Speeches by Coleman.

“I understand that, and you have provided good evidence. We are a bit short of time. What I am really interested in is why there is such a gap, so that we can work out why it is and what we can do about it?”

“I partly follow that, but it would be helpful to pull it out a bit. Fundamentally, wheat and maize are not things we would not want to use as the basis of healthy foods as well. What is it that makes it so expensive to buy other healthy food? What is put in these foods that makes them so cheap to manufacture and sell, …”

“Alice, I heard you talking very powerfully about the food manufacturers who are making all this crap food and marketing it wildly to young people. Have you at Bite Back sought to put your concerns directly to these food manufacturers, and if so, what has the response been?”

“What are the names of those two agencies?”

“They have refused to take your adverts.”

“Have you sought separately to contact the manufacturers themselves and sit down with them to share your concerns? If so, what has the response been?”

“Have you sought a private meeting with the companies, outside the AGM and the public format?”

“I should declare an interest: one of the boroughs in my constituency—Hammersmith and Fulham—has long funded Alexandra Rose through the public health grant. I was keen for that to continue. It has been very good for the local market, which is involved. It has helped people buy cheaper food and helped the local economy. …”

“Perhaps Corin will come in on this. How can we bridge the gap? What can we do? It is no good people like me saying to people who do not have much money, “You should go and eat healthy food,” if it costs twice as much as unhealthy food. What can we do? I know that Alexandra Rose makes food more affordable, but what can …”

“I am most grateful for that question, for many reasons. There is a huge problem with private equity hedge-funds going into private education, just as they have gone into care homes. That problem needs to be addressed, first, by making provision in the state sector much better than it is now. It should be as good as it …”

“It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Allin-Khan. In my constituency, 158 families signed the petition. We have heard that too many disabled children, not just in my constituency of Chelsea and Fulham, but across the country, are being let down. Parents feel that they must fight every step of the way just…”

“I am afraid I am running out of time—ah yes, I will happily give way.”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that we should also look at the impact on people’s mental health of online gambling, which is responsible for between 117 and 496 suicides a year—figures repeated in our Health and Social Care Committee report? My constituent Jack lost his son Arthur to gambling-related suicide aged only 19, a…”

“To come back to my ego fix, which is trying to get local authorities more involved, we have talked about vaccination. We have talked about public health, but we will not get the country’s health better if it is all just about the NHS. This is being driven by the NHS and full marks for all you are doing; it is a very di…”

“Is not there a lot of overlap between health and wellbeing boards and ICBs?”

“I was only trying to get a clear understanding of what it meant to you.”

“I thought I was taking the time that I was allotted. Finally, I want to come to the proposed model of neighbourhood health. At the moment, is it for individual ICBs to come up with a plan for this? Lots of ICBs do not have much resource because they have all been cut. If an ICB has the resource to drive this itself, it…”

“What will the difference be in the functions of those? Where will they overlap?”

“That is helpful, thank you. You are going to have a number of ICBs, which will be increasingly reduced as they merge, but you will maintain the 152 health and wellbeing boards that exist at the moment.”

“You say “regional”. Forgive me for taking the region of London, but it is the largest one. How many health directors are you talking to in London? Is it just the overall health director? That is Yvonne Doyle for London.”