Speeches by Beales.

“That is very nationally focused. Looking at the broader health system, which is a multitude of providers, local commissioners, ICBs, et cetera, do you have a sense from the centre of how many pilots are happening, at various levels in the NHS, of new or innovative practice?”

“Is there any political input, bearing in mind the previous panel’s discussions? Is there political direction about what should be piloted or political views about priorities or problems? Does that lead to discussions about whether something should be piloted as a result?”

“Are you saying that, from NHS England’s perspective, unless it is identified as a priority in the 10-year health plan, it should not be piloted or trialled?”

“That is a very complex picture, is it not? There are a lot of moving parts there. It is not simply the 10-year plan. Is there an overarching framework for all those inputs, so new technologies, the 10-year plan, the other priorities and programmatic input? Is there an overarching framework of decision making that guide…”

“I welcome the Government’s announcements about new sanctions on individuals responsible for the brutal treatment of protesters and the vile murder of 30,000 people, but human rights abuses on this scale are never the responsibility of a handful of individuals. They are systemic; they are state-wide actions. That is why…”

“I was recently contacted by a constituent whose daughter was the victim of an abusive and violent relationship for many years. There were continual delays in the case coming to court, and then again at the sentencing stage, including a five-month delay in sentencing due to mental health assessments being delayed, as we…”

“My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech about an issue that is important to many of us. He talks about masked thieves. Councils have the power to ban face coverings, particularly in town centres, by introducing public space protection orders. Does he agree that councils should work with the police to do that where…”

“12. What steps he is taking to reduce the Crown Court backlog.”

“I thank my hon. Friend for today’s statement and for her excellent work in chairing the Committee’s important inquiry. It is much appreciated. There is much to welcome in this report. Colleagues have already touched on a number of the measures, so I will focus in particular on vaccination. The state of vaccination rate…”

“So just for comparison, you are saying that 730 million fewer products is minimal, and less than 1%, but that you have ideas that would drive a 60% change. That would be transformational.”

“So why don’t you do that? If you have policies that are far more effective than the policy that has been introduced in driving that sort of change, why don’t you do that? That would remove the problems we are talking about today.”

“But we are certainly not seeing that in the data, are we, in terms of the shift in consumer behaviour?”

“I think Ben needs to come back in, but that wasn’t the question and it’s quite ludicrous that—”

“I am going to ask a series of questions on the food promotion and placement regulations, particularly in store. Beth, in your previous answers you suggested that the regulations had had—I think you used these words—minimal effect, based on the data you had seen. What was that data? What was that minimal effect?”

“I accept that that might be compliant with the current legislation, but the question is: is it compliant with the spirit of the law? Has your practice changed? Do your supermarkets now have more promotional central sections of aisles that would have previously been at the end of them?”

“The question is about the promotional sections of aisles that use colourful yellow branding or whatever your chosen method is. They would have been at the end of aisles previously, but now that that is restricted, have you moved them to the middle of aisles? Are there more of those central sections now than prior to th…”

“Do follow up on that data if you are unable to answer that question. The other suggestion is that there are loopholes in the regulations because a number of goods are not included—for example, unpackaged baked goods and party food products—and they are increasingly being promoted at checkouts and aisle ends. Has there …”

“There is the challenge of implementation, but you said it had minimal effect.”

“I find it strange that this issue is being checked every day, but you are not confident about compliance—no one can say, “Yes, we’re confident that the regulations are being followed.””

“What about the other supermarkets?”