Speeches by Beales.

“A specialist weight management hub.”

“Like a key worker or navigator of the system?”

“Those programmes are tested in certain patient groups, such as the Diabetes Prevention programme to prevent diabetes, and the Path to Remission programme for people who are diagnosed with diabetes to put them into remission, and there is evidence of that. Is there a risk that more fluid movement between models of diffe…”

“Is this the hub model you talked about?”

“My predecessor, Boris Johnson, promised much that never seemed to materialise, locally as well as nationally. My hon. Friend is right in his assertion that we have seen significant economic impacts. Pharmaceutical companies in my constituency talk about double administration and double testing of the exports of drugs n…”

“The post office in Uxbridge provides vital services to my constituents. It gives access to banking services, to Government forms for applying for passports or driving licences, and to general postal services. That is why residents were horrified to hear that the post office will close at the end of May, with no replace…”

“Do you want to elaborate on how you tackle the structural drivers of misinformation? What would that look like?”

“Does anyone else have any thoughts about how systems, locally or nationally, could be supported to tackle misinformation, or to improve vaccine confidence?”

“My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Rightly, this Government are putting more money back into local government for the first time in many years. That is long overdue, but that money has to be well spent. Unfortunately, what he describes in Harrow is quite similar to the experience of my residents in Hillingdon. Th…”

“The hon. Member is very generous with his time. I always have a lot of time for him. He is talking about our constituents in Hillingdon. Is it not the case that the financial settlement of the previous Tory Government, which also included council tax, had a 7% cut to core spending power for our constituents in Hillingd…”

“So the data has remained the same, and we have not seen any decline?”

“I am going to be talking to you about vaccine hesitancy and misinformation, and some panellists have touched slightly on this topic already. Studies identified by Ofcom in 2025 found that a notable minority of the public believe covid-19 vaccine conspiracy theories, and that there is a link between these beliefs and va…”

“Potentially, but could you answer my question? What effect has that had? Can you speak to that?”

“Do you have to do one or the other, or can you do both?”

“You have already said that the strategy is right, that misinformation is not the major factor and that it is about access. Do you have evidence that access to the health service has decreased? Viewing it from my perspective of what we can see, there are a number of initiatives to widen access points. The proposition I …”

“If you believe a conspiracy theory or misinformation, are you likely to go out and seek a GP?”

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“I am an MP with a Conservative council, and a colleague from the Conservative Croydon council area—[Interruption.] Conservative Members cheer; unfortunately, it is a bankrupt Tory council, but luckily this Government are stepping in, have followed the deprivation and the need, and are properly funding that council, reg…”

“Is that not the proposition? Should the NHS and the Government be actively trying to promote factual information around vaccinations?”

“I suppose that goes directly to the point that it is not just about access. In that community, you could make vaccines available in every single GP surgery with open access: a walk-in service. But unless you are doing active work to reach out to the community to start talking to them about vaccines, you will not build …”