Speeches by Coleman.

“Because GPs are not trained, they don’t feel competent in the area?”

“Right, Henry, and then I will come back to Anna.”

“And a teacher training or teacher support issue.”

“Right, okay—that was “bang.” That was sharp. Thank you. Henry.”

“Thank you. Anna.”

“Not public sector. And is it commissioned?”

“Is that a charitable service?”

“Quickly, what do you mean by innovation and holistic pathways?”

“Thank you, Chair. We have heard a lot about the assessment and diagnosis process not being adequate, so we do not want business as usual. It is good to have you all making these strong points. What are the big things we need to do to change the assessment and diagnosis process—bang, bang?”

“Okay, that’s fair enough. It is a good, honest answer. I will come back to you. Jolanta.”

“Some of the things you have said are to do with money and some are to do with processes. Let’s assume there is no money. We keep opening the cupboard, since we got in, and there is no money anywhere. It is an absolute nightmare. It will come as a great surprise to you, of course. Let’s say we have not got a lot of mone…”

“They are turned away because they are neurodivergent? Why? What do you mean?”

“You are saying, get the research to make the case that makes the Government want to change the system. In itself, that sort of research is not going to improve or change anything.”

“How will that improve assessment and diagnosis?”

“Yes. Is the data there to be pulled together?”

“I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton) for her excellent speech and for securing the debate. I am quite excited about Saturday week, not just because it will be my birthday on 5 July—[Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] Thank you so much—but because the national health service …”

“A big thank you to my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley (Sonia Kumar) for securing this extremely important debate. I was fascinated and not a little shocked to hear that this is the first full debate in the Chamber on this subject, and it is absolutely tremendous that we are talking about it, because we need to. As ev…”

“Looking at the research, Professor Shehata—we have been looking at lots of research—we see that black women often face higher rates of clinical intervention, so things like caesareans or assisted deliveries during childbirth. That can be quite traumatic for people. Why do you think that this is?”

“Thank you all. It is great to see you all today. I should say that Janet and I know each other from the North West London ICS and from anti-racism health initiatives run in one of my local authorities as well—Hammersmith and Fulham, not Kensington and Chelsea. It is a great pleasure to see you all here today and thank …”

“If you have the training, which is great, you need the trust to take it up.”