All of this is building up a very significant increase in care needs going forward. One aspect that concerns us—it is an issue that we are going to have to get our heads around in our report on the cost of inaction—i…”

“You are in a more advantageous position than me, but certainly over the last 20 or even 30 years, references to the availability of respite support have declined and it has almost fallen off the radar in many locations. I just wanted your impression of whether there is any quantitative data that supports the anecdotal …”

“There has been passing reference to respite care throughout the evidence session today. It is often seen as the icing on the cake of what fundamentally needs to be provided. I just wonder how the picture has changed over time, over the last 10 years or even further. It seems to me that all those providing care need bre…”

“You say that there has been an 18.2% increase in the proportion of people living over the age of 75 since 2017.”

“That is a very dramatic increase.”

“It is a very depressing picture. Just to get some clarity on the figures on those who have a significant unmet need, you are saying that there are a number of people who are simply not eating because they are not getting the care they need.”

“Is it workforce shortages causing the reduction, not the proprietors deciding to get out of the sector?”

“We are talking about millions who are not getting dressed.”

“Yes, there are gradations.”

“You also gave figures on the reduction in care home beds and so on. Were you able to disaggregate between nursing care and residential care? Which one is experiencing the greatest decline?”

“What assurance can the Minister give farmers in my constituency? A site of special scientific interest has recently been designated in the Penwith area, which is supported by a recent designation of landscape recovery. We now seem to be in a position where there will be no support for that at all. How will my farmers a…”

“The hon. Member makes a powerful point about the impact of the way in which the covid loans were provided to championship clubs. He will be aware that many of those clubs are calling on Ministers to intervene on Sport England to ensure that the repayment schedule for the loans is rescheduled to enable those clubs to ac…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I congratulate the hon. Member for Camborne and Redruth (Perran Moon) on raising this issue. He also represents Hayle, where I live and which used to be in the St Ives constituency, where it should be, really. Nevertheless I congratulate him on securing th…”

“Surely the Minister understands that if a club such as the Cornish Pirates were to fold, that responsibility to the taxpayer would not be served, because that debt would be unpaid, so it is far better for her to intervene and assist those clubs to overcome that problem.”