Speeches by Green.

“Q 157 I am keen to hear about the training, education and clinical supervision you have in place for assisted dying. Perhaps I will address that to Dr Fellingham, but I am sure you could all answer. Dr Fellingham: Certainly. The training is very stringently developed, and very rigorously tested. Our management training…”

“Q I have a follow-up question. The Bill introduces a monitoring and review process, including an annual report by the chief medical officer. Do you have any reflections on whether that needs strengthening? Dr Clarke: Yes, I think that in the spirit of transparency and making this as safe as possible, it needs to be sig…”

“Q Dr Clarke, what are the existing statutory guidelines on end-of-life practice? How are those decisions logged, recorded and monitored? Dr Clarke: The fundamental principle is always that, by default, the patient has capacity unless there is clear evidence that they do not. We presume that patients have capacity. As d…”

“What assurance can you give us that you have that balance right between maintenance and expansion?”

“No, you have not misunderstood. Thank you.”

“To pick up on what we were just discussing, I am going to refer to paragraph 1.25 in the NAO Report, which says, “Since the Government’s 2010 prisons strategy, HMPPS has indefinitely closed 4,151 cells due to dilapidation. This is more than the combined capacity of the two newest prisons in the estate (Five Wells and F…”

“My question is to James Bowler. We have already spoken about the state of the local authority audit market, which has been described as sub-optimal, dysfunctional and parlous. What actions have you taken to prevent a reoccurrence of the issues we have seen in that market?”

“Last May, you gave evidence to the Committee referring to a “carrot” of £45 million to address the issues around the declining local authority audit fees. How has that improved audit delivery?”

“Does that mean you will have to do the same again in the near future?”

“Only 49% of children in Buckinghamshire receive their EHCP plan within the statutory limit, which means that more than half are waiting way beyond that time frame. There are hidden impacts to those delays: one family in my constituency faces a three-year waitlist for autism spectrum disorder and ADHD assessments. They …”

“4. What steps his Department is taking to support the victims of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.”

“The Liberal Democrats welcome the humanitarian support that the Government are giving to Sudan. We also recognise that greater protections are needed for women, children and ethnic minority groups. In the light of the failure of the United Nations to back safe areas, what is the UK doing to create safe zones for school…”

“That’s all right, Chair. To follow up, when will that methodology be agreed?”

“Thank you, Dame Bernadette, for outlining what was in the update, which goes into some detail but also makes it very clear that you disagree about how much this is going to cost. My first question is: why do you disagree? You are looking at the same data and the same information. Why don’t you agree on what this will c…”

“Forgive me, but you have already had 12 months. Phase 2 was cancelled 12 months ago, and you have come to us 12 months later not agreeing on a methodology and on what it is going to cost. What confidence do you think it gives us as a Committee that the Department is willing to publicly disagree in this way? Could you c…”

“My question is for Mark Wild. I fully acknowledge that you are only a few weeks into your job, but I am keen to know what changes you are planning on how HS2 Ltd operates. You have already talked about the reset, but can you expand on some of the changes you plan? What lessons from your experience at Crossrail you can …”

“I would like to ask Alan the same question, if I may.”

“ I am going to return us to the issue of phoenixism, if I may. My first question is to you, Sir Jim. How concerned are you that phoenixism has increased since the pandemic? What are you doing to address it?”

“ Do you have a sense of how much of your caseload involves phoenixism?”

“ I am going to direct my next question to you, if I may, Dean Beale. Thank you again for coming this afternoon. Why is it so difficult to qualify company directors for phoenixism?”