Speeches by George.

“Dr Seyan and Claire, could you give us an indication of the scale of demand for GLP-1s in the private sector and how it compares with prescribing through the NHS?”

“Yes, that is right.”

“What proportion of those who are obtaining your services do you think would otherwise be eligible for NHS services, were access less restrictive?”

“Can you act on—”

“Okay—and Claire, through your services?”

“You mentioned earlier the creation of a new organisation, the Coalition of Responsible Digital Health. There is a strong emphasis on the word “responsible” there.”

“Deliberately so. Does that mean that—obviously by definition—those who are not members of your organisation are irresponsible?”

“We will come on to regulation in a moment, but just in terms of your modus operandi, have you considered applications for membership and rejected them so far?”

“Do you have the resources to act as the gatekeeper to your own standards?”

“All right. Just coming back to the differentiation, you are a practising GP and therefore you will have patients coming to see you through your surgery who will be eligible for NHS treatment and are able or unable to obtain that treatment. What barriers stand in their way meaning they might seek a private digital provi…”

“It is effectively a kitemark that they can put against their name?”

“Where do you work?”

“I will make a very brief intervention, as I want to make sure that the Minister has ample time to respond to the many points that have been raised. I must congratulate the hon. Member for Shrewsbury (Julia Buckley) on securing this debate, and I thank her for telling us about her wonderful constituency. It is indeed a …”

“I am enormously grateful to the hon. Member for making that point about vulnerability. At a number of points where the line is singled out—not just at Dawlish—a fire can have catastrophic consequences for the thousands of people seeking to travel on that day. One of my members of staff attempted to travel from Bristol …”

“Indeed, I was going to come to that point. Busy Members of Parliament, or other people engaged in busy lives, sat on that train do not want those five hours to be dead time in the working day. Reliable wi-fi services can allow people to continue their working days with online meetings and communication as they travel. …”

“The hon. Member makes a pertinent and relevant point. That is why these matters need to be taken into account; it cannot be purely about access to cash, which is all that Link currently needs to consider. As long as there is an ATM in some corner within a mile or two of someone’s community, that is deemed to be suffici…”

“I strongly agree with my hon. and gallant Friend. I will come to questions to the Minister in a moment; I believe that the Government need to look at the robustness and sustainability of those services. What has been put in the place of banks is rather flimsy in the longer term, and that represents a risk to the future…”

“At the end of the day, the issue is that the FCA and Link primarily undertake an assessment of access to cash, and not to the full range of banking services. The Minister says that adequate alternatives are in place. Of course, the banks will no doubt attempt to put some facade in place to satisfy that requirement—as s…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the accessibility of banking services. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for permitting me the opportunity to raise the issues and concerns about access to banking services across the country and…”

“We have had a good debate and I am pleased that the Backbench Business Committee has permitted us to have it. It is clear that although we have aired so many of the issues today, there are still matters to be resolved. The Minister has helpfully addressed the Government’s position on the points that I raised at the beg…”