Speeches by Naish.

“My hon. Friend just mentioned small acts. Last week, three of my constituents, Mike, Fiona and Mary, travelled to Parliament and green-carded me so that they could talk to me about the situation in Gaza. They join about 40 constituents who have written to me ahead of today’s debate, and over 800 constituents who have e…”

“I thank the Minister for all the work that he has done, especially on the co-production front, which has been so important to disabled communities. One of my constituents had his PIP disallowed on renewal over a late form. He was reassessed, with no change to his condition, and scored zero points, which was upheld on r…”

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“I have sat through the debate, and I do not believe that community pharmacy or independent prescribing have been mentioned. Does my hon. Friend, with his experience as a GP, endorse the changes that the Government are making to maximise the use of pharmacists to deal with some of the pressures that he mentioned GPs fac…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—I appreciate being called. Before I begin my speech, I note that my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Dr Cooper) mentioned coastal communities. She was absolutely right to do so, and I will refer to rural communities, because there are equal challenges with delivering healthcare …”

“Do either of you think that there is any political appetite to remove some of these barriers, or will those barriers just have to be overcome day by day, month by month, year by year?”

“Building on the point that Tracy was examining and thinking specifically about polio vaccinations, what can be done to overcome some of the cultural, political, geographical and other challenges that you are facing in Afghanistan? Ms Nader, do you want to come in first on that?”

“My hon. Friend mentioned multilaterals. I wanted to put on the record my concern, shared by a number of IDC members, that it will be much harder for us to influence the multilaterals when most of our money is going there, rather than to bilateral aid. Does my hon. Friend share my concern that we need to resource approp…”

“To be clear, if the UK did withdraw from that, what would the consequences be?”

“The right hon. Gentleman sits with me on the International Development Committee, so he will know as I do that, to date, the Committee has found that there is still no detail on how “poverty alleviation is prioritised and tracked” under the new model going from donor to investor. Does he agree that if poverty reduction…”

“Obviously the UK has withdrawn funding from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative; is that a major concern? You are shaking your head. It does not sound like that was in your top three things that you would like to see the UK doing.”

“Building on the point that Tracy was examining and thinking specifically about polio vaccinations, what can be done to overcome some of the cultural, political, geographical and other challenges that you are facing in Afghanistan? Ms Nader, do you want to come in first on that?”

“In the short term, what specific challenges need to be overcome? You have described some cultural challenges; is that the biggest challenge from your perspective?”

“Ms Park, you indicated you wanted to come in.”

“Any further comments about tackling polio?”

“Do the other two on the call want to add anything to that?”

“What do you think the UK could be doing to help prevent some of the setbacks that you are describing?”

“So you need continued commitment. Taj, is there anything you want to add about what practical steps the UK could be taking?”

“A major public health disaster?”

“In the short term, what specific challenges need to be overcome? You have described some cultural challenges; is that the biggest challenge from your perspective?”