Speeches by Beales.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I thank the hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (Mr French) for securing this timely debate about Government support for house building in London. House building is vital for growth, jobs and many businesses in our communities, big and small. However, it …”

“Your point was that it is about branding, not just products—that we need to stop the brands. My question back was, are there any brands that you know of that would still be able to be advertised?”

“12. What steps he is taking to increase the number of cadets.”

“I recently had the honour of visiting the RAF air cadets in Uxbridge, where I was shown at first hand the amazing experiences that the cadets offers to young people. As well as being a route into the armed forces, they learn new science, technology, engineering and maths subjects, travel the UK and get their Duke of Ed…”

“My question is on the role of public information campaigns. Lis mentioned the Take Five to Age Well campaign. What is your sense about the contribution they make and the opportunities to integrate them better in the health system?”

“We are going to come back to digital prescribing.”

“Was it the most inactive who made those changes, or was it the already active being a bit more active?”

“I thank our witnesses for being here today. We have already heard that many older people know that exercise is good for them. It is not that this is a foreign concept that is new information to most. But we know that few act on it, or act on it as much as they should. Beyond just telling people to exercise more, what e…”

“You stressed the value of talking about movement rather than exercise, but do you think the sector has moved in the opposite way? There has been a professionalism of exercise, if anything. The ways you can exercise are more and more professionalised; there are more gyms and more specialised exercise classes, but people…”

“Is there a case to make those things statutory services? Usually they are not. Library provision or social care is, but none of those things is necessarily statutory.”

“That is helpful. Picking up on your point, Lis, about the importance of social interaction as driving activity, do you think there is a relationship between increasing rates of social isolation and people living alone, perhaps with less contact with family and friends, and increasing inactivity?”

“You would be doing that to guide these decisions.”

“Is there any modelling about what investments practically bring in those areas? I think we would all agree on repairing pavements and having street lights switched on. My grandparents moved near the coast, and the street lights are now all switched off at night to save money, the pavements are in bad shape and the publ…”

“Will the Leader of the House join me in welcoming the announcement that, after a strong local community campaign, Hayes police station front counter will remain open? Can we make time in the House to discuss the importance of police front counters, such as the one that needs to reopen at Uxbridge, and rebuilding neighb…”

“4. What recent steps his Department has taken to strengthen partnership working with the voluntary sector.”

“I welcome the covenant and the Minister’s response. Research from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations indicates that the charity and voluntary sector delivers £14 billion of public services annually. In my constituency, Hillingdon citizens advice bureau, Mencap and Mind provide vital advice and support, bu…”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes North (Chris Curtis) for securing this important debate. The housing crisis is one of the defining challenges of our generation. We clearly face a series of overlapping problems: a crisis of poor quality a…”

“Should we be asking people whether they want them? I got told, “Here’s your bag.” They were everywhere. It was so easy to just grab some and have them.”

“Once. When I was coming into sexual awareness, you couldn’t really move for free condoms. Every time you went to a clinic you left with a bag, whether you liked it or not. Every bar that I went to had free condoms in baskets everywhere. It was so easy to access affordable condoms. Even in some schools at the time, you …”

“On condom use, I remember being young once—”