Speeches by Milne.

“In West Sussex, the deficit on our DSG grant is £130 million, and that will potentially double by next year. Despite that, SEND provision, which is the main driver of that deficit, is deficient across the district. So many schools approach me on this subject. Does my hon. Friend agree that we need to not only find a wa…”

“In Horsham town, in my constituency, we have a central car park outside a Sainsbury’s, which is operated by a third-party contractor. The number of disputed tickets is out of control. Does my hon. Friend agree that the voluntary code of practice, which was introduced last year, seems to have made absolutely no differen…”

“As you know, the pension age is being pushed up steadily over a period of years and it is going up again next year from 66 to 67. That is fine for people, like MPs, who can work long past senility, but not for everyone. What mitigations or measures do you think the Government could take to help those people who will be…”

“To what extent it is out there and how we could scale it up.”

“Frailty, yes, sorry.”

“Thank you. I absolutely agree with you: it is a challenge for Governments to look more than five years ahead at the most, across any issue. We heard earlier from Dr Attwood about the fantastic work going on in the south-west. How could we scale that up across the country or is it already happening in places around the …”

“David, same question but if you could also think of it in the context of what returns or benefits might the Government see from such an approach.”

“There has been talk about moving to a more preventive approach to health. What do you think the main challenges are to taking that path? Toby, do you want to start?”

“Do you have any specific recommendations or mitigations beyond not doing it?”

“When it comes to public money, everyone accepts the importance of preventing fraud; there is no dispute about that. The mere thought that our benefit system could be exploited loosens the cement holding our welfare system together. However, if we look back in history, there has been a track record of fraud recovery mea…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Ms Jardine. I am grateful to speak in this very important debate. Every year, thousands of dogs are subjected to scientific experiments in the UK, often in the name of drug development. For many this raises serious ethical questions about the use of animals for h…”

“In my constituency, there has been a popular campaign for a general hospital for many decades without success. Given that we did not even make it on to Boris’s fantasy list of 40 hospitals, we are certainly not going to succeed now. In the absence of that hospital, what we need is a strategy to move more of the treatme…”

“Obviously, we do need to know in the very near future. Iain, you have written about this on Bluesky.”

“There is an apparent contradiction in a couple of Government statements, which I wonder whether you could give your views on. On the one hand, they say that in the future everyone receiving UC health will, as a minimum, have to attend regular support conversations. On the other hand, they also say that they do not envi…”

“Thank you; that is very interesting. This is to Angela, in particular. The Government has said that the success of its welfare reforms depends on there being an accessible and inclusive labour market. What do you think this will mean in practice, and how will it be achieved?”

“In my constituency of Horsham, we have many similar examples. Would my hon. Friend agree that although we certainly need legislation, the industry could act right now by introducing a voluntary code of practice? The industry does not have to wait for legislation; it should hear the call from across this Chamber.”

“In my Horsham constituency office, I employ a member of staff who has ME. Fortunately, we can be very flexible with their working hours. However, under current law—where statutory sick pay is based on days worked not hours worked—an ME sufferer could easily miss out altogether on sick pay. Does the hon. Member agree th…”

“In my constituency of Horsham, we had a particularly upsetting case of a constituent whose daughter had significant mental health and behavioural issues that were very difficult to deal with and, as a consequence of those not being dealt with, she also developed an eating disorder. The only place they could send her to…”

“I am talking to a family in my constituency who adopted a young boy and a girl in 2021. They understood at the time that the children were likely to have special needs because of their upbringing, but they were prepared to take on the challenge. The boy in particular requires therapy to keep him in mainstream school. T…”

“Returning again to the application process, has any assessment been made of the availability and effectiveness of face-to-face support in making a claim? That is particularly in the context of Age UK, which very much argues that direct support from either a local authority benefit team, itself or another supplier is ne…”