Speeches by Fenton-Glynn.

“I just wanted to clarify a few things, to get a picture of your day-to-day life and the impact this has, so thank you for that.”

“Does it make it more difficult with kids? My kids will not eat anything. If you have a limited choice, does that make it trickier?”

“If you have stuff that you can briefly outline, that would be good too.”

“Thank you both for coming along. We heard first from some of the experts about their experiences with some of the impacts that the unhealthy food surrounding them has, and that kind of lack of access. Then we heard from some of the expert organisations who have run small projects to bring food to people. I guess the th…”

“I am just having a quick look through some of the stuff I have read about you already. You have reduced the number of fast-food outlets by about 13 per 100,000 children. Obviously, that has had a real impact.”

“How many are there per 100,000 children?”

“How many shops do you do a week?”

“Evette, what I am getting from you is that there is a lack of accessible, decent food. It is okay if you do not know this, because I do not think we told you we might ask this, but what is your weekly food budget?”

“But at the moment, the key issue is not having choice.”

“Just to declare an interest, I helped to set up some pantries before doing this job. So The Bread and Butter Thing is a community interest company, using food that would not be used otherwise.”

“Half the battle to reach net zero is using less energy, which is why work to insulate homes is so important. Calder Valley is famous for “Happy Valley” and now “Riot Women”, and has occasionally been called wet and windy. With 75,000 of our homes falling below energy performance certificate band C, that means many fami…”

“It is a huge relief to all of us that the hostages are sleeping at home with their families, where they belong, after two years of unimaginable horror. However, this plan and the recognition of Palestine must only be the start of peace and accountability. Children are dying from a man-made famine, so can the Prime Mini…”

“I know that Ministers do not comment on ongoing planning applications, but may I draw the Minister’s attention to an inconsistency? Currently, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is changing its guidance on heather burning on deep peat because of climate change concerns, but there has not been a conc…”

“Victims of sexual crimes are understandably often traumatised. What steps are the Government taking to ensure the long-term sustainability of specialist support for those victims—such as the Calderdale WomenCentre, which provides supports for victims in Calder Valley—in particular given the long waits for justice and t…”

“The current SEND system is simply not working, and nowhere is that more obvious than in my constituency, where 450 people signed the petition. Of students in Calder Valley, 12.2% receive SEND support, but behind that figure is a world of parents who are not having the family time they need with their children because t…”

“Is it patient behaviour or physician behaviour that needs to change?”

“It feels like we can make a change when we spend a load of money on a diagnostic centre or a new surgical hub, because it is a new building for people to work in, but, when it comes to getting clinicians on board and getting buy-in, it is more tricky.”

“I am going to stop you there for a second, because what you say about people not needing to come in and changing patient behaviour is really interesting. There was a target of 25% of out-patient follow-up appointments being remote. Not only have you missed that target, but you have gone down from 22% of people having r…”

“I am going to come to the shift in the model in a little bit. I want to think a bit about resources though, because 80% of programmes are out-patient. Should that have been more of a focus of where we put resources into reducing elective recovery times, do you think, Sir Jim?”

“Out-patients represent 80% of the elective waiting lists, so the key to solving elective waiting lists is solving out-patients. You had a 25% target of reduction. After 13 months, you had reduced the use by 0.1% and then, more or less, you stopped measuring it in the same way. When you miss something such as that, it i…”