Speeches by Race.

“UNICEF’s latest figures estimate that 3.2 million children in Sudan face acute malnutrition this year, putting them at severe risk of death. The limited humanitarian access, which is limited by all warring parties, is to blame for this crisis. Will the Government tell us what discussions they have had with actors in Su…”

“I welcome the Government’s announcement just before Christmas that spiking will become a specific offence. Will the Minister join me in commending the campaigning work of my constituent Dawn Dines and the organisation Stamp Out Spiking, and will she commit herself to working with Stamp Out Spiking and other organisatio…”

“Does the Secretary of State agree that the recent announcement of new funding for research and development in the Budget gives the sector really good clarity about investment across the coming years and about the way forward that this Government wish to take?”

“We have talked a little about Scotland and Wales, but does the Minister believe this Bill will stimulate greater economic growth in other areas and regions of the country? The south-west peninsula has a huge amount of wind energy potential, for example, so has he assessed what sort of investment opportunities might com…”

“Does the Minister agree that confirming the legal status of the base, which was left outstanding by the previous Government, will cement our role in the Indo-Pacific and provide an important pillar in our strategy to counter Chinese influence in the area?”

“But the main benefit of these is that you have to inject them far less often than taking a pill.”

“Would you characterise them as vaccines or are they injectable medicines?”

“I congratulate the hon. Member on securing the debate. From the first day we met we have talked about getting this debate, so I am very pleased that it is happening. I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on pharmacy. Does she agree that community pharmacies have a huge amount of potential to support patie…”

“Let us move on to Lenacapavir, and then we will bring it together on both of those. How fast do you think that that will come to market? I think it is still in trials.”

“CAB-LA, which is one of the drugs that is not being used—”

“Is it right that CAB-LA is not being brought into the NHS?”

“You mentioned some of the injectables, and I assume that those are some of the new treatments you were talking about.”

“Thanks for your contribution so far. Professor Lalloo, within the space of my lifetime, 40 years, we have gone from discovering a disease that we did not understand at all to effectively having an amazing path to no new transmissions by 2030. That is an astonishing achievement, and in this country we are world leaders …”

“You led exactly to my question about other disease areas that will or may become more prevalent in Europe, including dengue, chikungunya and others. How well prepared do you think we are in the UK to identify, contain and treat these areas?”

“Before I move on to a couple of questions about the global position, you said that 2030 is just not possible. What do you think are the main barriers to that? What extra do you think we might need to meet either that date or earlier?”

“Technology is often the answer.”

“Would you characterise them as quite important tools to get to zero transmission, whether by 2030 or whenever?”

“Opt-out testing has been quite an important tool as well. That has been rolled out. It was started under the previous Government and rolled out under this Government to 91 A&Es. Do you think that is quite an important tool as well?”

“What can the UK do with lower-income countries? We talked about Gavi in the previous section. What can we do to support lower-income countries to stop HIV transmissions? What are we not doing at the moment that we should be doing more of?”

“I welcome the huge opportunity in the White Paper for cities such as Exeter, which is also held back by Tory-run Devon county council—the upper-tier authority. Can the Minister confirm that devolution and reorganisation will work hand in hand to help Exeter, a key economic growth city, to retain, enhance and expand its…”