Speeches by Kinnock.

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for Winchester for bringing this issue before the Committee. The Government’s breathing space programme plays an important role in protecting people experiencing problem debt. We recognise that that can be particularly critical for people whose mental illness is worsened or even trigger…”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for Winchester for tabling the new clause. Like him, we are committed to preventing mental ill health and promoting good mental health. Achieving our vision for mental health requires a spectrum of interventions across the whole of society and across the life course, from prevention and…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Winchester for his new clause. This was raised in the other place and there are several issues with it that have not yet been fully addressed. First, the new clause would apply only to spend under the Mental Health Act. The mental health system, and its accounting, is not structured based on…”

“I thank the shadow Minister for his question about devolved powers. We have worked closely with the Welsh Government on the Bill. The Senedd has yet to vote, but the Welsh Government in their legislative consent memorandum recommended that it grants consent to the Bill. We also seek a legislative consent motion from th…”

“The Dash review is looking at the landscape regarding all the different institutions and organisations, including the PHSO and the CQC, to map out how they interact with each other. Our view is that there is a lot of confusion and a lack of clarity, but we await the outcome of the review. I can confirm, however, that P…”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for Guildford for bringing the issue before the Committee. While most veterans lead healthy and successful lives following their service in the armed forces, we know that some may need mental health support. This Government are proud of the courage and dedication of our armed forces, an…”

“I am grateful to the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Hinckley and Bosworth, for bringing this issue forward. Two major independent reviews into the Care Quality Commission have reported under this Government: one by Dr Penny Dash, on the CQC’s operational effectiveness as a regulator of all health and social …”

“I can confirm that the information will be in a section of the written ministerial statement that will be tabled within 12 months of Royal Assent. We think that requirement makes the Bill more robust and effective, because it is an integral part of the entire ecosystem that we are looking at in terms of implementing th…”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for Winchester for bringing this issue before us. We are committed to closely monitoring the quality of in-patient care and driving continuous improvement in services. Indeed, we are already in the process of doing that, and a further review is not necessary to drive the changes forward…”

“I congratulate Lynfield Mount on the important work it is doing—and I congratulate my hon. Friend on that extremely strategic intervention. Yes, I would of course be more than happy to meet her, and we will make sure to get that in the diary. The Government have allocated £750 million for estates safety in 2025-26, to …”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for bringing this issue before the Committee. This Government are committed to tackling health inequalities. The NHS continues to pursue its advancing mental health equalities strategy, which sets out plans to address inequalities in access, experience and outcomes in mental health care…”

“We all agree that patient safety is paramount. Anyone who receives treatment in an in-patient mental health facility deserves safe and high-quality care. There have been too many incidents of poor-quality and unsafe care resulting in trauma and sometimes tragedy. Although we agree with the principle of the new clause, …”

“I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing this issue to the Committee. I thank her for her powerful speech, which drew on specific experiences of people who have been through very terrible and tragic processes. I have discussed some work on the broader issue of quality of care, but this is a vital issue, and I …”

“I would be more than happy to meet my hon. Friend. It is also worth mentioning the independent advisory panel on deaths in custody report, which she mentioned. We are considering that carefully, so we should include it in our discussions.”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Hallam for tabling this important new clause, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock for moving it on her behalf. The new clause seeks to recreate some of the duties from the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018, but apply them to patients detained unde…”

“Clauses 55 to 59 are the general provisions of the Bill. They include the powers to make provision that is consequential on the Bill by regulations. The clauses also set out the territorial extent of the measures, and the commencement and short title of the Bill. Clause 55 will allow the Secretary of State to make regu…”

“The hon. Gentleman is right; one challenge we face is that, where we are developing new centres of housing, we are not getting the social infrastructure wrapping around them. We need to use things such as section 106 agreements and the CIL, as he mentioned. That process is not always working—the developers are not alwa…”

“We have to have a mixture of access channels. The telephone is very important, as is being able to turn up in person, but we also need to shift more to online booking. I am really pleased that the new contract that we have with GPs is based on an £889 million investment that came with a lot of strings attached around r…”

“I thank the hon. Member for North Down (Alex Easton) for raising GP access, which is a vital matter for so many of our constituents. I congratulate him on securing his first Westminster Hall debate—well done on that. [Interruption.] His first Adjournment debate—sorry. We are not in Westminster Hall right now. It has be…”

“If the hon. Member could write to me on that issue, I would be more than happy to look into it. I am always keen to help hon. Members to get their ICBs to move in the right direction. We have directly provided £61 million to assist the expansion of the multidisciplinary team approach across Northern Ireland, which will…”