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“But it’s not now?”

“That raises a number of questions, and I just wonder whether it is possible, having looked at the granularity of the questions that Becky has raised, to helicopter out again and look at this over a longer timescale. Going back over the last couple of decades, is it the result of better intelligence that you now realise…”

“What do you mean by community provision?”

“Reducing duplication is the point that Dr Fuller mentioned. In terms of integration with other services, is that incorporated within your ask?”

“The Government have an upcoming workforce plan. What engagement are any of you having with the Government? Realistically, how do you think the workforce could be improved within the parameters of the future workforce plan and over what time period? Do you think you can get the workforce at a level that can actually get…”

“A moment ago, Dr Fuller, you referred to Core20Plus5. One of those is oral health. You mentioned the south-west. My constituency includes Land’s End and the Isles of Scilly, and the nearest paediatric dentist is 200 miles away. Who is advocating on that? Obviously, I am advocating for my constituents, but why have we g…”

“When it comes to waiting times for these services, for a child under one, a one-year wait is more than a lifetime. For someone of my age, waiting a year is less important. Why has there not been a big outcry about this? Why are we not hearing advocates’ voices loudly enough?”

“That is good.”

“I agree with the Minister that MMC clearly meets the threshold for proscription, but when did its actions first come to the attention of the Government? Why have they left it so long to bring forward this order? Why did they leave it until it was politically convenient?”

“I simply ask the Minister the same question that I asked when he first came to the House on this matter. In relation to the cost consequences of this deal, he knows that the lion’s share of the interest lies with the military base on Diego Garcia. Therefore, what contribution is the United States making to the very sig…”

“16. What steps she plans to take to close loopholes in the tax system.”

“Does the Minister agree that instead of handing £500 million of taxpayers’ money to those who are entitled to small business rate relief, which is what has happened in Cornwall over the past 10 years, it would be far better to invest that money in desperately needed first homes for local families in desperate housing n…”

“So there is an additional 1.2 million.”

“Forty?”

“First of all, I want to get some ground understanding of the extent of the need and the changes in our understanding over the last 20 or so years. The Children’s Commissioner has indicated that there are “huge gaps” in our understanding and in the statistics available to properly appreciate the extent of need, in both …”

“Do you mean 1.2 million on top of the figures that we already have?”

“We will be coming in a moment to questions about meeting need and the system through which people go. It is just understanding the extent. Henry, do you agree with that broad approach and that there is actually under-diagnosis, and that in the last 20 years or so there have been very significant increases in diagnosed …”

“Let me be devil’s advocate. I am not going to be the cartoonist in The Spectator, but there is an argument that we are increasingly becoming a snowflake generation. Indeed, the Secretary of State is using the expression “over-diagnosis” as well. I hear the emotion in what you are saying, but the fact is, as the Secreta…”

“I thank my fellow member of the Select Committee and stand-in Chair for giving way, and I congratulate her on how she is introducing the issues today. Does she agree that the length of time set for the Casey review to report does not give us a sense of confidence that the Government have injected sufficient urgency to …”

“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Altrincham and Sale West (Mr Rand). Of course, in this debate we have to reflect on the fact that the Government inherited the NHS in the very worst state in its 77-year history, which the hon. Member for Chelsea and Fulham (Ben Coleman) reminded us of. The Government must…”