Speeches by Fenton-Glynn.

“If you were trying to set up a similar model in the current environment, with funding and commissioning being what it is now, do you think it would be possible?”

“Where was the funding coming from, primarily, in that instance?”

“We are shifting away from the ICB model a bit at the moment. That is something that we have to look out for, in that whatever replaces it still has those broad pots of funding.”

“I am enjoying the hon. Member’s peroration on the halcyon days of the last Conservative Government, but he knows, as I do, that had the last Conservative Government seen growth even close to what we had in the mid-2000s, everyone in this country would be £2,400 better off. However, what we saw was stagnation and Liz Tr…”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“As a member of the Health and Social Care Committee, I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s conversion to the cause of social care. Could he point me to where in the record, between Dilnot reporting in 2011 and today, he mentioned it while his party was in government?”

“I know that my hon. Friend cares deeply about this issue. In the course of the passage of the Bill, will the Government look at amendments that could see the family courts end the presumption of contact and ensure we end this cycle of abuse?”

“Calder Valley is home to many of the small and medium-sized enterprises that simply stopped trading with Europe because of the disastrous deal agreed by the Conservatives. Can the Prime Minister assure me that he will not stop here with this deal, but will continue to work to open more of our borders to more of our bus…”

“The United Nations has stated that 14,000 babies could starve to death if aid does not get in. My right hon. Friend described that as intolerable, but it sometimes feels like we still tolerate it. What will the escalation of diplomatic measures against the Israeli Government look like, so we can stop this atrocity from…”

“I pay tribute to all the volunteers across Calder Valley and the rest of the country who helped with the fantastic vaccine roll-out. Will the Minister confirm that despite scaremongering from the Conservatives, people will of course still be able to volunteer for the NHS and support others?”

“Just this week, the Health and Social Care Committee heard from vulnerable service-users who talked about white coat syndrome—that people are more likely to be pushed into options when given them by medical professionals. That is the concern behind the amendment. I do not know how I will vote on the Bill, but I am mind…”

“Can my hon. Friend update us on what conversations have been had about the use of frozen and sanctioned Russian assets to support those fighting Russian aggression in Ukraine?”

“My instinct is almost to look at the other shifts that are going on in the NHS. What could we do to tie them in with the work that clearly needs to be done in this area? The final example we were given by the last speaker was one of those where the notes were not integrated, and there were racial elements, but there is…”

“Maybe that is something that we need to look at in our recommendations in terms of making sure that we are doing that with the shift.”

“It is so key in maternity care as well, because it is one of those areas where people are most vulnerable and being empowered gives a real opportunity. I am just going to move on, very quickly, Professor Knight. How well do you think that the Government are evaluating the impact of what they have done so far and how ca…”

“Thank you so much for sharing and bringing your expertise. I am sorry that you have been in the position where you had to build up that expertise. You were talking a bit about what good looks like. Ben spoke briefly about whether it is a training problem. Do you have a sense of the extent to which different ethnic grou…”

“It is not an expected part of continuing professional development or anything like that?”

“In 2022, we had the Maternity Disparities Task Force. By the looks of things, there has not been much movement. What do you think the main blockages to movements in that are?”

“Would you say that the main advantage is the pre-pregnancy stuff, or the pregnancy and onwards stuff? Is that the advantage that family hubs have over Sure Start?”

“I do not doubt that at all, but do you think it would be easier to build up if there were more pre-existing Sure Start centres? You make a good point that we can expand the work of Sure Start centres, but where they have closed there is obviously no provision for those families. You talk about universalism, but it is t…”