Speeches by Beales.

“We have seen these declining rates since 2012, which is more than 10 years ago. A colleague earlier talked about the strategy development. Do you think the system has failed in moving at adequate pace to address the problem?”

“Has the system become more complex?”

“All the issues you mentioned about disproportionate take-up of vaccines were known about during covid. There were a lot of efforts to do many of the things you talked about, such as roll-out vans, culturally targeted messengers and messages, and conversations in communities. It does not feel like there are issues with …”

“Hopefully it will be quick—quicker than a decade. Lastly, you touched on midwives and the important role they play. In their evidence to us, representatives of the RCM talked about the importance of a care navigation role around vaccination. Have you any views about that suggestion from the RCM? Do you agree with it? D…”

“This week is also Small Charity Week—a chance to celebrate the work of small charities in all our constituencies. I have had the privilege of meeting many such organisations, whether that is Home-Start Hillingdon, Hillingdon women’s centre or Trinity Homeless Projects. Despite their important work, the National Council…”

“Do you think a transformation programme with targeted resource to go in to support systems to redesign based on your evidence would be the kind of intervention that—”

“Scaling that.”

“Thank you, Chair, and apologies for the lateness. I was on a Bill Committee. What I caught towards the latter part has been really insightful and helpful; thank you. It is clear from a number of the speakers so far that there is good practice in evidence. You have talked about some of the drivers of good practice. Conv…”

“Is it a resource problem?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for giving way, as well as for her excellent chairing of the Health Select Committee at the moment and for opening today’s debate. Does she agree that this Government’s record investment in our health service will be vital to turning around the health service after 14 years of under-investment an…”

“The Rural Activities Garden Centre in my constituency is a vital resource for adults with learning difficulties, providing jobs, training, support and the ability to make lifelong friends. The service users and their families I met last week were horrified that, despite this, the council is proposing to close the servi…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for bringing forward this very important debate for her constituents, my constituents and people in the UK. Does she agree that since this issue was last assessed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, there have been significant developments, as has been mentioned by other col…”

“My constituency has a significant Indian community, and there has been collective grief and dismay at this tragic event. I am sure that members of the community will welcome the Minister’s condolences, as do I, for the families affected, both here in the UK and in India. I welcome the Minister’s statement and his confi…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton) for securing this important debate. We have heard countless times today that, in 14 years of Conservative government, neighbourhood policing was decimated to the detriment of our to…”

“I wholeheartedly agree. We need action: those individuals must be punished quickly, and the court backlogs must be dealt with. The whole process must incentivise action and deterrence. When I met the couple who run the local post office in South Ruislip, they told me a heart-wrenching story of the change over the past …”

“Perhaps Christine can touch briefly on the impact of Sure Start and then Rachel can answer on the role of family hubs.”

“You made the point that we learnt a lot of lessons in the vaccination programmes during covid. Are we seeking to learn lessons that we largely already know?”

“Finally, because of time—the Chair is keen for me to be brief—what is your sense of when we are likely to have a national roll-out of vaccination of children via health visiting?”

“I will do my best, Chair—thank you. I was interested in the discussion of additional core services that hubs offer. There was not a great deal of reference to special educational needs support. Christine, from the document I read about your evidence review, one of the things that stuck out was the Sure Start impact on …”

“As for the impact on the issue of the uptake of vaccines, this sounds like it will be a couple of years away from anything at scale. What do we need to accelerate the programme?”