Speeches by Johnson.

“(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care if he will make a statement on the pathways puberty blockers trial.”

“I must first declare my interest as a consultant paediatrician who has looked after children with gender dysphoria in the past and is likely to do so in the future. We must remember that we are talking about vulnerable children. The first and most obvious question is: why? Why have this Government chosen to fund experi…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Warwickshire and Bedworth (Rachel Taylor) on securing this important debate. I declare an interest: I am an NHS consultant paediatrician and I have cared for those with gender dysphoria in the past, and am likely to d…”

“The question then becomes: are they not spending it? Some of it has apparently gone into reserves. Are they not spending it because there is no one available to spend it with, because there are no local nurseries available to provide for their needs?”

“I want to go back to what was said about the unspent need. There was an article in The Times at the weekend about unspent money for children with special educational needs. Why is that money not being spent? Is there an inavailability of somewhere to spend it, or is it that they are choosing not to spend it on special …”

“The other point I want to come to was, Neil, you talked about ladies in a supermarket and how they really wanted to spend time with their children. One of the joys of parenthood is those first words, being there for their first steps, seeing them draw their first picture or painting. That is all part of being a parent.…”

“I accept that there are parents in chaotic households where the child may be getting something from the nursery that they are not able to get at home, but are there situations where parents are capable and wanting to look after the children where putting—and almost pushing—them into a nursery setting, five days a week …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) on securing a debate on a subject that I know is important to him, to many of our constituents and to the whole House. The brain is so important. It is res…”

“I hope I speak for everyone in the House when I say that it is a special privilege to be elected to represent our constituents. The British people put their trust in each and every one of us to be their voice in this place. Our nation prides itself on a strong democracy, and the role of His Majesty’s loyal Opposition i…”

“Because you are not listening.”

“Take the Department that has received the most questions this parliamentary Session, the Department of Health and Social Care. It has received 15,000 questions since 4 July 2024, which is 29 questions per day. It has five Ministers and a whole army of civil servants to answer those questions.”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“Does the Minister understand that £130,000 for a part-time job is a damn sight more than most of my constituents—in fact, almost all of my constituents—are getting, and that if the Prime Minister has appointed somebody or signed off on someone’s appointment, having received money from the person he is appointing, the p…”

“Will he answer that point?”

“I understand what the Minister is trying to say with his whataboutery, and his “Somebody else might have done it first,” but the point is that his Government are in government, and they are not delivering on their promises. The ministerial code already requires Ministers to be open and transparent, and to answer the qu…”

“As someone who is on the waiting list myself, I do hope that the Secretary of State is correct. Waiting lists for procedures and operations requiring day care or overnight admission are both rising and higher than they were a year ago. Orthopaedic surgery waiting lists are up, yet this Government scrapped our major con…”

“The Secretary of State does not seem entirely sure, so perhaps he can write to us with an answer—”

“I would first like to say I am sorry that the Minister for Public Health and Prevention is unwell and convey to her the best wishes of the Opposition. I would like the Secretary of State to consider a patient who has waited a year for a procedure and then, after three waiting list validation calls, finally sees the con…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is now over one year since myself, the Father of the House, my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh), as well as my right hon. Friends the Members for Newark (Robert Jenrick), for Louth and Horncastle (Victoria Atkins) and for South Holland and Th…”

“The Minister says that the Prime Minister is committed to transparency, so how much did Mr Kogan give to the Prime Minister’s leadership campaign?”