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“16. If she will take steps to provide Ukrainian refugees with a route to permanent settlement.”

“I echo my hon. Friend’s comments. If I may, I will approach this question from the other side. The lack of certainty is challenging for Ukrainians who are looking to return to Ukraine. My team are currently dealing with a situation where a family, who are looking to go back to Ukraine, are not being allowed to access t…”

“I associate myself with your remarks, Mr Speaker, and the remarks by the Leader of the House and the shadow Leader of the House of both congratulations and condolences. On the business the Leader of the House has announced, I have to say that I am very disappointed that it means the Deputy Prime Minister’s remarks yest…”

“The Minister is right to point out that although we—I think across the House—welcome his work and diligence, and that of the previous Government, on the scheme and recognise the work that needs to be done, there is absolutely no doubt there are still too few who have received compensation. As of 2 June, my understandin…”

“The right hon. Member may recall the debate we had in a previous Parliament on this subject. The Minister at the time gave the commitment that she would ensure that GPs and other medical practitioners were aware of the guidance that PANS PANDAS UK was producing. I hope we will hear today that the Minister is looking at…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your very kind remarks about Albie and others in today’s debate. A number of themes have been discussed by the hon. and right hon. Members, and I have always found that the number of MPs who join the PANS PANDAS all-party parliamentary groups increases over the term of the Parliamen…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the diagnosis and treatment of Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS). It is a pleasure to open this debate, and I am grateful to colleagues who have atte…”

“As always, the hon. Gentleman is ahead of the game; I was going to mention this. I am very much looking forward to the guidance, but we need to ensure that it is understood and shared.”

“I am sure the Minister can address that in her closing remarks. We absolutely need to ensure that. As the right hon. Member has said, amoxicillin might be one of the antibiotics that could be used. It is straightforward to use, and in the vast majority of cases it works, but if it does not, potentially PANS and PANDAS …”

“Or something we agree on. Tom, do you have anything to add?”

“There is absolutely no doubt that sometimes, if people are only engaging with Parliament through Petitions Committee debates, having signed a petition, the bottom line is that beyond the Minister’s response, there is no requirement for further Government action. The public expectation on that can be quite difficult to …”

“Thank you. Is there anybody else with other thoughts on potentially more creative ways of delivering more Petitions Committee debates?”

“That would be in addition to the current threshold of 100,000 signatures meaning a petition automatically receives a debate.”

“Thank you. Tom or David, do you have any further thoughts on this question?”

“Paul, I have a clarification query. When you were in your previous role as Clerk of the Backbench Business Committee, was the Petitions Committee in existence? Would you have looked at what the Petitions Committee and the Backbench Business Committee were doing to ensure that there was a lack of duplication?”

“What usually happens is that at the start, the Chair in Westminster Hall will see what time they want to bring in the third party spokesperson, and then gives an indication of the time that people should take and whether they are going to apply a time limit.”

“It’s a Backbench Business Committee problem, too, because often, dare I say it, topics are being brought forward by Members from third sector organisations and so on, and they are working very hard to bring people with an interest to Parliament. So it is a fair point.”

“If I can just make an observation, the other challenge is the reduced numbers of Members putting in to speak in the substantive Government business. That is, first, because they wonder whether they will get any time at all; and secondly, because if they do get any time, it will be much reduced because a time limit will…”

“As the Chief Whip of the third party, which had three Opposition days in a Session that ran for nearly two years, I have great interest in what we have just been discussing, but I will move on. At the moment, as part of our evidence, we are getting information from other Parliaments on how they address petitions. The s…”

“Is there anything else you want to add from that Backbench Business Committee experience?”