Speeches by Craft.

“Ingrid and Dawn, you are both DCOs for SEND. Our documents do not list that you are from ICBs, but that is who you work for. Do you have the capability or capacity to commission what is set out in the SEND White Paper? We heard in the first panel that a lot of specialists and paediatric therapists are used for a large …”

“Have you got an example of that?”

“It is interesting, because the direction of travel in the White Paper is to address needs at the earliest opportunity, with early intervention and with Experts at Hand, which is very much delivered by the health service. What I am hearing from you is that you are asking for a national framework—something that sets the …”

“Do the other panellists think that health is potentially missing from the White Paper in terms of how you are going to drive that direction of travel?”

“I just wanted to pick up on something. The SEND White Paper contains a joint foreword by the Secretaries of State for Health and Education, and I noticed that they said, “We will join services up, wrapping health and care around our nurseries, schools and colleges” and so on. What seems to be coming from you quite loud…”

“To circle back to accountability, is there an opportunity, when we see the forthcoming SEND legislation, which will probably be in the next parliamentary Session, to bake more accountability into the system when it comes to healthcare needs?”

“I would like to move on to the standards of care and patient safety in the current situation. Dr Benneyworth, you found that concerns around normalising corridor care present a barrier to trusts putting in place all the possible patient safety mitigations. Do we have to accept that corridor care is part and parcel of t…”

“My local hospital, Basildon, has corridor care, and I have seen it happen. It is really important to say that when I speak to patients being treated in the corridor, they are full of nothing but praise for the staff. They see the effort that the staff are putting in despite having to work under extremely trying circums…”

“Has anyone anything else to add?”

“Thank you; that was a helpful segue to my next question. NHSE is clarifying its current guidance with respect to escalation and incident reporting to make it clearer that trust boards should take formal ownership of corridor care, perhaps baking more of that accountability into the system. What do you think requires cl…”

“Last week, Members from across this House and the other place felt compelled to write to Jo Boydell, the chief executive of Travelodge, following reports that in 2022 staff in one of the company’s hotels gave a man a keycard and the room number of a woman staying alone. He then entered her room and sexually assaulted h…”

“Is it fair to describe corridor care as a way of spreading risk across the hospital and the wider health and social care system? And is it effective as a tool for managing that kind of risk? I can see Professor Ranger shaking her head quite firmly at that. Feel free to come in.”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his contribution; I think he may have had a sneak peek at my speech, as that is just what I am coming to. Let me give a huge shout-out to the Brunel Museum—I am a big fan. It includes a replica of the first ever boring machine— I am sorry to be boring, but it is a boring machine—the technolog…”

“I thank all Members who have taken part in today’s debate. I appreciate their time, and I am sure that VisitBritain will contact us shortly about our commissions. We have had a brilliant whistle-stop tour of fabulous local museums around the country, from the Bayeux tapestry to the Dad’s Army Museum, which I very much …”

“Does the hon. Gentleman not think that political activism is part of our nation’s story and of local history in certain places? The People’s History Museum in Manchester springs to mind at the top of the list, but there are many more. Activism and political interest form the path of our nation and our local history.”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the contribution of local museums. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. Colleagues will know that I am incredibly proud to call Thurrock home. I am the first local MP to be was born and raised in the constituency, and it is an honour to represent the p…”

“I agree; it is really important to make sure that those museums are properly funded. As the hon. Member will be aware, they run by and large on voluntary efforts and voluntary contributions. Sometimes, although the local council owns the space, it does not necessarily pay for the upkeep, running and staffing. Looking a…”

“6. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the cost of living in Wales.”

“Wages and inward investment are up, economic inactivity is down and interest rates have been cut six times. Labour’s plan to lower the cost of living is clearly working, but we know that more must be done to put more money in people’s pockets. Will the Secretary of State outline what steps she is taking to lower the co…”

“I would like to declare an interest: I have the honour of being a parent of a disabled child who has an EHCP. I very much welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. It is a true reflection of the amount of engagement that she and her Department have had with parents and families of children with SEND, and with the sec…”