Speeches by Beales.

“Lastly, the league tables, which you mentioned as a key part of the overall framework, came out today for trusts. There are different views about league tables. I do not want to get into that. Clearly, in presenting a large group of trusts as either failing or lower down, there is a risk reputationally in terms of recr…”

“It would be very helpful if you could share some examples with the Committee of where you have taken intervention where you have seen ICBs or trusts potentially reducing key transformation-based activity or things that might impact productivity. It would be very helpful to see those examples.”

“That is slightly off the track of my question.”

“You have been monitoring that. Could you share with the Committee examples of interventions that you have taken where you have seen that happen?”

“I am just conscious of time. There is a lot of downward pressure on ICBs and trusts. You said you wanted to get back in the black. That is the key direction. I just want to be assured on this point. How do you know that that is not coming at the expense of investment in longer‑term transformation? I think about the sta…”

“I am not terribly clear on the answer to that. We want to ensure that there is genuine transformation and productivity and it is not just the capping of activity or demand that is pushing down that financial pressure, as can often be the case, and that longer-term investment budgets are not being raided, as has often b…”

“We will come on to the league tables. On the specifics of the NHS productivity plan, how would you judge its delivery and implementation so far? Can you share anything about the plans, metrics or where we are against those milestones? Are we on track based on the productivity plan’s assumptions? Are we off track? In te…”

“Are you referring to the NHS productivity plan?”

“How confident are you that it will be achieved? I hear the opportunity, the context and the challenge. I hear the issues that the NHS has been grappling with and continues to. Sitting here, leading the organisation, are you confident that those productivity savings will be achieved?”

“Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. The 10-year plan and the spending review commitments are all premised on quite ambitious productivity improvements in the NHS, beyond what has been achieved previously. How confident are you that the NHS meet these productivity targets?”

“I thank the Chair and the Committee for hearing the application for a general debate on community audiology services or services for people who are experiencing hearing loss. Why? The issue affects a significant number of people—almost 12 million, and projected to rise to nearly 15 million by 2035. It is an issue that …”

“Ideally, it would be an issue for the Department of Health and Social Care.”

“As part of this Committee’s inquiry into the first 1,000 days of life, we have heard worrying information and testimony about the performance on child vaccination rates. It has been well reported recently, with outbreaks in Merseyside and, unfortunately, children dying from preventable conditions. This is not helped, a…”

“Sorry to interject. We are falling behind. The national target was taken out of the planning guidance for vaccination rates and the pace of localism is slow. The pilot of health visitors, for instance, will potentially take a number of years from now to roll out at significant scale. Based on the seriousness of the iss…”

“I do not know what correspondence the right hon. Gentleman is looking at, but the correspondence I receive from my constituents in Hillingdon does not tell a story of a sector that is secure and safe; instead, my constituents tell me that they are battling damp and mould, and have had 35% rent increases in recent years…”

“The Bill before us is one of the most important and impactful Bills currently before Parliament. I say that not as someone who has seen a few emails in my inbox, but as someone who has felt the impact of the sector, having experienced homelessness twice in my teenage years and having been evicted through a section 21 e…”

“The hon. Gentleman says nothing has changed, yet again, but does he not welcome—as I do, as a constituency MP with a significant amount of military housing around RAF Northolt—the significant £1 billion-plus investment into military housing and the insourcing back into public ownership of thousands of MOD homes, after …”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. The vast majority of us want a more balanced and managed migration system built on the principles of contribution and fairness. That is what I hear from constituents in all walks of life in Uxbridge and South Ruislip. However, the question is: how do we get the…”

“Is there a deadline for meeting the WHO target?”

“The strategy is the right one and it is being implemented—that is what I am hearing.”