Speeches by Fenton-Glynn.

“Could you explain the role of that support worker to me? That is a non-medical professional but with a greater cultural understanding, so almost like a doula or something like that.”

“Just very quickly, Baroness, you talked about delivering what was in the manifesto about improvements. You have talked about the 10-year plan coming soon. We are 20% into the first term of this Government, almost a year. What one thing have we done so far that will improve health outcomes for black mothers?”

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“This Government have made phenomenal progress on the elective care waiting lists left by the last Government, but the progress on mental health waiting lists has been stubbornly slow, with 1.2 million people still waiting for treatment. That includes 62,000 people covered by the West Yorkshire ICB that serves my Calder…”

“In one fell swoop, this measure will take 100,000 children out of poverty. In my constituency, 2,500 children will benefit. Fighting poverty is in the Labour party’s DNA, but with over 4.5 million children left in poverty by the Conservative party, which has not turned up for the statement, will the Minister please ass…”

“This is another example of the previous Government’s failure to get a grip of our water system. Meanwhile, just last week this Government fined Yorkshire Water £350,000. My constituents are really upset to see their water bills going up. Can my right hon. Friend assure me that he will never let our national infrastruct…”

“I do not share the right hon. Member’s passion. Similarly, the Leader of the Opposition first tweeted about the Chagos islands in October 2024. That was five years after the ICJ ruling and two years after negotiations started. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Conservatives’ new-found passion for the Chagos isla…”

“I am alarmed by the passion of Conservative Members for the Chagos islands—”

“Will the hon. Member let me finish? I have on a number of occasions intervened on Conservative Members to ask them to name the Chagos islands, and they have been unable to tell me that there is Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos, the Salomon islands, the Egmont islands—”

“I thank the Lord Chancellor for her statement today, which is a sensible response to the overincarceration and prison places crisis. Can she assure my constituents that notwithstanding these changes, under-reported and under-prosecuted crimes, such as violence against women and girls, will continue to be prioritised by…”

“Do you have any data that demonstrates the success of your model?”

“I am going to move on to Janine. NAViGO is a not-for-profit social enterprise, commissioned by the NHS and social care. Could you give us a bit more context on how the service came to be established and how you navigate any barriers that you face?”

“What are the benefits of your model, in terms of making sure that the support remains integrated?”

“I often think that, with our drive to define mental health and give it parity with physical health, we forget that the social determinants of mental health are often even greater than of physical health. Would that be your reflection?”

“Before I did this, I was a cabinet member for social care. We set up wet rehabilitation sites and things like that, because we needed to break down that stigma. That made a real difference. I can see that the Chair is getting a bit twitchy about me going over my time, so thank you both for your answers and thank you fo…”

“Just testing the edges of the model and how it works, my knowledge of Liverpool and Merseyside probably stops at when I left university there, but it is a very diverse area. There are, for want of a better word, posh bits and less posh bits. Do you find that there is consistency in terms of the availability of communit…”

“I have really enjoyed reading about both of your projects because, with very different demographics, you offer quite a lot of solutions that hopefully we can see replicated, if we get this right. I am going to start with Michael. Can you set out how the Life Rooms model works and, in particular, how you are able to bri…”

“There are a couple of things that I pick up from that. The first thing you talked about was pushing behavioural change. Can you give an example of what that looks like?”

“Assume we are all laypeople. Can you tell me what the recovery college model is, please?”

“You talked about over 200 voluntary organisations that you socially prescribe to. Is it your sense that there is a fairly broad variety of voluntary organisations on Merseyside or is it just that you happen to have the links?”