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“I know. You can blame my office for that one—not that I am throwing them under the bus or anything.”

“You said it is up to you, but has there been any discussion about where this lies budgetarily? I am aware that Westminster probably suffers from silo working as much as anywhere else. If you read the Green Paper in a certain light, it does feel very much like a pushback from DWP, saying, “we should not necessarily be p…”

“Before I get on to the questions I have written down, I would like to circle back to some of the discussions around welfare reform. It strikes me that your Department has a particularly strong role to play in making sure that this is a success and delivers what it says on the tin. I am particularly interested in the fa…”

“One final question on this before we move on, coming back to the comments about the overdiagnosis of mental health. I wonder if there is some pressure—a view that there are people who potentially have been overdiagnosed with a mental health condition and who are off work but could be in work. Is there any leniency in t…”

“I will move on quickly, because I know that others need to get in. Turning back to the reform of the NHS and NHS England, how are you going to make sure that the reforms are used to strengthen both clinician and patient voices and put them at the centre of the heart of what you do?”

“As a SEND parent, my view of my child’s needs is holistic: I do not believe that they simply stop where the responsibilities of a local authority lie. What steps is the Minister taking to ensure that our SEND policy reflects such needs and the responsibilities of, for instance, the Department of Health and Social Care,…”

“I would like to turn to the impact on children and young people. Lucy, you have mentioned several times the issue of children gambling. First, I am interested in the ages that this encompasses. Is it those just under 18, or are we seeing younger and younger people getting involved? I know there are some safeguards in p…”

“Do you think the way the gaming industry interacts and operates is creating a generation of people who are hooked on this behaviour? Lucy, you have spoken a lot about children gambling.”

“Are the current safeguards around gambling advertising sufficient to protect young people and children? If not—I see you are all shaking your heads—what needs to change?”

“Is there an issue specifically around social media for younger people? The way they consume data is perhaps different from how our generation does. Does more need to be done around how young people interact with things like Instagram and TikTok?”

“Is it fair to say that the gambling industry is targeting children to create a new customer base? Or is that going a stretch too far?”

“Are there risks to patient safety when the reorganisation takes place? Have organisations flagged that, in the past, reorganisation has led to increased risk to patient safety while it is under way?”

“Sharon, what are patients not experiencing at the moment—in terms of how much their voice is heard in the current system—that you think they could experience under a new system? Also, where are the blockages that should be taken care of in a redesigned NHS?”

“Would you say that patients experience a lack of accountability at the moment that they find quite frustrating? You are concerned about the population growing and accountability diminishing, so what would work?”

“Good morning. I am interested to bear down on what will be the impact of the NHS reorganisation on patients. What kind of differences would we expect patients to see due to the reorganisation in the short, medium and long terms?”

“What do you think needs to be in place for patients to have that greater voice in the running of whatever organisation replaces NHSE?”

“So a patient-first focus going forward. How do you think the changes to the system will specifically enhance that patient voice, or could enhance that patient voice, beyond what we see at the moment?”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right: it is a real shame that the BSL GCSE is not yet part of the curriculum. I understand there are some delays around what a qualification would look like. However, BSL already has a qualification that is agreed by the deaf community and the BSL first-language community. I ask that the M…”

“I will.”

“[In British Sign Language: I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention.] As people will see, we have tried to learn some parliamentary signs ahead of this debate. My hon. Friend is absolutely right—it is a question of accessibility. If someone is a British Sign Language first-language speaker, there are barriers to tak…”