Speeches by Johnson.

“Minister, have you bid for more money specifically for respite care in the spending review?”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. When I asked a question during the statement, the Secretary of State said, “It does not mean that.” I had raised the list on the Government’s website of the descriptors used to qualify somebody for a certain number of points in relation to the daily living component of PIP. Ea…”

“The Secretary of State says that she will legislate for a change in PIP, so that in future, people must score a minimum of four points in at least one activity to qualify. That means that an individual who needs supervision or assistance with therapy for three and a half hours a week, prompting and assistance with wash…”

“I have a supplementary to that question. You have been talking about other Departments, in particular MHCLG. I wanted to ask you a question about Health. I am a children’s doctor, as you may know, and I—and I know many of my colleagues—find it frustrating how frequently Health is not listened to in the context of child…”

“But, Minister, it is often not. It is not uncommon for a strategy meeting to be called without the medical professionals being given due time and awareness of when that meeting is. It is not uncommon for social care to have concerns raised about child protection by doctors and nurses and then to not be properly listene…”

“What kinship care provision have you made in a number of days or weeks? What is the cost of that to the Department? What is the estimate you have of the cost of that to the country if it was rolled out across all employers?”

“I suppose it depends on the size of the organisation that you are looking at, the amount you are expecting people to give and the demographic of the people you employ. I would be interested if you could write to the Committee with your understanding of that.”

“I wanted to ask about children with severe disabilities who often need respite care provision, which they should be getting and many are not getting, or not getting the number of days or hours that are supposed to be available, leaving a huge strain on those families. You cannot just ring up a babysitter because of the…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“My hon. Friend is making a great and impassioned speech. The Government are saying that one can avoid the tax, but one does not know who is going to die and when. In fact, the generations do not necessarily always occur 10 years apart, which could compound the tax even further, could it not?”

“I find them extremely difficult to reconcile. In early October, I went to the “Farmers Weekly” awards in London where the Minister, in his red bowtie, gave a speech in which he said that the Government would have the farmers’ backs. I am sure he believed it was true when he said it, but within a month, he was unfortuna…”

“I do not support the hon. Gentleman’s figures or think the Government will make farming more profitable. It is the classic socialist trick of saying, “We’ll give you some money here, and we’ll take some money there.” We have seen it with hospices and the NHS, and we see it with farming as well. They are taking money aw…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. It is disappointing, once again, that it was not made to the House first; in recent days, there have been numerous media briefings about this potential restructure. Under new leadership on the Conservative Benches, we believe in a leaner and more effici…”

“I declare an interest as the wife of a farmer and agricultural contractor. Farming is a difficult job—unbelievably long hours and physically hard work in all weathers every day of the year—but it is a true vocation and labour of love that farmers do to provide us with food eat and food security. Lincolnshire farmers ar…”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Redditch (Chris Bloore) on securing this important debate in the Chamber. I should also declare an interest: I am a consultant paediatrician and have worked throughout my career with children usually at the point of severe crisis when they have been admitted through A&E to hospita…”

“I am also a member of a union, the British Medical Association. I have found that union to be useful to me as it has represented me in the past, so I can see the benefit of unions. I am concerned, however, that the measures that the hon. Lady is talking about in relation to day one sick pay, for example, could make it …”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On Second Reading of the Data (Use and Access) Bill on 12 February, I raised concerns over the accuracy and reliability of data with the Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms, the hon. Member for Rhondda and Ogmore (Chris Bryant), particularly in relation to verification o…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I thank the hon. Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) for securing a debate on this important subject. I pay tribute to the ambulance services and to paramedics and their colleagues, who are on the frontline of our healthcare service, today and …”

“Social care is clearly very important, but what assessment has the Department made of the effect of national insurance contributions on social care provision as a whole?”

“One of the key things about the Government’s deal is that they have given in on money without asking for anything in return in terms of productivity. The Government needed to agree a pay deal that was sensible and affordable, not talk about the money that they are giving to the NHS while taking away with the other hand…”