Speeches by Beales.

“Maybe I am interpreting the data wrong, but I read that the post-treatment average loss is £137 in the high group for men and £121 for women, and £137 is a higher loss than £121.”

“Building on my colleague’s question, I appreciate that you cannot make policy recommendations, but it seems to me that there is a case being made that, as you said, care work does not affect everyone equally. You could make the case that there is slightly higher income loss for men than women, although the relative imp…”

“You have made my head hurt slightly with the amount of data and graphics. I very much hated SPSS and statistics at university. It is giving me flashbacks to my university degree; trying to interpret data gives me nightmares. It is really interesting data, as my colleague said. Just looking at the gender-based differenc…”

“I am sure my colleagues want to come in, but lastly, in terms of the spread of intensity, is it fair to say there is a sweet spot around the zero-to-20-hours level of care that mitigates—”

“Relatively, there is a higher level of loss. Relative to income, it is a greater percentage. That is what your data is suggesting. It is about the relative levels compared with previous income.”

“It sounds very useful. Just to clarify something that my colleague mentioned, this is purely projected income loss; you are not taking into account the impact on pensions or the impact on broader benefits and welfare, both positively and negatively, for these individuals.”

“It probably is helpful for my understanding to see a picture, to be honest, if there is a relevant graph. From what I was reading in your presentation, no loss is acceptable for a person, but in terms of the significance of the loss, is it fair to say that that zero-to-20-hours level of intensive care is a more managea…”

“That is exactly the thing that we were hoping to glean from this session, but that sounds very helpful. I hope your bid will be successful.”

“It would be very helpful to understand international comparisons. Would you also be able to do a doppelgänger analysis for other forms of unpaid work? In particular, would you be able to control for childcare, which is significantly unpaid, and the relative impact on someone providing unpaid childcare?”

“That is helpful. You have controlled for a doppelgänger. Have you done any international comparisons?”

“Yes, that is very helpful. Similarly, you point to a five-year cliff-edge point or five-year penalty. Initially there is household adaptation, which potentially causes a relatively less loss, but at that five-year point there is a cliff edge where there is suddenly a significant increase.”

“Yes, that is the nature of the gender pay difference. I am trying to get to a different point. At the moment we have a carer’s allowance system, which is at a flat level. From your data about gender—and potentially ethnicity, but more work is needed on that—there might be a basis for targeting higher support at certain…”

“Thank you very much. That is really helpful work. Good luck with your bid. I am happy to write a letter of support, personally.”

“As a Committee, we have been conscious that the potential audience for our report would be the Treasury rather than the Department of Health. It is making cost-benefit analyses of a series of interventions for a series of population groups. We know what the relative income loss is for people, but we do not necessarily …”

“It hits harder as a relative percentage because of the total level of income. On your previous slide, you have average loss as £121 versus £137 on the high-intensity group. The post-treatment average loss is £121 versus £137.”

“I am sure you will agree, Mr Speaker, that one of the best parts of being a Member of Parliament is visiting our fantastic local schools. When I have done that in recent months, I have been shocked by what I have seen. I have seen pupils at Deanesfield primary school, my old school, learning in mouldy and crumbling por…”

“I welcome the statement today from the Secretary of State. Clearly, there is massive duplication of functions across the many regulatory, national, local and regional NHS bodies and huge room for efficiency. I want to press the Secretary of State on two points. First, will he assure me that the bonfire of bureaucracy w…”

“Crime and antisocial behaviour affect the whole community in which they take place. They erode social cohesion, trust and pride in a place, driving people away from our town centres and making them feel insecure in their own streets and workplaces and even in their own homes. I am therefore pleased to speak in support …”

“When the Labour Government came into office last year, the NHS was in a critical state. Its fundamental promise to be there when we need it had been broken. The uplifted funding package is the first step on the road to making good that promise once again, but the pressures facing our health and care system are not over…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under you today, Ms Hobhouse, and congratulations on your first chairship. On initial reading, this is not necessarily the most exciting sounding clause—the subject is the national underground asset register—but despite the name, it is incredibly consequential for our country and our communiti…”