Speeches by Coleman.

“When you say “us working together”, who is the “us”?”

“Great. Have you pulled all those people together and said, “This is a real problem”? Do they accept that it is a real problem? Have you pulled them together to do that, take it forward, and try to find a solution?”

“I don’t take that as a yes. Am I right in saying that is not a yes?”

“Are you saying that on the basis of a financial analysis that you have undertaken?”

“Have you undertaken the analysis of the opportunity cost?”

“I appreciate your answer, but to be clearer: it costs around £800 to £1,300 per day to have somebody in a hospital bed, though the figures I am going on may be a bit old. If you can get people out of beds more quickly, or if they never go into beds in the first place because they keep on living independently at home, y…”

“On your recommendation, though.”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Dr Opher) on securing this hugely important debate. When I was writing my maiden speech back in July, I did some research into my predecessors, as one does. It was fascinating to see that it had been nearly 120 years since the voters of Chelsea elected a non-Conserva…”

“That is a very good point. The poverty in this country now and the cost of energy is causing people in my constituency to go to food banks and ask for foods that they do not have to cook. We are offering people food that might not always be of the best quality, and food banks tell me that a lot of healthy, fresh fruit …”

“The right hon. Member makes an excellent point that I will come to in a moment. The additives that cause so much harm today have simpler names: sugar, salt and fats. In moderation, all of those are fine, but the problem is that they are being shoved into our food willy-nilly in an effort to preserve it and—on the right…”

“My predecessor in Chelsea and Fulham claimed to have secured funding for Charing Cross hospital. That claim went out on election literature throughout the constituency. At the time, I doubted it. Today’s announcement confirms beyond any doubt that the money was not there. What he was saying was not true. I welcome the …”

“I am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s comments. I was not attempting to put together the whole puzzle, but additives are an extremely important part of the puzzle. We do ourselves a disservice if we pretend that sugar, salt and fats—eaten in the quantities they are today—and the ready food that can be bought so …”

“I was a cabinet member during covid, responsible for public health. As I listened to my right hon. Friend’s statement, I felt so relieved that we are about to replace the chaos experienced by me and so many people across the country at that time with a forward-looking, orderly and strategic approach. Among the many thi…”

“Many of my constituents have contacted me to share their concerns about child abuse and child exploitation. They will be relieved that, unlike the previous Government, this Government are no longer allowing this matter to be kicked into the long grass and are taking action, not least through Baroness Casey’s rapid revi…”

“It is good to see you here, Sir Julian and Mr Dilks. You just touched on the suspension of the ICS assessment programme. What needs to be in place for you to restart that programme, and what timetable are you working towards?”

“Does that mean that you are considering it as one of the options?”

“But you are going to be making a recommendation to the Secretary of State.”

“Will that be one of the options that you will consider in making a recommendation?”

“I appreciate that. I was just seeking clarity on whether the possibility of a one-word assessment is on the table for discussion at the moment as part of the process that is taking place. I am still not quite clear whether it is.”

“Thank you very much. That is very helpful. You have slightly distracted me from the final question that I was going to ask. I want to go back to the ICSs. There are many, many differences, and the different parts of the NHS do not work well together, but there is a fundamental difference of governance between the way l…”