Speeches by Beales.

“Obviously, there is a similar analogy to school provision, and there are different ways of assessing school place planning. Generally, the LEA is the local authority, and there is the planning authority too. In your experience, does that process work better in terms of identifying school places need and the formulas fo…”

“We will come to that in more detail. What about any other grants, section 106 funding or any national capital grants? Do you or anyone else have any experience of accessing those pots?”

“Beyond just clinical safety guidelines—more like design guidelines. There is a hospital 2.0 standard being developed for the new hospital programme, but is there a clear design standard for primary care?”

“Do you have any experience of accessing section 106 and CIL specifically? Do you have any reflections on how that can be improved? We have heard evidence before about inflexibility and large amounts unspent, including specific health pots at local authority level.”

“Where do you think the additional delegation should sit? At ICB level? Integrated care organisations? Community or foundation trusts?”

“The Met police play a vital role in keeping those who work in, live in and visit London safe, including us here in this Chamber. The Labour Government and our Mayor have stepped up and increased funding, but at the same time, the unique challenges that the Met faces—policing protests, complex crimes and terrorism—have …”

“Today has been a long time coming. I thank the Minister for her hard, relentless and committed work in delivering this comprehensive and inclusive draft Bill. We were promised it in 2018, and it has been in four King’s and Queen’s Speeches. The LGBT community will rightly welcome today’s statement, but it is unfortunat…”

“I thank the hon. Member, my constituency neighbour, for giving way on that point. There is a lot of “what about” in her remarks; will she reflect on Dr Hilary Cass’s comments that the trial will lead to less harm than would otherwise be the case? Why does she believe that Dr Cass is saying that? Does she doubt her expe…”

“My hon. Friend is making a powerful and moving speech. Further to her point, does she not agree that the Opposition’s motion to prevent a clinical trial would not give people information, options and choices? It would cut down information, options and choices. She mentioned a constituent in her 80s who clearly did not …”

“I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. The Conservative party committed to and commissioned the Cass review, and today’s statement takes forward Dr Cass’s recommendations in full—guided not by ideology, but by evidence. Some Members who are critical of that approach have said in this place that these young p…”

“The Minister is being kind with her time, as always. As part of our inquiry into mental health services, the Health and Social Care Committee visited the 24/7 neighbourhood mental health centre pilots and Trieste, where the model originated. They have clearly been hugely successful already. The Minister mentioned the b…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate, and I know that she is a strong advocate for mental health in her role on the APPG. In the NHS, it is vital that funding for mental health keeps pace with funding for physical health care, and the mental health investment standard has been a crucial policy in d…”

“A frustration I have heard about local enforcement is that even if the issues are reported—they are often not, unfortunately, because people give up—and the police come out, and an arrest is made for theft, abuse or the other things we are discussing today, the perpetrator can be back on the street that day, often comm…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. He is touching on broader sectors, and he is exactly right that this is an epidemic across public-facing and customer-facing roles. I recently went to a GP surgery where receptionists told me they deal with sometimes weekly incidents of racial abuse. They showe…”

“To turn the question around, it is not understanding the benefits enough. The areas that are concerned, the areas they have not adopted, based on your responses, is that they do not understand enough.”

“You said you were happy about the rollout and the performance of the contract. We have heard, and it has been mentioned, that we are not at the 85% level of secondary care trusts adopting the Federated Data Platform by March. I think 168, and you suggested a higher figure, have signed the memorandum of understanding, b…”

“But those who are not, why do you think they are not? Why do you think they are concerned?”

“My question is about those who are not using it and who are not signed up, and why we are behind our 85% target by March and why they have concerns.”

“On that point of signing up being an indication of choice—it was mentioned that there is no mandation—to press on that point, planning guidance published in October 2025 said that trusts should sign a memorandum of understanding. Is that planning guidance “could” or is it “should”? Because our reading is that it is “sh…”

“I will ask you for a few clarifications about some of the testimony today. You talked about there being no role for preference or opinion and that it has to be based on performance. Is there no role in public contracting to look at issues such as whether the contractor meets fit and proper persons tests? Is there any r…”