Speeches by Newbury.

“Hopefully, in five years’ time it will be a rosier picture and the Committee will have a better picture to paint.”

“Lastly, you mentioned that customer satisfaction has been going up in the last couple of quarters. I appreciate that you are new to your role, but the long-term trend has not been particularly good for Anglian’s customer satisfaction. You have been rising up the ranks in recent years, but only because the scores of oth…”

“That is the reality.”

“The score dropped from 83 in 2020-21 to 77.5 in 2023-24. Why do you think that is?”

“It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Dr Huq, especially given that this is my first speech in Westminster Hall. I thank my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield (Dave Robertson), for introducing this debate so thoughtfully and in such a balanced way, as several hon. Members have …”

“Absolutely—I agree with the right hon. Gentleman on that point. Those of us who have had high levels of house building see that, and I am sure that is reflected in areas with high levels of immigration. We need proper planning wherever there is a rapid growth in population, and I worry that that has not been happening …”

“I completely agree with the hon. Lady, and I thank her for the lived experience that she brings to this House, and for how candid she has been in sharing her experiences. I could not agree with her more. Many people are falling through the cracks of a system that often fails to recognise the unique needs of people who …”

“It is a privilege to have secured a debate on a chronic but often misunderstood condition that affects many people across our country: the correlation between type 1 diabetes and disordered eating, known as “T1DE” for short. Separately, those two conditions are well-known and well documented, but together they exacerba…”

“I completely agree with my hon. Friend’s comments on the need for technological advancement. I will come on to support for the family a little later in my comments, but it is critical to have a support network around people with T1DE. To the credit of the last Government, they recognised the need for T1DE-specific serv…”

“I agree with my hon. Friend. We need far better awareness of this condition, and better support for people affected and their families—I will come on to that a little later in my remarks. As my hon. Friend said, a key issue we still face is the absence of internationally recognised criteria for T1DE, which hampers accu…”

“It is a pleasure to take my first intervention from the hon. Gentleman. I pay tribute to him for his campaigning on this issue and the personal experience that he brings to the House. I will come later in my speech to my experience of mental health services. I absolutely agree that we need to ensure that people with ty…”

“I take it you want the opportunity to do that, and we would very much want you to be involved. What would you be saying to DEFRA if it did come to you and ask what it should have? Put aside the issue of whether it is a new biosecurity centre, what would you like to see at Weybridge that we do not have currently?”

“We are getting the message that these are extremely talented, able and dedicated people who need the tools to be able to support the industry. We are hearing that loud and clear this morning. In the interest of time, can I move on to you, Sarah, and the availability of vets and animal health professionals on the front …”

“That sounds promising. One of the things we heard when we visited Weybridge, and from various stakeholders in the sector, was on our ability to manage simultaneous outbreaks if we have multiple diseases. We heard that the risk of that happening is going up all the time. How confident are you in DEFRA and APHA’s ability…”

“One thing we are hearing loud and clear is that we cannot have single points of failure when it comes to disease outbreak, biosecurity and preparedness. On the point of partnership with industry, on behalf of your members, have either of you yet had the opportunity to feed into the process of creating this national bio…”

“Richard, do you agree that Dover is the priority, but that the investment at Weybridge is not adequate either?”

“You will be aware, as we are, that DEFRA recently announced it is investing £208 million to set up a new national biosecurity centre, which it says will modernise the Animal and Plant Health Agency facilities at Weybridge. We have heard, as a Committee, that Weybridge needs billions of pounds of investment; some of its…”

“That sounds promising. One of the things we heard when we visited Weybridge, and from various stakeholders in the sector, was on our ability to manage simultaneous outbreaks if we have multiple diseases. We heard that the risk of that happening is going up all the time. How confident are you in DEFRA and APHA’s ability…”

“We are getting the message that these are extremely talented, able and dedicated people who need the tools to be able to support the industry. We are hearing that loud and clear this morning. In the interest of time, can I move on to you, Sarah, and the availability of vets and animal health professionals on the front …”

“I take it you want the opportunity to do that, and we would very much want you to be involved. What would you be saying to DEFRA if it did come to you and ask what it should have? Put aside the issue of whether it is a new biosecurity centre, what would you like to see at Weybridge that we do not have currently?”