Speeches by Stafford.

“The hon. Lady made that point powerfully. I have spoken to a GP surgery in my constituency that will have to cut seven members of staff, including a GP, a nurse, a social prescriber, a pharmacist and others providing ancillary services. These changes will affect not just her constituents and my constituents but every s…”

“Following on from the question asked by the hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman), in the Gallery today is Anne Puckridge, a world war two veteran and an intense campaigner. She has flown over 5,000 miles from Canada to meet the Prime Minister to discuss frozen pensions, a policy that is denying her and half…”

“My right hon. Friend makes an extraordinarily prescient point. That is a combination of factors that will leave many in rural areas, especially those who are elderly or have other caring needs, at a real disadvantage. That is why it is so essential to turbocharge this roll-out going forward.”

“Absolutely; I agree. As Conservatives, I am very happy to work with the DUP on any matters that are in our interest together. It just goes to show that this is not just a regional issue—it covers the whole of the United Kingdom. We need to support small businesses. That brings me to a number of those compound challenge…”

“I thank all Members who have contributed. Given that I have only one minute and 14 seconds to respond, I will not go through everyone’s villages. What has become clear today is that there is significant concern around the roll-out in rural areas. I am pleased that the Minister responded in the way that he did, and that…”

“The hon. Lady is absolutely right. The fact is that many of our rural constituencies are so far below the national average that it is a real problem. In my constituency, gigabit coverage lags well below the national average, with 65.5% of premises connected in the old constituency of South West Surrey and 64.4% in the …”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the rollout of Project Gigabit in rural areas. It is a pleasure to serve under your unexpected chairmanship, Mr Dowd. Broadband and internet access are as vital today as electricity and water. They underpin our daily lives, helping us work, learn, access healthcare and stay…”

“I give way to my right hon. Friend the Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds).”

“T4. Transnational repression by Iran, China, Russia and other unfriendly nations continues to be writ large on diaspora populations in this country. What is the Government’s strategy on transnational repression, and will the Home Secretary reintroduce the last Government’s defending democracy taskforce to monitor incid…”

“I will introduce my own Bill, which is based on that Bill, in early January. Will my Bill have the support of the Conservative party Opposition?”

“T5. The last Government and Surrey county council were working on progressing junction improvements with the A31 at Hickley’s Corner in Farnham. Can the Minister confirm that that improvement will go ahead? In addition, the pressure on the A325 through Wrecclesham is becoming intolerable. Will she work with local autho…”

“Thank you. That was really helpful.”

“I agree entirely with the Minister on the shift from hospital to community. I do not want to labour the point that I made when I intervened on the hon. Member for Winchester (Dr Chambers), but in the Hampshire part of my seat, we have a debate about whether we will still have Chase community hospital or a new health hu…”

“I suspect the hon. Member understands that I probably will not agree with him on the thrust of his argument about Basingstoke hospital. However, on the point about local community services, in my seat, in Whitehill and Bordon, there is a debate about whether we should keep the old Chase community hospital or build a ne…”

“I am going to ask a couple of questions on productivity. Before that, I want to bring it back to something you said earlier. In response to a colleague you said, “I’m just a surgeon who works in a hospital.” But you are clearly more than that. You have been a Labour Government Minister, you have been commissioned by tw…”

“That makes it even more—”

“I hope you are right. Moving on to workforce, clearly staff morale has an impact on productivity; allowing managers and clinicians to have the autonomy and freedom to be able to do their jobs properly is part of that. How do you see the balance between the clinical leadership and the managerial leadership within the NH…”

“Sorry—it is not that productivity is affecting morale, although I am sure it is; it is how we improve morale from a clinical and managerial point of view in order to increase productivity.”

“You were critical of the overall reforms, but the outcome of the 2012 reforms was to give clinicians more leadership roles. Is that something you approve of, or do you think clinical and managerial needs to be separate?”

“Let’s move back to where we started the whole session: data. The questions at the start were about the macro level and how we look at data to make big decisions across populations. What was your assessment of the quality of the data that trusts, ICBs or any of the providers or commissioners look at? How can you improve…”