Speeches by Caliskan.

“My understanding, but correct me because I may be entirely incorrect, is that those targets derive from WHO and UN guidance. They are targets derived from what those two organisations are saying when it comes to the agenda. Therefore, if the Department of Health and Social Care, for example, or the NHS changes the targ…”

“Do you have a view on why that is?”

“I want to ask a little more about the national action plan. You may have already addressed this, but it would be helpful to get a bit more of a sense of your assessment of how well the UK has made progress on human health alongside animal health, food and the environment as a whole. Clive Betts asked earlier whether we…”

“Do you mean the targets to reduce AMR?”

“The use of antibiotics is more prevalent in those communities because of illness. Is that what you are saying?”

“I am not trying to be provocative. I am just trying to get a sense of how those things not being in place helps this area.”

“I am not sure I know what all that means.”

“You have answered this, but just for absolute clarity, the Report talks about workshops that were held in 2024 for local resilience forums post some of the covid inquiry work that had been done. We know that the local resilience forums were so important during the covid pandemic, but the exercises that were held in 202…”

“It is not. I am saying that it derives from the WHO’s understanding of what the picture may be.”

“That is quite all right. Somebody in this room will, and will be able to explain to me later, I am sure.”

“I thank the Chancellor for her statement. I represent Barking, which she will know has some of the highest deprivation figures in the country, and where 20% of working adults have no qualifications whatsoever. Does she agree that it is only by our creating jobs and those people getting the qualifications that they need…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his speech and for highlighting the gaps that exist in local government. I am sure he will recognise that, as the Local Government Association and the National Housing Federation have said, only 80% of local authorities have the capacity at the moment—in fact, it could be far less.[Official R…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that open green spaces are not always the most biodiverse, and that we need a more joined-up approach to providing investment in those spaces?”

“I declare an interest as the vice-president of the Local Government Association. I support the Bill because we must do everything we can to deliver the building of more housing in this country. As the Member for Barking, I see and hear at first hand the impact of the housing crisis. Every week, I meet constituents who …”

“Does the shadow Minister recognise that, under the previous Government, communities were hindered in being able to shape proposed development by only a third of local authorities having up-to-date local plans?”

“The hon. Gentleman gives me an opportunity to highlight the fact that my local authority has been building homes far faster than most local authorities across the country. The general slowing in the delivery of housing over the past two years is absolutely to do with the fact that the previous Government crashed the ec…”

“My local authority has committed to building homes and it has a good record. One barrier to being able to deliver homes at speed is the fact that we see infrastructure delayed year after year. With the Bill’s proposals to allow CPOs and land assemblies to happen far quicker, we will see homes built at pace in a way tha…”

“I thank the Foreign Secretary and his team for what I know are personal diplomatic efforts to play the UK Government’s part in making sure that we can return to a ceasefire. However, in the past few days, hundreds more women and children have been killed in Gaza. We have now had confirmation from the Foreign Secretary …”

“I will stop there, but I will just finish by saying that I hope you take good note of what the Local Government Association has said in this space. The duties that you outline are not happening across the country. Local government does not have the capacity to do that. The examples that I have given are in no way unusu…”

“I wanted to give an example of working between the Home Office, the police and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government but, Richard, if you would like to go first, that is fine.”