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“Okay. So the Report’s findings that it wasn’t doing that are now being addressed?”

“But is it correct to say that the people function decided not to implement a functional standard and that that is one of the reasons?”

“What sort of timescales are we talking about here? How long do you think it will take before everyone is signed up to and using the new standards?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Sir Andrew Mitchell) on securing this extremely important debate. Four weeks ago today, I was at the funeral of a young man who was killed in a road traffic collision in Sussex, just after Christma…”

“T5. More than 1.3 million people use lifetime ISAs to save for their first home. The property cap of £450,000 has been frozen since 2017, despite rising house prices, but those buying their first home over that threshold face a 25% penalty. First-time buyers across London are disproportionately affected. Data from Febr…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Sir Andrew Mitchell) on securing this extremely important debate. Four weeks ago today, I was at the funeral of a young man who was killed in a road traffic collision in Sussex, just after Christma…”

“6. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the proportion of disability living allowance for children applications that have been approved by his Department within its target timeframes in the last two years.”

“Over the past two years, only 3.5% of applications for disability living allowance for children have been approved by the Department for Work and Pensions within its own target timeframe. Parents of children with disabilities work tirelessly to ensure that their children can have the same opportunities as everyone else…”

“Jo, how are you managing the interdependencies with other rail improvement programmes, such as the Transpennine route upgrade? What are the particular challenges of doing that with the phased approach?”

“Jo, we want to talk a bit about the phasing. The DfT made the decision, as of January this year, to deliver the programme in three phases. What are the particular benefits of taking this approach?”

“Obviously, the focus for now is going to be on phase 1, but is there a danger that the inevitable challenges that will arise in delivering phase 1 mean that you take your eye off the ball in terms of what needs to happen to get the early stages of phase 2 and then phase 3 off the ground?”

“I thank the hon. Members for Thurrock (Jen Craft) and for Dudley (Sonia Kumar) for bringing this important debate to the House. I echo the sentiments of other Members who have underlined the important work that allied health professionals undertake and recognised the role that these clinicians play in saving lives, pro…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I thank the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for opening the debate so well, and for acknowledging my campaign on this issue. I also thank the hon. Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols), who is no longer in her place. I know th…”

“You think.”

“Mr Bowler, can you give us examples of where the various measures that Mr Cartner outlined have been successful in bringing accounts to a more timely conclusion?”

“Can you give us a bit more detail about what the Treasury and the Government Finance Function are doing to support those bodies that are routinely late, or late several years in a row?”

“What are the reasons for the delays? I am thinking of some of those that have been delayed recently. What specifically is holding those up? Is it lack of resource, or is it something else?”

“Presumably that activity is taking place now for the accounts that you will produce next year. You are still doing some of the activity that relates to last year. Are you not finding that there is a—”

“I understand that. Andrew Cartner I was just trying to demonstrate that we have other processes in place. Last July, the Treasury set all Departments’ and all bodies’ multi-year spending review up to ’28/29. For three years, Departments have those budgets set, and then have their own internal planning rounds, budget-se…”

“There is a bigger impact.”