Speeches by Leadbeater.

“Brilliant—that is really helpful. Finally, Ruth, on the back of the work done by your organisation, Spirit of 2012, which is sadly now coming to a close, what lessons have you learned? What lessons are there from the important work you have done that we could all learn from?”

“That is lovely—thank you, Debbie. I am a football fan, but I am also a sport fan more broadly. I sometimes worry that, particularly in politics, we tend to think that sport equals football. As wonderful as football is, there are lots of other sports that it is important to talk about. Ruth, coming to you and your broad…”

“That is an interesting point. Part of this is about the cohesion that takes place with the people who are playing the sport, but part of it is about the fans and the bonding that happens when you are watching sport or involved in sport in other ways. That is really helpful—thank you. This is one of my passions, so I am…”

“That is really helpful—thank you. You have done an excellent job of selling the power of sport and physical activity generally. Coming on to the specific programmes that your organisations have run, can you give us examples of some of the best programmes and initiatives around community cohesion, and what the outcomes …”

“Thank you everyone for coming this afternoon; you have done an amazing job so far of highlighting that there is clearly a problem here. Building on what Henri just said, let us try to look at the solutions. If you were looking at the Government’s recently announced national plan to end homelessness, specifically with r…”

“That is brilliant. That is really comprehensive; thank you very much. Polly, anything to add?”

“Yes, that is very helpful. Joining the dots is really important. The Chair is nodding, which is a positive sign, Henri. Thank you for that. Danielle, any last points from you?”

“Yes, that is a really good point.”

“That would be brilliant. Thank you very much, Henri; that was really comprehensive. Just to finish off then, maybe we could have a final thought from all three of you in terms of what might not be in the plan that you would like to see. Does it worry you that there is not much reference to race or racism in the plan? I…”

“I will come back to you maybe about what you might like to see. Henri, do you want to do a bit of an evaluation overall?”

“That is really helpful, thank you. Danielle, what is your evaluation of the strategy?”

“That is really helpful, thank you. It is good that prevention and trying to get in there at an early stage is talked about, but also you would like to see a bit more about young people specifically and, from what you said, about young black people specifically?”

“That makes absolute sense. There are issues around the workforce, but in the first part of your answer, there are also issues around what the hubs are actually doing. It feels as though there needs to be some prescription around that, but then also some flexibility as well, depending on the community that the hub is se…”

“Kate, you were saying that you have called for renewed ringfenced funding for the hubs, so I would love to know your thoughts.”

“That is really helpful. It feels like I am getting a lot of positive vibes on the women’s health hubs. It sounds like it is potentially a very patient-centred approach, because it is joined-up in a multidisciplinary way.”

“I have the long-anticipated questions on women’s health hubs—ta-da! Thank you to the panel for coming in; this is really interesting. It would be good to get thoughts from all four of you on women’s health hubs if we can, but I will go to you first, Ruth. The RCN seems to have been more sceptical than most organisation…”

“Margaret, do you want to add anything from the perspective of a GP?”

“Charlotte, anything to add to finish off?”

“You have been a great team today.”

“The final point, which Sarah alluded to, is that from a business perspective there is presumably a cost involved with reporting.”