Speeches by Beales.

“Do you not think, if your sector is pumping out messaging to try to get people to buy things—probably often more unhealthy food than healthier food, I would argue—they also have a responsibility to tell consumers what is in the food when they come to buy it?”

“Jim, I am coming to you now to talk about the out-of-home sector and calorie labelling regulations, which were introduced by the previous Government. What is your sense of the level of uptake and compliance of relevant businesses?”

“I thank the hon. and gallant Member for securing this important debate. As in his constituency, significant amounts of wildlife crime are being reported by residents of Uxbridge and South Ruislip. I recently met with the Save our Swans group and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. The horrific events that he…”

“As well as specialising within the strand of the AHP profession, is there potential for a more general route into AHPs? Doctors and nurses tend not to specialise early on. You become a more general medical professional and then you specialise as you rotate around different services. Is there a sense that having to pick…”

“Why is that?”

“Are the boundaries blurred? I am not disrespecting the professions. Equally, while a community nurse is very different from a nurse in secondary care or primary care, there can be some movement between those professions.”

“I want to turn to early career. We have touched on career development. In terms of training and early career development, what are some of the issues that AHPs or prospective AHPs are facing?”

“Most people will not train. Being a GP is very different from being a doctor in secondary care or being a doctor in another part of the care system in the community. I am just pointing out that there is a level of fluidity in those professions. It sounds to me that in the current training system you have to decide quit…”

“How many of the 14 AHP strands are open to people with apprenticeships or have apprenticeship routes into them?”

“In terms of routes into those qualified designated professions, we hear that recruitment is a challenge. If it is not a challenge, that is great, but we hear it is a challenge. In terms of entering one of those registered professions, we have received a bit of evidence around apprenticeship routes and degree apprentice…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his excellent advocacy on this issue, which is much appreciated across the House. In Uxbridge and South Ruislip, which has a significant and important BNO community, I recognise the concerns that he has outlined. I welcome the fact that the Government have moved, but does my hon. Friend agree…”

“HMOs are an increasing challenge in all our constituencies—certainly in my own—and they are a symptom of the broken housing market. The fact that people can make so much money from subdividing family homes and selling out rooms—they are even subdividing rooms and making thousands of pounds—is a symptom of 14 years of f…”

“I agree with the hon. Member, and recognise those examples. I hear many similar comments in my own constituency. I welcome the Government’s new clause 43 and new schedule 1, which seek to devolve the power to approve lane rental schemes to mayors of strategic authorities. Locally, we have far too many examples of endle…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her contribution. I do not want to get in the middle of a disagreement across the Chamber, but she has made her point expertly. Greater strategic oversight of the licensing system is vital, and authorities must take strategic policies into account when making decisions. These amendments will …”

“I thank the hon. Member for his generosity and am happy to take him up on his offer to visit his constituency, have a drink and discuss local issues. He is welcome to come to my constituency, too. I listened carefully to the 20-minute speech of the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Hamble Valley (Paul Holmes), but d…”

“That is an excellent point well put. Far too often, we see these trends emerging at a local level. We see a new industry using new technology, and we will be tearing our hair out trying to respond with our limited and restricted powers. We try to come up with creative ways around the system to do that and traditionally…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for that contribution and wholeheartedly agree. We should be guided by the principle of subsidiarity. Power should be given and exercised as locally as possible. Clearly, some powers have to be exercised in this place, at national level, and also at regional level it makes sense to act, and the m…”

“I welcome the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill that the House is considering again this evening. I must make a confession: I was not on the Bill Committee. It sounds like I missed out, according to some of the descriptions of the fun that was had. It is not the first time I have heard that a Bill Commi…”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman, my friend from the Health and Social Care Committee, on which we have had many good and fruitful discussions, but I disagree with him on this point. There are significant steps forward in the Bill in devolving powers to communities at different levels—at individual and community level, as we…”