Speeches by Beales.

“Is there a sense that you are underpricing—that you are seeking to present quite a low-cost option, perhaps cutting back some things? I an not saying necessarily that this is what you get if you go straight to your GP, but I think NHS England’s guidance talks about the need for five psychologist sessions. We certainly …”

“Is a blood test clinically indicated? Are they recommended as part of the normal treatment pathways?”

“If any of those issues come back indicative of potential low risk or high risk or diagnosed conditions, what happens to the patient then?”

“This is perhaps a question for you all. How do you monitor engagement and take-up in the additional services you provide? Are you confident that the videos that you are providing, the consultations, are being utilised by the patient? We have all done online HR mandatory modules, where we click very quickly to get throu…”

“Human to human interaction?”

“Is the nutritionist, etc, all included in the cost up front?”

“The extra support you provide, is that all benchmarked into the price; there is no additional pricing? Are there additional options you offer to people with varying prices attached?”

“In terms of risk around that and trust in the data you are given by the patient, do you hold that risk? Are you responsible for that risk?”

“Can you do that in a light-touch model of prescribing, I guess that more sustained engagement and behavioural change, perhaps dealing with some underlying issues that are quite deep-seated and long term? People might have been battling with, as you say, different diet and exercise programmes, mental health issues or pe…”

“Is that one-to-one support or signposted?”

“How much is that?”

“I will just pick up on that point about competitiveness and competitive advantage. Is it not the case that those much-visited cities—Paris, Rome, many cities in Spain and others throughout Europe—have measures such as this proposed levy, yet they have not seen decreases in tourism? How is that a competitive advantage p…”

“I think Juniper also mentioned that people are twice as likely to achieve weight loss in the model, to your point, Claire. What evidence do you have about the long-term and sustained impacts of your approaches around weight loss? I guess this is one of the common questions about these interventions with GLP-1. Are you …”

“I think we have four Opposition Members on the application.”

“Thank you very much, Chair. I thank the Committee for hearing our application. I am here with other members of the Health and Social Care Committee, which is supporting the debate. Layla, who is another co-sponsor, gives her apologies for not being able to be here; a Health and Social Care Committee meeting is happenin…”

“We did a one-off, so we have not done a full inquiry. As Jen said, that one-off shone a light on some of the questions, but we have not—”

“I wish to present a petition about the imminent closure of the post office on Uxbridge High Street. With no plans for an alternative provision, this has left many of my constituents devastated, especially those vulnerable people in my constituency who rely on this vital service. Over various community petitions, led by…”

“Right. I will be guided by the Committee, really. Sorry—we misread the form in that sense. We thought that we had to have four Opposition Members. We are happy to source more or, as I say, we are happy to accept either Westminster Hall or the main Chamber. We feel that there would be quite strong interest, so ideally w…”

“I thank the Minister for that response. As well as grid capacity for much-needed new homes and infrastructure such as Hillingdon hospital, capacity is needed in west London for the large number of data centres being proposed at a regional level. What actions are being taken to strategically co-ordinate those demands an…”

“We need seven for a main Chamber application?”