Speeches by Beales.

“I thank my right hon. Friend for that contribution. It is true that many of my constituents tell me the story of turning up at the civic centre with a plastic bag of their belongings to be told there are no homes in Hillingdon. The best they can expect is temporary accommodation, often in communities far away, with no …”

“I share the hon. Member’s view of the general public’s opinion on the issue, but as a cabinet member during seven years of planning and redevelopment in Camden, I rarely heard those voices in planning committees. Unfortunately, the voices that are heard are often disproportionately against development and do not repres…”

“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 …”

“That segues nicely into the questions about advertising, so thank you for setting that up. What lessons do you think the Department of Health and Social Care should learn about the implementation of the 9 pm watershed?”

“I want to ask about advertising. Lauren, you talked about a portfolio approach to companies. Chris, you talked about the brands as much as the products. Is there any food company with a healthy portfolio or any healthy food brand that would be advertised? Are we talking about ending advertising of food companies in out…”

“My colleague is going to come on to that.”

“But are you aware of any company or brand with a portfolio of products that is generally healthy?”

“What company sells fruit and veg and advertises fruit and veg on TV? My challenge is whether we are talking about ending food advertising as we know it. All companies that currently advertise would not be able to.”

“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…”

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

“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…”

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

“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.”

“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…”

“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 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…”

“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?”

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