Speeches by Welsh.

“Will the cost influence the end product? As a Government, we have no idea how much this is going to cost. We have no idea how much digital ID is going to cost. For people out there, that is quite difficult to understand and comprehend. Anybody else who manages a project, whether it is a building or whatever it is, has …”

“Do you know any numbers?”

“My next question might have the same answer. The Tony Blair Institute has estimated that a digital ID scheme would cost around £1 billion to establish, but the OBR has provisionally forecast it as £1.8 billion. Do you know why the scheme’s projected cost has nearly doubled?”

“13. What steps his Department is taking to improve safety in prisons.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Linsey Farnsworth) for securing this debate. I believe that where someone is born should not determine where they end up, and I welcome the measures announced by the Chancellor today to lift children out of p…”

“In my constituency of Sherwood Forest, we have new housing developments, including in Edwinstowe and Rainworth. Does the Minister agree that when these sites are developed, local authorities and housing companies should ensure appropriate infrastructure is put in place, whether that is GP surgeries, schools or shops, b…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. Today’s debate on reducing the stigma associated with suicide is of grave importance to my constituents, particularly those in Ollerton, which has one of the highest suicide rates in the country. We know that the suicide rate is three times higher for men t…”

“The shadow Minister has obviously been to Ollerton before. The Minister should go to see the fantastic work In Sam’s Name does, because it could be replicated across the country and have a huge impact. It would also allow him to see an area with fantastic people who support one another, but which is suffering because i…”

“I completely agree with the point about diversity in regard to boards, so my question would be: how do we challenge a public body whose board is everyone that works within that remit? Everybody who is on that board is involved with that organisation. I am going to say it: with the CQC for example, where everybody on th…”

“My own personal opinion is that some public bodies are very effective and some are very ineffective. I would be interested to hear what you think on this. The ones that have become ineffective have essentially become too close to the sponsor, and they end up actually scrutinising themselves, their colleagues and their …”

“This has partly been answered already, but many successive Governments have said about closing arm’s length bodies; they always go to you, and I have to say there are some very effective public bodies but some very ineffective ones as well, and perhaps we could all agree on that. Why do you think there are still so man…”

“You have partly answered the second part of my question because it is not necessarily about the reduction of arm’s length bodies, but really the answer is about making those that are ineffective effective and reviewing them to make sure that they are doing the job that they should be doing. You are right, we can look a…”

“How many of you are there, I hasten to add?”

“Like many constituencies across the country, Sherwood Forest sees stark evidence that educational inequalities are deeply entrenched. As someone who worked on the frontline in education, I know beyond any doubt that attendance is vital for achievement. The reality of how our education system works is that every missed …”

“I absolutely agree, especially as someone who has a five-year old and was trying to balance this during the recess. Who pays the highest price for this? The children of the families who are already struggling. Those children often live in cramped housing, rely on school for hot meals and desperately need the stimulatio…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. When a child is born the world changes, not just for the parents but for the child, whose entire development begins right there in those first precious moments. The period from conception to age two—what we call the first 1,001 days—is the most critical w…”

“Q10. In March 2022, I gave birth to my son by emergency c-section—both my son and my life put at risk by a failing maternity service. In Nottinghamshire, we know failing maternity services far too well, with harm caused to mothers, babies and fathers—over 2,400 families involved in the Donna Ockenden inquiry. Does the …”

“After 14 years of a Conservative Government, poor access to GPs is something that we have come to know well in certain areas of my constituency of Sherwood Forest. In Hucknall, demand for GP appointments is overwhelming to the point that one practice has had to close its online system. Promises of a super-healthcare sy…”

“13. What steps his Department is taking to improve patient access to GPs.”

“As a harmed mother from Nottinghamshire, I gave birth to my son by emergency C-section because health professionals treated me with utter contempt, ignored me and did not do as they should, and then said it was all my fault. My son was not put in my arms when he was born; instead, he was rushed over to a consultant to …”