Speeches by Stafford.

“Dame Andrea, thank you very much for attending. You have already briefly outlined the key things you heard from parents and carers during your review. Could you expand on the really fundamental things that they wanted, and on how we might achieve them?”

“When we had the Secretary of State in front of us a few weeks ago, he was very clear that he wanted powers to be devolved to local level, and thus decisions and finances presumably become local as well. Is that something you support? Do you think that would be an effective way of dealing with some of the disparities yo…”

“In a word, would that digital red book be the key priority for you for this Government to get right?”

“In your review, you outlined six action areas, some of which you touched on there. Which areas do you think have made the most and the least progress, and why has that been the case?”

“Thank you very much. I am going to move on to the finances and the money behind this. This year’s NHS planning guidance saw the removal of the ringfencing of funding to allow for greater local control over finances. I think you have advocated for devolving funding and empowering local authorities to implement any sort …”

“Thank you very much. We could have a very long moral and philosophical discussion about all that.”

“A final question from me—still on money, I am afraid. Do you see a disparity between the amount that the UK spends on adult health and social care as compared with children’s health and social care along that distribution of income and poverty that you have described?”

“The Secretary of State claims to support change, yet delays to NHS reorganisation, including to the promised abolition of NHS England, suggest otherwise. Is it not the truth, as he outlined in his Guardian article, that he is bogging the system down in a slow, top-heavy restructuring, while resorting to tax rises, inst…”

“10. What progress he has made on the abolition of NHS England.”

“It is a pleasure to speak on behalf of His Majesty’s Opposition in this most important debate. I commend the hon. Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie) for securing it and for his heartfelt and impassioned speech. I was particularly moved by the recitation of Bobbie’s poem and the highlighting of the amazin…”

“To bring the Secretary of State to Hampshire and Surrey, there are major regeneration schemes under way in my constituency at Farnham, in Brightwells, and the new town centre in Bordon. Both will ultimately depend on attracting physical businesses, be it retail, hospitality or otherwise, for their long-term success. Do…”

“T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In response to my topical question earlier, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, the right hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (Jonathan Reynolds), expressed his disappointment that I had not invited him to my constituency—in fact, I have never seen him look so forl…”

“Pubs and the hospitality industry are by their very nature seasonal businesses and rely heavily on flexible working patterns. I saw this at first hand when being served by many younger staff on my recent pub tour of the constituency. Why is the Minister, through the powers in the Employment Rights Bill, seeking to end …”

“5. What steps he is taking to support the hospitality industry.”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. There are significant concerns in Whitehill and Bordon in my constituency about changes to healthcare provision and meeting the needs of the rapidly growing local population. I wrote to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 28 January about this issue, specifica…”

“My hon. Friend is making a very powerful speech about water sports, but does she agree that angling is also vital for our rivers? I met members of the Farnham Angling Society on the River Wey some weeks ago, and they were obviously very concerned about the effects of pollution on the angling stocks, which are vital for…”

“T2. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

“I associate myself with the Lord Chancellor’s comments and extend my sympathies to the families of those who were attacked. In Bordon, the release of a sex offender to a property near the Hogmoor inclosure—frequently used by young people, families and children—has caused consternation in my constituency. What is the Lo…”

“Patients deserve to be treated not only in single-sex wards, but —especially when they are having intimate examinations —by clinicians of the gender and sex that they wish. Is the Minister as concerned as I am about the General Medical Council carrying on with its policy to remove and hide biological sex from the medic…”