Speeches by Coleman.

“Yes, let’s do that.”

“When you say that you have no difficulties, one understands that GPs are relatively uninformed about this, although some GPs are excellent.”

“We have had some interesting responses. I would like to ask this to Professor Bowden-Jones, and perhaps bring in the other two panellists. NHS England has been appointed the commissioner of treatment services, but it is being abolished. There is also a huge role for public health at a local authority level with gamblin…”

“We have amazing doctors and amazing nurses working in the NHS, but do they genuinely think, in their guts, that there is value to working collaboratively and almost on an authentically equal basis with people in social care, the voluntary sector and others? Will they not always say, “We’ll let you work with us”, withou…”

“I am going to leave it there. Thank you.”

“It is very good to see all of the witnesses. Nicolas, I remember “The Five Giants” and the fantastic work you have done making the absolutely unclear a little bit clearer. I have always enjoyed it. Before we carry on, I want to throw in a specific point raised with me by a very senior consultant. At the moment we have …”

“I am not just talking about specialised commissioning, which is about 150 different conditions, but about highly specialised, which is about 80 of those. If you are treating fewer than 500 people a year for a very complex disease, how can you devolve that locally?”

“Okay. I am not going to ask you that, Nick; I am going to ask you something else, because I guess you are just going to say what Siva said. You all have huge experience, which is fascinating to listen to. One of the biggest challenges is doing more with less. We always talk about NHS 10-year plans. However, we have tal…”

“I support my hon. Friend’s encouragement for the UK to accede to the pan-Euro-Mediterranean convention. I was at a meeting last week of the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly in Brussels, which issued a recommendation to explore options for closer customs co-operation and alignment of regulatory standards—that go…”

“I am most grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. I was pleased to see plans for a GCSE in British Sign Language following the passage of the BSL Act, but I am concerned that it has still not been rolled out, even though it is an essential step in promoting BSL, increasing the awareness of those …”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that it is good news that at last we have a Government who are doing something about the scourge of off-road bikes and dangerous e-scooters on the pavements and in our parks by giving the police new powers to seize those vehicles immediately, instead of letting the problem continue? Although t…”

“May I associate myself with my hon. Friend’s remarks? Does he find it as absurd as I do that under the Conservatives there was effective immunity from shoplifting goods under £200? That meant that shoplifting rose by 60%. Does he therefore welcome the fact that that effective immunity is ending, and that we are introdu…”

“Will the hon. Gentleman join me in congratulating the Fulham boys school in my constituency, which was the first school in the country to replace smartphones with brick phones? As a result, it has seen pupils become more engaged, better social interactions and improved classroom behaviour. Does he agree that that schoo…”

“In my constituency, illegally modified motorbikes and e-scooters are a huge problem, because of not just the noise, but the thefts, shoplifting and antisocial driving in general, as other hon. Members have mentioned. The police are under-resourced and I agree that they need more powers to clamp down on this, but does m…”

“Having heard the hon. Lady’s comments and the comments of those on the Conservative Benches, may I share with her my confusion? She seems surprised that she has not heard the full solution of what this Government are going to do with the NHS, when it is quite clear that there will be the three shifts, a 10-year plan an…”

“I am most grateful to the Minister for giving way to me and not to an Opposition Member this time, splendid though they are. The Minister probably shared my great disappointment when the last Government put no money into the new hospital programme and threw Charing Cross hospital, in my constituency, out of the program…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“On that point, will the hon. Lady give way?”

“And that is because you do not know the money in the system?”

“Right. So, they might be being optimistic, but you do not know?”