Speeches by Fenton-Glynn.

“I am going to turn to Gillian, because speech and language therapy has concerned me for a while, partly because constituents get in touch about it a lot. It feels like if the system is working, SALT is regularly provided in school without the need for an EHCP, but now people with an EHCP who demand SALT are not getting…”

“It is almost more the shape of it that I am trying to understand. The White Paper emphasises the requirement for the earlier identification of needs; what kind of capacity and workforce changes would be needed to make sure that we could deliver earlier interventions and identify needs earlier?”

“Sally, occupational therapy is a huge part of the health role in EHCPs. In your view of the White Paper, where do you think that lands?”

“One thing that is coming across is that we need clarity that when families need support, they are going to get it. If the reforms mean anything, they should mean that that is there, and I am sensing that it’s not yet at the moment. Anna, what will the new model of delivery proposed in the White Paper mean for the healt…”

“As a recovering councillor, I remember that my council used to commission a lot of these services through the WomenCentre in Calderdale, which was very good at preventing homelessness and other shocks. I often find—this might come back to the Home Office question—that a lot of post-separation problems happen because of…”

“It feels like that would work across all the elements if we could have a broader workforce, and a broader sense of meaning and mission.”

“You have talked about different types of commissioning. Where you work seems to have a very good commissioning model, but other areas have worse commissioning models. One assumes that you do not need the same commissioning in Hackney as you do in rural West Yorkshire, which I represent. What are the elements of a succe…”

“Do you think the new model that we are shifting to is going to have an impact? One assumes that if you are trying to make more early interventions, you are spending more time assessing, but I guess that you are also able to make those interventions. Do you think that could work better?”

“That is specific to the NHS. Are there things that the NHS needs to do better? You talked about workload; is there something more? Is there an esteem question? Do people feel that their job is delivering? What collection of factors do we need to make a new SALT practitioner, just qualified and out of university, feel l…”

“You say “some”; in my research I found that 39% of speech and language therapists are considering leaving their roles. That strikes me as a crisis, given that this is a role that we need more of. If we are reforming the SEND system and making it more reactive, what do we need to put in place to make sure that we are no…”

“I welcome this announcement. It will make young people’s lives and futures better. Calder Valley is famous for its world-class specialist manufacturing, but in the UK, one third of manufacturers are over 60. Can my right hon. Friend please confirm that this policy announcement will help us bring in the new generation o…”

“In the rural parts of my constituency, one in 20 houses relies on heating oil. One of my constituents told me that his bill had gone up by 270%, while other constituents have had their deliveries cancelled. I welcome the £53 million of investment. I know it will be targeted through local authorities, but can the Minist…”

“When this Government took office, the number of registered patients per GP in Calder Valley was much higher than the national average, with one GP surgery in Brighouse having 600 additional patients per GP. Given the new GP contracts and the new Carr-Hill formula, will the Minister confirm that the funding will help pr…”

“Last October I sent a number of freedom of information requests to the Nursing and Midwifery Council on sexual harassment and misconduct cases. However, I have still not received a reply. For these bodies to be trusted, they must be accountable. Will the Leader of the House please advise me on what more I can do to get…”

“I will never forget my brother being in a corridor in an A&E department when he was in the later stages of his cancer treatment, and having to lean over the legs of another patient in order to talk to him and ask him what he needed. We have to remember, and it is fundamental to this whole conversation, that there are p…”

“NHS England guidance wants to see us avoiding corridor care for those groups. With the current resources that we have, placed where they are, are we able to reduce corridor care or eliminate it for the higher-risk groups?”

“I am talking more specifically about emergency medicine, where there has been a 150% rise in claims.”

“Fundamentally, we are going to have to come back to a conversation about social care if we are going to properly solve corridor care. I have recently been doing my own research into clinical negligence, which, as you will know, is the second-highest liability across Government. Based on NHS Resolution figures, the numb…”

“Is that virtual wards?”

“I will bring us back to corridor care, because I only have 10 minutes. It is a particularly higher risk for older and frail patients and those with mental health issues. What alternative provision can be made for the patients outside of emergency departments? Are we able to provide adequate care for those groups in eme…”