Speeches by Jones.

“Yes.”

“Yes. That is a Wednesday, so it might be good if we could have the debate on Tuesday 3 February, because it would give a lot of visibility to these important issues. The national cancer plan has every chance of being published on 4 February, so it would be very good to have the debate around then.”

“Thank you, Chair, and Committee members for letting me speak to my application this afternoon. I am afraid that Mary is unable to join us, so it is just me. Secondary breast cancer occurs when the disease spreads to other parts of the body. For those affected, every extra month matters, yet far too often their voices a…”

“Sorry, we did not get that right.”

“Yes—to add the option.”

“Even having the debate on Thursday 5 February would be good.”

“In Wokingham there are not enough SEND places for pupils, which means that they have to travel outside the borough and sometimes a long way from their homes to go to school. In 2022, Wokingham bid for two SEND schools and were given those two schools, but nothing has happened since then; the Government have still not c…”

“15. What steps she is taking to provide adequate funding for special educational needs provision.”

“Under the last Conservative Government, we saw years of chaos, incompetence and mismanagement, and very often a lack of transparency and honesty with the British public. The Government promised change, and had a responsibility to deliver a clean break from the Conservatives’ approach to government. Will the Minister ac…”

“After the Budget last Wednesday, it is clear that the Chancellor does not listen to good advice. The Liberal Democrats have given her so many opportunities of where she could raise extra money for the Treasury. We have called for a windfall tax on the big banks, which could raise £30 billion between now and 2030. The C…”

“Thank you very much for coming again; it is very nice to see you both again in front of the Committee. Several meetings ago, I asked, and the Committee fully agreed with me, to have sight of a break-even budget for catering, which we have not really seen yet. We have already missed an opportunity for this current year …”

“As I said, you are to be congratulated for what you have done; the deficit, loss or whatever you want to call it was getting a bit out of control, but now you are getting it much more under control. If you are aiming to continue the pace of the savings and stuff, we could do it by the end of this Parliament. It would b…”

“But that is what you are working towards.”

“The figures you have just given are good; we are going in the right direction. I am sure that you think that you have identified an awful lot of savings, but if we continue at that pace, it will be well into the next Parliament before we get a break-even budget.”

“22. What progress his Department has made on the implementation of the new hospital programme.”

“Frimley Park hospital is in wave 1 of the new hospital programme, with construction expected to start in 2028-29. Many of my constituents use the hospital, and they are rightly concerned about possible delays to its build, especially with the issue of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. Patients and staff cannot be…”

“Thank you very much for coming again; it is very nice to see you both again in front of the Committee. Several meetings ago, I asked, and the Committee fully agreed with me, to have sight of a break-even budget for catering, which we have not really seen yet. We have already missed an opportunity for this current year …”

“As I said, you are to be congratulated for what you have done; the deficit, loss or whatever you want to call it was getting a bit out of control, but now you are getting it much more under control. If you are aiming to continue the pace of the savings and stuff, we could do it by the end of this Parliament. It would b…”

“But that is what you are working towards.”

“The figures you have just given are good; we are going in the right direction. I am sure that you think that you have identified an awful lot of savings, but if we continue at that pace, it will be well into the next Parliament before we get a break-even budget.”