Speeches by McIntyre.

“So it is a very cost-effective way of tackling this.”

“So I guess that from £1,000 per person investing in their health now, the savings for the NHS in the long term are significantly greater.”

“Thank you. You might not have seen my New Statesman article this week on expanding health checks to younger people with other risk factors. I am speaking about that later this evening. On the behavioural support, we talked about the support of family, but what support does the programme offer, particularly in the food-…”

“I should say thank you to the panel for the work you have done on this issue. This first session is quite close to my heart, because last year I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and I then went on the path to remission programme. I lost around about 7 stone initially, and put my diabetes into remission.”

“The data shows that about a third of people drop off after the first 12 weeks. They go through the total diet replacement—I think quite a high number pass that—but a third of people who go through it then drop off before the end of the year-long programme. I guess that that aligns with my own experience of the programm…”

“We have not touched on exercise yet, but it is obviously part of the behavioural support changes that they try to encourage during the programme. It is quite difficult to take on. I appreciate that diet and food are the main focus, but in terms of that behavioural support and making those positive changes going forward…”

“Tell me about it.”

“T2. Last Friday I met a constituent whose child was fatally stabbed five years ago. As a parent myself, I cannot begin to imagine what the family have gone through and the trauma they have faced since. Concerningly, the killer of that child has repeatedly accessed social media while in prison to cruelly taunt the victi…”

“On that point, I was offered the choice between digital and in person, and I chose digital for that reason. How many people is that not being offered to?”

“The fantastic Flowers Band from my Gloucester constituency recently won the prestigious European brass band championships. It was their first time at the tournament, and they are the first English band to win it since 2015. I will not name all the members of the band this morning, but I got to go to their open rehearsa…”

“I welcome the Government’s commitment to making sure that every child with SEND in Gloucester gets the support they need at the earliest stage of their education. I also welcome the £4.6 million investment in the Experts at Hand service in Gloucestershire coming for the next academic year. Can the Minister update the H…”

“I remember the discussion the shadow Minister spoke about; we discussed MPs swapping political constituencies at the same time. The Institute for Government was very clear that the biggest constraint is the workforce, so is my hon. Friend saying that the Institute for Government has got it wrong?”

“Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?”

“I do not recognise my hon. Friend’s assertion that the workforce is there and ready and raring to go. Even the Bar Council’s own evidence suggests that the number of silks doing publicly funded criminal cases dropped by about a quarter and the number of senior juniors has gone down significantly as well. Silks are the …”

“Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?”

“Another good thing we can do in Committee is try to clarify the Conservative party’s position. Is the hon. Member’s position now that the almost 40% cuts to legal aid during the last Conservative Government were wrong? If so, would he like to apologise for them?”

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“I too am pleased that the Government have decided to uncap sitting days, but does my hon. Friend recognise that although the physical capacity might be there, there are capacity issues with all the teams around that? Even if we open the courts and uncap sitting days, it will not bring down the backlog in the short term…”

“I will keep my contribution brief. I want to speak in support of new clause 29, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington. It is clear that Government Members accept the need for reform but, as we go through those reforms, it is also important to keep one eye on ensuring justice for everyone in our s…”

“As the shadow Minister has the backlog data to hand—I do not—would he mind sharing with the Committee the data for all the other regions and the overall backlog picture for the whole country?”