Speeches by Chope.

“I will not, because I want to ensure that the Minister has time to respond to those points.”

“One of the issues is that since the branch surgery was closed, Christchurch medical practice has reduced its number of full-time equivalent GP doctors. There used to be 10.7 and now there are only 10.2, which may be part of the problem. Surely it must be in the interests of the Government, the taxpayer and everybody el…”

“The ICB is not elected or accountable. We have an elected and accountable council—BCP council—which decided that the surgery in Burton, a community facility that had been there for more than 30 years, should remain and that permission should not be granted to change its use, because of its value as a community asset. W…”

“The hon. Gentleman mentions the issue of finances. I tabled a written question about how much the health service has been spending on general practice in the Christchurch constituency. Again, rather surprisingly, the information is available only for the year ending 2023, so we do not have any information for 2023–24. …”

“I will just finish quoting from this letter: “If you are lucky enough to get an appointment, the next problem is getting there. Many people don’t drive or have a car, public transport is not easy for those with mobility issues, and taxis are expensive. If you do drive, another problem arises because parking is very lim…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered access to GP services in Christchurch. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. This short debate was triggered by the perverse decision, announced last week, of the Dorset integrated care board to refuse permission for Burton surgery to reopen. The surge…”

“More than 85% of the construction industry workforce is male, and obviously that means there is a great pool of unexploited talent waiting to be recruited or trained. What are you doing to draw that talent into the construction industry, and specifically into helping meet your clean energy targets?”

“Is this going to feature in the Government’s workforce plan? You have said that the private sector is doing this, but if the Government want to interfere in this market, which they seem to want to do, will they interfere in it positively by promoting the attraction of these occupations to women?”

“Will you be recruiting people who are not currently working? A lot of the emphasis so far seems to be on people switching from one sector to another, but there is a large number of people who are not working at all. The Government are saying they want to attract those people into becoming carers in the care sector. Wha…”

“Would the hon. Lady’s second question for the Minister include All Saints Mudeford, which burned down two years ago? The rebuilding process cannot be started because of the extra burden of VAT, so the church is raising money for that.”

“I accept the wisdom behind this new clause, but will the Minister go further and comment on new clause 39, in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh)? That new clause is designed to put an end to another mischief affecting the non-refoulement rules; it would ensure that primacy w…”

“May I speak briefly to new clause 39, in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh)? He is unfortunately not able to present this argument himself, because he is attending a meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Eu…”

“I agree with my right hon. Friend. If one wants a current example, there was a headline in The Daily Telegraph on 1 May that read, “Migrant spared prison after punching female officer”. [Interruption.] This was a fact—it was a court case in Poole in Dorset, not far from my constituency. A small-boat migrant who repeate…”

“As the Minister knows, I ask quite a lot of questions about the vaccine damage payment scheme. A lot of those questions ask for information that could be supplied, say, on a monthly basis, because we are talking about statistics, including how many claims have been made, how many have been dealt with, how many have bee…”

“In this Parliament, the Deputies were appointed temporarily until the end of the King’s Speech debate. That was the best part of a fortnight after the House had come back. [Interruption.] Sitting suspended for a Division in the House. On resuming—”

“I think the system works and is flexible. I certainly would not be in favour of having any more people; I think three Deputies and a Speaker is more than sufficient. Edward Leigh and I were appointed at the beginning of this Parliament to deal with the interregnum when there was a gap between the election of the Speake…”

“I think the system works and is flexible. I certainly would not be in favour of having any more people; I think three Deputies and a Speaker is more than sufficient. Edward Leigh and I were appointed at the beginning of this Parliament to deal with the interregnum when there was a gap between the election of the Speake…”

“In this Parliament, the Deputies were appointed temporarily until the end of the King’s Speech debate. That was the best part of a fortnight after the House had come back. [Interruption.] Sitting suspended for a Division in the House. On resuming—”

“I very much support the Secretary of State’s concerns about the automotive industry in this country. Will he therefore take action immediately to remove the arbitrary restrictions on the ability of our domestic motor manufacturers to produce and sell vehicles with internal combustion engines? The Government’s policy ha…”

“Waiting times for patients living in the village of Burton outside Christchurch could be drastically cut if the local integrated care board were to approve the creation of a new branch surgery. That application has been outstanding for more than four months. Will the Secretary of State put a bomb under Dorset ICB and g…”