Speeches by Robertson.

“What lessons can we learn from the additional roles reimbursement scheme about how to incentivise and finance multidisciplinary teams?”

“I will share my concern and then invite comments from others on the panel. The Health Secretary said that there is no reason that GPs cannot lead neighbourhoods. That is just a permissive comment rather than a mandatory comment. My concern is that there may be very uneven provision across the country. On the one hand, …”

“He also talked about one in three GP partners receiving more money than the Prime Minister. I can understand why Wes Streeting has been looking at the Prime Minister’s salary recently, but does that wider narrative really help build trust between the person at the top and the people who will be asked to deliver a lot o…”

“On the one hand, you have Stephen Kinnock describing GPs as the conductor of an orchestra. On the other hand, you have Wes Streeting likening going to the GP as going to the hairdressers. Do you think the Secretary of State respects and understands the role that GPs can play in this?”

“To follow on from that, Professor Hawthorne, are GPs clear on what their role will be in neighbourhoods?”

“The Secretary of State has failed to end industrial action like he said he would. How is that helping to reduce waiting lists?”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“rose—”

“Does my hon. Friend understand why my Isle of Wight constituents reject the idea of a new mayor being imposed upon them under the name of “Hampshire and Solent”, with the Isle of Wight name disappearing? My constituents do not live in the Solent. Indeed, nobody lives in the Solent other than fish.”

“It absolutely does provide that incentive. I thank the shadow Minister for remarking on my tone; I have always tried to work with the Government on this matter. I acknowledge again that this is more than a campaign—it is a core issue for my constituents, and for constituents on the other side of the island that I share…”

“I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, in that I am a serving Isle of Wight councillor. I want to speak to new clause 48 in my name and new clause 39 in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage). The two new clauses seek to do similar things. I tha…”

“The hon. Member speaks very eloquently, and many of the issues that he is raising resonate with me and with my constituents on the Isle of Wight. We are being forced into a union with Hampshire, where 93% of the new electorate in the new combined authority will live and where some powers currently exercised by our unit…”

“The hon. Member is speaking about an important issue—that of utility companies seemingly closing roads without due consideration. Indeed, Southern Water tried to close the main road into Bembridge in my constituency from 1 December to 21 December; it did not consult with the local community, and only backed down after …”

“My constituency is popular with tourists. In the spirit of the hon. Gentleman’s conversation with my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne (Lewis Cocking), I invite him to visit my constituency; I think he missed our Health and Social Care Committee visit last year. Airbnbs are a big challenge, and are detrimental to t…”

“My hon. Friend is very kind to give way, perhaps with a little pressure from more senior Members sitting just in front of him. He poses the question of whether there is a combined area where all the unified communities link well together. Sadly, I can give an example of a forthcoming area where they do not: Hampshire a…”

“My hon. Friend mentioned two key words: democratic accountability. That is fundamentally what underpins this issue, and it is a principle that we expect to apply to all forms of public transport—except ferries. I urge the Government to use this opportunity to create regulation and devolve it down. That way, they will n…”

“9. What steps she is taking to help improve the integration of public transport in the Isle of Wight East constituency.”

“Does the Minister accept—and, indeed, do the Government accept—that public transport will never be truly integrated for the Isle of Wight while it continues to rely on unregulated, unlicensed ferry services that are owned by private equity groups making bumper profits? He would not accept that for any other community i…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire (Jonathan Davies) on securing this debate. I am pleased to salute the 80th anniversary of UNESCO, an organisation born from a world in ruins after the second world war, yet built on the very best intentions of …”

“The Home Secretary’s asylum plans still have a gaping hole in the middle of them in that she does not know what to do with failed asylum seekers who cannot be returned home. Her statement says that she is exploring possibilities with third countries. Can I suggest that she swallows her pride, and speaks to a third coun…”