Speeches by Cane.

“10. What steps his Department is taking to support community pharmacies.”

“Good morning. You have touched on this in your answers to other people, but the Government are continuing the policy of recruiting from the private sector into the civil service, and you said that a revolving door is potentially a good thing. Have you seen any evidence that the business rules that we have at the moment…”

“You seemed to be suggesting earlier that the financial penalty should be quite high and for civil servants it should impact their redundancy.”

“Do you have any thoughts on how we could make sure people know they should be applying, and that the forms are such that they make sure they put everything on there that they should?”

“Did you have any feel for the pattern where it does not work? What it might be that is holding greater sway?”

“Moving on to honours and life peerages, you said that you liaised with the relevant committees on that. What sort of feel do you have for how much influence that liaison has on their decisions?”

“If there was pressure to tighten up the rules further, do you think that would be an obstacle to people coming in from the private sector?”

“If you are giving them a degree of certainty at the beginning, and I can see that clarity would help, it might mean some people say, “No”, but at least those that say, “Yes” would know what they were doing. How would you see that working with a very short-term thing? Someone who is just coming in because they have some…”

“As well as energy, water is an important utility. In Ely and East Cambridgeshire, we suffer drought and floods. What is the Minister doing to encourage new builds to have proper rainwater harvesting and dual piping, so that we can use rainwater to flush our toilets and for other non-drinking water uses?”

“5. What steps she is taking to ensure that new homes meet the minimum standard of EPC C rating.”

“I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as I am an unpaid director for Reach Community Solar Farm. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (John Milne) on securing this important debate, and on his strong and comprehensive speech supporting the need for reg…”

“T6. Rural communities often find it even more difficult to access legal aid providers than in urban areas. What steps is the Minister taking to help to provide access to legal aid to people in rural areas?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I, too, thank the petitioners for bringing this petition forward, and my hon. Friend the Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for moving the motion. Since the Supreme Court decision, I have received a lot of emails from people in great distress, and even fea…”

“By proactive, do you mean looking to take up things that are not necessarily related to an individual case?”

“Beyond training, how will you support and monitor to ensure that those vulnerable people are being served well?”

“Some, indeed many, of the people who use the services can feel let down. First, they feel let down by the organisation that they are complaining about, and then sometimes by the PHSO. I do not think that any of your previous roles have involved engaging with service users who might be vulnerable. How do you think you w…”

“Do you think that some of it might be to do with how the PHSO communicates with people?”

“The most recent survey showed that only 48% of people were satisfied with the service they had from the ombudsman. How do you plan to go about improving that perception?”

“You touched on this with your answer, picking on the infected blood group. What other aspects of previous roles have equipped you to deal with this wide range of stakeholders?”

“As you say, it is quite a wide range. How would you go about constructively engaging with them?”