Speeches by Craft.

“Just before Christmas, one of my constituents visited my surgery and gave me pause to reflect on the massive, often lifelong impact on loved ones who have someone in the social care system, and the devastating impact on their ability to work and to live healthy, fulfilling lives. Does the Secretary of State agree that …”

“I have one very quick follow-up question. I really appreciate your answer. On the sexual violence and rape side of the violence against women and girls strategy, the feedback from the sector is often that the NHS and local ICBs, rather than being a help, are quite often a hindrance in referring victims to support servi…”

“Sorry to press you, but I am looking for more information about how you will involve those groups. The feedback we received was that groups were unable to access the consultation in the most basic of ways. Alternative formats were not available when the consultation was first launched, and then when they became availab…”

“I will be brief because we are pressed for time. An area where we would like to see more intervention from DH, as opposed to DHSC pushing control out, is the Government’s strategy to halve violence against women and girls over the course of this Parliament. I am very interested in the role that you see DHSC playing in …”

“Good morning, Secretary of State. I am very interested to hear your thoughts on how releasing control to local areas chimes with making sure that services that are often overlooked and seen as low-hanging fruit when there are budgetary decisions marry up. In particular, you will be aware that over the last week there h…”

“Last week, I visited Basildon hospital, which is relied on by my constituents and people across Essex. Staff in the emergency department told me that they were operating under intense pressure all year round, and that it is indeed winter all year for them. That is due to a lack of beds, the terrible condition of parts …”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered Disability History Month. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Mark, and I am grateful to the members of the Backbench Business Committee for allowing time for this important and timely debate. As a disabled woman and mother to a disabled daughter, I feel rea…”

“I thank the hon. Members who have taken part in the debate. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) who was instrumental in securing the debate, and her and her team for their help in the preparation of my speech. I will reflect on some of the issues that have been raised by Members acr…”

“Beccy, you aptly said at the start that the system does what it is incentivised to do. How do we incentivise NHS providers to effect that shift from hospital to community care?”

“I am not sure we have lots of time—we might be out of time entirely. My question was generally going to touch on the primary care estate and the Government’s ambition to have a neighbourhood health hub in every ICB area, but I feel like we have opened the door to something massive. What needs to happen to the primary c…”

“I guess it is about removing some of the strangleholds on services. How do you stop ICBs being tempted to the acute sector, when it is very pressing and very noticeable?”

“Moving away from micro-budgeting or ringfencing, how do you get the financial incentive in place that achieves your aims? For example, on the GP investment standard, do you have a budget that goes directly to GPs, which it is up to them to spend, or is a ringfenced budget given to an ICB, which is told, “You must spend…”

“Unlike other colleagues, I have never been on a planning committee. However, I know the effects of the current system and its failings. I know that only 19% of major decisions are made within the 13-week statutory framework, and I know that we have an absolute housing crisis in this country. I know the impact of the de…”

“This morning I had the pleasure of visiting South Essex college in my constituency, which offers a significant variety of post-16 skills-based courses, from theatre and music production through to digital skills, robotics and hospitality. The college is keen to raise the aspirations of local young people, matching thei…”

“15. What steps she is taking to reform skills training.”

“My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. It is unacceptable that disabled families are faced with choices about their children’s education that parents of children who are not disabled are not. During the election campaign, I spoke to another woman, Julia, and had the pleasure of meeting her 18-year-old son Oscar, who …”

“My constituents expect the Government to treat taxpayer money with the utmost respect. However, during the pandemic the Conservatives handed out contracts to their friends and donors and failed to prevent fraud, using the crisis as a cover for their greed. Does the Chancellor agree with me that that money belongs to th…”

“14. What steps she is taking to help ensure the sound management of public finances.”

“As I have said previously, the important thing is to see a long-term goal where disabled children are truly able to receive a mainstream, inclusive education, so that we get out of this cycle of families having to pay to transport their children miles and miles from where they live.”

“My hon. Friend makes a good point. The long-term goal must be better inclusion for disabled children in mainstream education—I would have loved to send my child to the outstanding school up the road, but it did not really want us. This is not a choice that parents want to make, and inclusion is the ultimate, long-term …”