Speeches by Coleman.

“I understand that at a local level, individual services can work well, but at an ICB or a system level—you come from an ICB that has only three councils; I come from north-west London, which has eight—how much is there a system understanding of local authorities, and vice versa? How much does a lack of understanding ha…”

“It is very good to see you all. I declare that the questions I ask are partly based on many years sitting on the council as the cabinet member for health and adult social care and sitting on North West London integrated care board. Given that, my experience—I wonder whether it reflects your experience—is that, for the …”

“Does the hon. Gentleman think that the Bill would make it easier or more difficult for the Government to enter into successful negotiations on a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement?”

“Will the hon. and learned Gentleman give way?”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“I find myself surprised to agree to an extent with the former leader of the Conservative party, the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith): we need to move away from some of the ridiculous, extreme language. There is no reason why the European Union would want to colonise Northern Ir…”

“I very much like the image of the law of unintended consequences poking its head around the door. One thing that has occurred to me during this debate is that we need, in Northern Ireland and Great Britain and the whole of our United Kingdom, to try to reduce the red tape that Brexit has introduced. One of the most imp…”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) for securing this debate. It is fantastic to see so many hon. Members and hon. Friends sticking up for disabled children and young people and their families. That reflects the focus that we have had on SEND in this new Parliament. According to Contact, a charit…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I fully understand the challenge that you face, so I will do my best to keep to four minutes. It is an honour to follow the Deputy Prime Minister and so many hon. Friends and hon. Members, and to have so many people sitting up in the Public Gallery listening patiently to the debate, hav…”

“It is not possible to get the NHS outcomes we want without funding these other things better, is it?”

“From the Government to local authorities, so that you have fewer people living in damp, mould and other situations.”

“On local authority resourcing, you talk about the importance of addressing housing, damp and mould. Local authorities obviously have their own social housing, and they will be getting more powers soon as regulators of standards in the private sector. Do you think that the NHS should argue for more resourcing for local …”

“Do you think it would be helpful if people in the NHS took more trouble to understand how local authorities work? I think there is a danger of dictating from on high, and that is not really how it operates effectively on the ground.”

“Lord Darzi, it is good to see you here today. I very well remember your distinguished time as a Health Minister under the last Government, and that informs all of what you are saying. I would like to talk a little about local authorities and their relation to the national health service. I speak as a former cabinet mem…”

“Finally—forgive me, but this is slightly off beam—a particular aspect of the relationship with local authorities that concerns me is what happened in covid and what has happened since covid. I notice that your report says that the impact of covid on the NHS seems to have been far more severe than elsewhere, and that we…”

“Thank you; that is helpful.”

“Is the inquiry, which you know more about than I do, looking particularly at this? It does concern me, because in my area I was the cabinet member and other people here were cabinet members during covid and trying to protect our populations, and it was extremely difficult when the NHS, for example, pushed patients, at …”

“It’s just that he knows more about the inquiry than I do.”

“In the Fulham part of my constituency, children in primary schools have enjoyed free breakfasts since 2019. The council initially negotiated that from developers and now it pays for them itself. It has also started providing free school lunches at one of the schools in Fulham. Does my hon. Friend agree that the thresho…”

“I am sorry for interrupting my hon. Friend at the very last minute, but he raised the important issue of the rebuilding of St Mary’s. May I suggest to him that that should come alongside the full refurbishment of Charing Cross hospital and Hammersmith hospital, as they all form part of the Imperial College healthcare N…”