Speeches by Hamilton.

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury (Julia Buckley) for securing this important debate. Road safety is not just a policy issue but a matter of life or death, and one that affects all our communities, including Birmingham Erdington. Last October, a young driver in Erdington lost control and collided with a …”

“Thank you. I am going to move to you, Sir Julian. Now that you are in post, what are the two quick things that you would like to see happen to address the system backlog in registering, inspecting and reinspecting services? What are the two or three quick things you think you need to do as an organisation to start gett…”

“Good morning. I want to concentrate on the concerns of the providers and the staff. The Dash report talked particularly about the increase in the time taken to carry out a reinspection of a provider after an inadequate rating, going from 87 days in 2015 to 136 days in 2024. For providers with a “requires improvement” r…”

“So as part of that you will be prioritising, with your benchmarking, things around backlog?”

“Finally, because I am out of time, you talked about bringing in chief inspectors. How are you going to benchmark this? The CQC did not go downhill overnight; it went down over a period of years. Covid and lockdown just exacerbated it. How will you benchmark that?”

“I would like to add that the CQC has been a respected regulator for many years, and people have loved what you have been trying to do, but in the last few years that has slipped. When you are looking at work with patients, service providers and staff, how do you plan to build that trust going forward?”

“Go on then!”

“I thank the hon. Member for Wimbledon (Mr Kohler) for securing this important debate. As a nurse for 25 years and as co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on hospice and end of life care, hospice and palliative care has always been at the heart of my work, both in this Chamber and in my community. I start by ac…”

“So you do think it can be done a lot quicker, with that pressure.”

“I am going to give you a bit of a rest, Andrew. My question is directed predominantly to Simon and Kathryn and is about the care market. The preface to it is that I was a nurse for many years and had no idea about social care. I went into local politics and became the cabinet member for adult health and social care in …”

“The challenge is, should it remain in the private sector?”

“That is a good place to stop.”

“Unfortunately the last Government did not do that. They were very supportive, yes, but it did not get done. That is the slight difference we have now, with the review that is coming, if the sector absolutely gets behind Baroness Casey and says, “We need to see immediate action”—in my humble opinion.”

“I have a really quick question about Baroness Casey and the review. You have made some really powerful points, but the point I want to make is this. All right, the review will take three years maximum. All right, Baroness Casey I think will speed that along a lot more quickly. I also think it is really good that Sir Ke…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) for securing this important debate. The issue of road safety is vital and we need a sustainable funding model. Local councils are a key player in improving prevention-based road safety. I have heard a lot about ru…”

“I am going to stop you there because we are almost out of time. I have one more question, and I want to make it a good one. As you work towards establishing neighbourhood health centres, how will you ensure that having shared services at a local level, whether they be in the neighbourhood health centres or out, deliver…”

“Can I push you on that, Secretary of State? When you talked about the 10-year plan, you said that Asian communities and black communities were not engaging with that plan. I absolutely support what you are saying about the diagnostic centres. The trust of the different communities, disabled communities and others has b…”

“Good morning, Secretary of State. My question is around underserved and more deprived communities. The previous Government talked about the creation of 40 new diagnostic centres to help to tackle health inequalities, reduce waiting lists and bring care closer to the home. What role do you see the community diagnostic c…”

“I am going to stop there and hand back to the Chair.”

“Just before I ask my last question, do you not feel at the moment that, going back to what Ben said, we are still very much the NHS and local government, and are not doing that systems approach that will effect that change?”