Speeches by Beales.

“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?”

“2. What steps he is taking to increase grid capacity in west London.”

“How has that worked in practice? Have you, in a board meeting, looked at it and said, “This year we have seen 1,000 more EHCPs, and that means this”?”

“Elliot, from your perspective—the trust perspective—have you seen increasing waiting lists for treatments, assessments and diagnoses?”

“Has that fed through to commissioning decisions, in terms of staffing and specialisms?”

“Why do you think that is?”

“Is this symptomatic of the broader low prioritisation that paediatrics has?”

“Morning, everyone, and thank you for your time. It has been suggested that long waits for assessments, for treatment and for access to care of different sorts might be contributing to rising demand for EHCPs as conditions worsen. To what extent is that your experience in your localities? Is that something that you are …”

“What about for an adult population? If there was a group of adults who needed feeding tubes put back in in the community, there wouldn’t necessarily be a plan that would always deliver that specific funding for the NHS, but you would still resource nurses to go out to elderly patients and do that, so why must it be ful…”

“You have described how the system should work, but I want to press you on this question: does it work in that way? You talk about upskilling the school workforce and say that these should be things that they do. In your patches, how much training and support does the health system provide for the education system? In m…”

“From a school perspective, what I have heard is that they often do not feel able to carry those health risks—for example, putting back quite complex feeding tubes is not something that teaching assistants are necessarily trained or insured to do; these are health-based tasks that they are left to do. How much resourcin…”

“How much does the health system have to carry? What I am inferring from what you said is that you can decide where those tasks sit and support others to do those tasks. Is that what you are saying?”

“Thank you, that is really helpful. As part of the increasing numbers of EHCPs being granted, in your experience—perhaps this is for Ingrid and Dawn, from the locality and ICB perspective—what engagement is there with the ICB? What kind of map-across do they do to look at the EHCPs that have been granted, and the potent…”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”