Speeches by Robertson.

“And the same goes for the role of condoms as being about more than just pregnancy and HIV?”

“I see the Health Secretary is having a bust-up with the Chancellor over who pays his £1.3 billion redundancy bill for breaking up NHS England. Will he guarantee that, once he has resolved his differences with the Chancellor, not a single penny will be taken from delivering frontline health and social care services or f…”

“Schools on the Isle of Wight have some of the most serious challenges to levels of attainment. The Isle of Wight council is a small unitary authority with unique challenges in an area disconnected from the UK mainland. What will the Government do to better support education on the Isle of Wight, rather than resort to t…”

“I understand the point about implementation locally, but you are not arguing for discretion for local councils to use those powers—were they to exist—in their own way. You want national standards and national decision making that is uniform across the country.”

“You said that in Gateshead you are already innovating in this area; I think you suggested that you have gone as far as you can, given the national policy framework. Is there anything else you can tell us about how you have innovated and how far you have managed to go in Gateshead?”

“So you would like to see greater restrictions on that type of advertising, but exercised centrally rather than at the local government level.”

“We have been told in written evidence that some councils are restricting the advertising of unhealthy foods on council-owned assets. Is that happening in your areas? If so, are you able to assess the impact that it has had?”

“Helen, is there anything that you want to add about national planning policy changes that you would like to see?”

“Would you like to see greater powers for councils to restrict outdoor advertising, regardless of who owns the advertising space?”

“Good morning. Alice, you have already started to touch on my line of questioning, which relates to changes you would like to see in national planning policy and guidance that would support you to do more to create healthier local environments. Are you able to elaborate a bit more on that?”

“Will my right hon. Friend give way?”

“My right hon. Friend is being very generous. At the weekend, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade appeared to say that the Government believed it was “worth the risk” of appointing Lord Mandelson from the outset. As I heard it, what the Business Secretary was saying was that for the positive qualities Lord Man…”

“T4. The Attorney General has claimed that we need the European convention on human rights and the European Court to solve the illegal migration crisis—an extraordinary claim. Will the Minister please explain, therefore, how Australia managed to tackle its migration problems and how the US is managing to implement our R…”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“I welcome the new maritime Minister to his place—it comes to something when Isle of Wight ferry company Red Funnel is operating ferries that are older than the new Minister. Will he speak to his new colleague in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Minister responsible for English devolution, …”

“I agree with the points that my hon. Friend’s is making. The train to my constituency runs through his constituency, and he has referred to it already. Unfortunately, my constituency is reliant on entirely privatised ferry companies in order for us to get there. Does he agree that if this Government’s outlook on transp…”

“The hon. Member mentions ferries. Perhaps she will show a little sympathy to me and my constituents, because we are entirely reliant on ferries that are unregulated and privatised, so neither the local authority nor the Government have any say over those services, whereas her local authority does have a say over her fe…”

“6. What steps she is taking to include ferry services in the integrated public transport strategy.”

“Can you confirm that local health systems will still be required to meet the mental health investment standard after this financial year?”

“I hope the Government can take away, and be aware of, your wider point that freeing up local decision making to get things right for their area also gives freedom to get it wrong. When they do get it wrong, the Government, NHS England and the Department do not have the degree of control they once had to ensure that sta…”