Speeches by Fenton-Glynn.

“I absolutely agree. The Defence Office for Small Business Growth—I believe it will open in January, but the Minister will know better than me—will be a great opportunity to grow businesses such as Needles and Pins Aerospace in the hon. Lady’s constituency and the many businesses in my constituency that want to get into…”

“Yes, 1,200 apprenticeships is 1,200 decent jobs and 1,200 families who have pride that their son or daughter will make a real difference and make products that make it around the world. That is why this matters. Only 14% of apprenticeships that started in the past academic year were in engineering and manufacturing, ho…”

“The hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct. The point about smaller towns is so important, because as well as creating brilliant jobs in the smaller economy where they will make a difference, they give a sense of place and value to what we produce. People are proud of what their town produces, whether it is valves or tex…”

“We have to be really bold. We need to look at our future-focused industries and at what we specialise in. The right hon. Gentleman talks about tidal energy, but we will not be able to produce that without a load of specialist valves. I want to ensure that they are built in Calder Valley and go throughout the country. T…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the contribution of the specialist manufacturing sector to regional economies. It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris, and a privilege to open this debate on the contribution of the specialist manufacturing sector to regional economies. The number of c…”

“I thank all Members for the tour we had of the UK, with a particular focus on Stoke-on-Trent. My hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Dr Gardner) talked about specialist ceramics, my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) talked about Bakewell tarts and the saucers on which they ar…”

“Healthy peatlands are among the most carbon-rich environments on the planet, acting as a carbon store and reducing flood risks. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs draft policy says that disturbing these peatlands leads to negative carbon impacts. We cannot be in a situation where building wind farms…”

“I am often put in mind of that scene in “Casablanca” where the official expresses surprise at gambling taking place in the casino when I hear Conservative Members say that briefing might have taken place. Perhaps in 2017, when the key stamp duty measure in that Budget was leaked, the right hon. Member for Central Devon…”

“Ending the presumption of parental contact in the family courts was a huge and long-overdue step that campaigners work hard for. That presumption often allowed post-separation abuse to continue. Although the Ministry of Justice is leading on that, can the Minister tell me what the Home Office is doing to make sure that…”

“3. What steps her Department is taking to tackle violence against women and girls.”

“Professor Orton, on the frailty scale and identifying frailty, we have received evidence that the current tools and incentives are not good at picking up older people at risk of frailty or who have pre-frailty. Do you think we should be more focused on identifying these groups?”

“Picking up on a couple of things you said there about the different services and conversations being available, the CQC does an annual State of Care report, which came out a couple of weeks ago. You can be forgiven for not having read that, but it specifically said that there is regional variation in outcomes around fr…”

“Sorry, yes.”

“That is really interesting, thank you. Moving on to Professor Todd, how well prepared are health professionals to have conversations with older people who identify as being frail or pre-frail to refer them to better support?”

“Apart from Leicester, can you point to an example of people who are using those well?”

“I will pick up on that, because my follow-up question was on the GP contract. The Quality and Outcomes Framework currently rewards the identification of frailty, but it does not reward signing people up to the right interventions, which means that only 50% of patients are given a recorded intervention. I know there are…”

“If I could just pause you there, you said that we are moving towards the neighbourhood health services. Is that our plan, or are we actually seeing results?”

“How do we best incentivise that in primary care?”

“This is my last question, as I recognise time is short. I am also thinking about various mechanisms we could look at, and about the conversation between the GP and the trainee—or something similar—where they say, “Looking at this case where you have identified frailty, what do you recommend people do?” It is almost whe…”

“Within your whole five-year medical degree, you get maybe a couple of hours?”