Speeches by White.

“Does my right hon. Friend agree that these agreements have come about through partnership working with our European partners, and that this has been a central part of the negotiations? There is a unity of purpose among other European countries that want to tighten their borders and prevent people abusing the system.”

“I will be blunt: my constituents have lost faith in the asylum system. Under the previous Government, they watched borders slide out of control, criminal gangs profit and taxpayers face ever-rising costs while hotel use spiralled. Fairness collapsed and public trust collapsed with it. This Bill is how we earn that trus…”

“How effective are the current methodologies used by the police to tackle drug crime?”

“Yes, the county lines one might pick it up.”

“What prioritisation is given to crimes related to drugs compared with other crime types that the Government have asked the police to prioritise? What factors have influenced this prioritisation?”

“Yes.”

“Yes, this very much links into what we are talking about.”

“Yes. The only question I have—and you might answer it as you go on—is what work is being undertaken to anticipate how drug crime is likely to change over the next five years?”

“How it interrelates with everything else, yes. My sense is that for organised crime on the high street shops, there has to be a link between the drugs and the drug dealing has been the front for that. In my area, I have not seen that link with the policing. That correlation does not seem to be working at the moment. Is…”

“If this Government are prioritising neighbourhood policing, how much do you think it is impacting on prioritisation?”

“You are saying that police forces locally are making their own determination about whether it is a harm or whether they should focus on the business?”

“Ranby Prison in my constituency is undergoing a £70 million expansion. The main prison car park is across the very busy A620 road. On 1 December last year, prison officer Phillip Tetley was knocked down and killed as he crossed the road to get to work. He leaves behind his wife Eve and seven children. Eve Tetley is cam…”

“My mum was a midwife, and as a child I lived vicariously the life on a maternity ward. She worked to the very highest standards possible, and used to come home and talk to me about sloppy standards, falling standards and insensitivity. What happened at NUH is the lowest of the low, and I send my thoughts and condolence…”

“May I take this opportunity to reassure those BCSSS members that, whoever is the next Prime Minister, this issue will continue to be the No. 1 issue for most of my colleagues and the Members here today?”

“When I was elected nearly two years ago, the very first person to contact me was a BCSSS member. There are about 750 BCSSS members in my constituency, and the campaign has certainly been part of my heart ever since I was elected. I know that many BCSSS members will be watching tonight and listening to the debate, and I…”

“We all know how important our NHS is to the people we represent. I know how frustrated patients and staff have become after years of rising waiting lists, cancelled appointments and growing bureaucracy. Since coming into office, this Labour Government have already started to turn things around by delivering more than 3…”

“I totally agree with my hon. Friend. I strongly believe that such businesses are money-laundering fronts. There needs to be close police scrutiny of them, and greater partnership with other authorities to monitor those shops and shut them down as quickly as possible. Local traders and residents are rightly concerned. E…”

“I welcome your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) for securing the debate. The Home Affairs Committee, of which I am a member, is currently investigating organised crime on our high streets—that is welcome. Across Worksop, Retford and Harworth, there has been a surge…”

“I was talking about bed-blocking in hospitals and how neighbourhood health plans can work more cohesively with hospital trusts. Councillor Wright: I think we can answer this together. The whole point of neighbourhood health is to bring in everyone in the voluntary sector, your patient transport and all that, so that yo…”

“Q One of the concerns of my local healthcare trust is around the release of elderly patients into the community, as it finds that relations with the ICB are sometimes difficult. How can neighbourhood health plans work well and cohesively with healthcare trusts to release patients into community care?”