Speeches by Munt.

“Following the Leveson report, will there be capacity for more funding for his recommendations?”

“Will the Minister consider the fact that if someone wants to install a 20 mph limit in our towns and cities—such as Wells or Cheddar, which are plagued by speed trouble—the police advice is that drivers have to already be close to 20 mph for them to accept the need for a 20 mph limit? That strikes me as utterly bonkers…”

“We do not have bins in rural areas. There is nothing bar the speed cameras.”

“I thank my hon. Friend very much for bringing forward this debate. I point out in particular that one of my residents—a man called Chris, who is now a friend—lost his wife Lorraine. She was simply cycling back from her work at school and was hit by a driver. In order to ensure that nothing so dreadful happened again, C…”

“I am greatly pleased that this debate is taking place. In my constituency and within Somerset and North Somerset—the whole of Somerset—there are 8,463 miles of rivers, reans and streams which, from Somerset, would take us as far as Singapore. That level of water coverage presents a danger not only for those who swim an…”

“On 28 June 1986, my constituent developed symptoms of ME, and he has lived with those same symptoms for 40 years, and the NHS remains unable to offer any meaningful intervention. Those who have lived with ME for decades—some bed-bound and in darkness—feel that no one in authority notices or cares. In 2022, the then Hea…”

“Today, we mark five years since the start of the covid-19 pandemic. Just under 227,000 people in the UK died with covid-19 listed as a cause on their death certificate. Every one of those statistics is a mother, a father, a brother, a sister, a child, a neighbour or a friend. Thousands were separated from their loved o…”

“Do you hold the data, or does somebody hold the data? Who holds the data relating to the occasions on which a prisoner is unable to access healthcare services and the reasons for that? There is another part to that which I would like to understand: how often do prisoners ask for a second opinion and how often is that a…”

“My question is to you, Kate. Bearing in mind what we have just heard from your colleague, in your written evidence you said that services are commissioned by the principle of equivalence. Does this happen in practice?”

“I am the Member of Parliament for Wells and Mendip Hills, and my interests are as declared. I am also a director of WhistleblowersUK, which is a not-for-profit organisation.”

“I am the Member of Parliament for Wells and Mendip Hills, and my interests are as declared. I am also a director of WhistleblowersUK, which is a not-for-profit organisation.”

“How do you embed that in your service?”

“There was a prison doctor, sure enough, but he could not get what he knew he needed. He was a very bright young man. It did not do him any good being bright because he just could not get the healthcare he needed. That is something that makes me burn because it was a waste of a life. I would be interested if you were ab…”

“I am talking about a consultant, in reality.”

“I would be quite interested if there is some data available. I have had experience of, in both cases, young people who died in their mid-20s. One young man had done a huge amount of research with the help of his prison officers, and he told them what he had, and he was right, but he could not get to a doctor or a consu…”

“Is that record shared with the prisoner?”

“Do you hold the data, or does somebody hold the data? Who holds the data relating to the occasions on which a prisoner is unable to access healthcare services and the reasons for that? There is another part to that which I would like to understand: how often do prisoners ask for a second opinion and how often is that a…”

“Is the take-up of the screening that you are doing good?”

“My question is to you, Kate. Bearing in mind what we have just heard from your colleague, in your written evidence you said that services are commissioned by the principle of equivalence. Does this happen in practice?”

“It is a great deal when they just carry on and nothing changes.”