Speeches by Hamilton.

“Oh gosh yes.”

“Brilliant. Baroness Amos’s report talked about natural birth ideology. Dr Bill Kirkup decided to stand down from his role as an expert adviser because he disagreed with the wording about the issue; he thought it was not strong enough. Baroness Amos’s report had said that natural birth ideology was not an issue. I happe…”

“She said it is not. She put that clearly in her report.”

“Good morning. I am going to talk a little bit about maternity and then finish with the cancer plan. I will follow on from Ben. Thank you for answering the first part of this question, but I am going to concentrate on this maternity and neonatal commissioner. Well done on announcing it so quickly, but it has not been as…”

“That is fantastic. I will stop there.”

“You have just highlighted the action plan. The Health Bill is going through, and we will have the action plan by the end of the year. You have highlighted that you are going to try to find a way. Could you commit to us as a Committee that if you cannot find a way by December, you will hold the Bill back on Report so th…”

“Let me stop you there. I have totally forgotten to declare an interest: I am on the reference group. We are running out of time, so I will move on quickly. What do you feel will help the maternity and neonatal commissioner’s role to succeed?”

“It is, but my concern—remember that I am on the reference group: I declare that loudly—is that we are lagging in the two areas. We have the Bill, we are doing this piece of work and we have your willingness, but none of that seems to be joined up in any way. I am worried that if we are not careful families will feel th…”

“Let me stop you there. I have concerns with this. Her report says she does not see it as an issue, and an eminent expert then resigns saying he does not agree with her. I am worried that if we are not careful, it will get missed, because she has said she does not see it as a national issue. Do you agree that it is some…”

“Right. Finally, because I do not have much time—although the Chair isn’t looking at me too dagger-eyed at the moment—I want to ask one other question, on the cancer plan. I was part of the least survivable cancers taskforce, which looked at the cancer plan, because I am the chair of the APPG, and we have looked at it a…”

“When will we see a completed delivery plan? Is that due at some point, or have I got this wrong?”

“Q8. I thank the Prime Minister for his leadership. One of the concerns I hear most often from my constituents across Erdington, Kingstanding, Castle Vale and south Oscott is about the rapid growth of exempt accommodation. In my constituency and across Birmingham, properties refused house in multiple occupation licences…”

“May I start by saying that my thoughts are with the families and with the babies who have died? I would also like to say to my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood Forest (Michelle Welsh): I am sorry you had to go through this. It should not have happened, and I am angry. I am a member of the Health and Social Care Comm…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) for securing this vital debate. When I speak in this House about illicit activity in high street shops, I do so on behalf of the people of Birmingham Erdington, including those in Kingstand…”

“My hon. Friend makes a vital point. It needs to be joined up. The one thing I have learned from being an MP and seeing things work in my area is that when we work together, we get things done. Organised criminal networks are operating across multiple organisations and exploiting vulnerable individuals. That is why we n…”

“One final question. Layla talked predominantly about people who are getting the support and I will ask you the opposite question. What about the schools that are not getting the mental health support teams that they need? How are they coping, that is one of the key things, and what support do you feel that they need?”

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“But do you feel it is working? It sounds a bit ad hoc.”

“Good morning. My questions will be based around what happens within education departments or sections relating to MHST teams. Some of the research I have read talked about the data provided by the Department for Education in 2017, which states only 18% of education settings nationally were offering CBT to pupils. A nat…”

“I am not sure about time, but my last question is, if you were a headteacher or somebody trying to create this in a school environment, what would you prefer: the whole school approach or the direct intervention as a young person needs it?”