Speeches by Robertson.

“As ever, it is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. I have listened very carefully to people’s speeches, and it is important to say that we are debating that clause 47 stand part of the Bill. The clause creates the single patient record and, while many Opposition Members have justifiably and understandably as…”

“We have heard a few times about Conservative fears about redundancy payments and so on. Why did they not add NHS England to the list of organisations covered by the modification order when they had the opportunity to do so? Is the hon. Lady aware of a reason why that did not happen when the Conservatives were in govern…”

“The modification order is a piece of legislation that is often used in the public sector. It means that when people from a lot of public sector organisations are made redundant and find alternative employment at another state-funded organisation, they are not entitled to a redundancy payment. During their 14 years in p…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a long name; there are lots of letters in the second bit. The farming road map that we have seen today sets out a long-term plan for fertiliser. That will be really welcome for farmers across Lichfield, Burntwood and the villages because, due to actions way beyond this Government’…”

“I think this is the first time we have had a Robertson on Robertson intervention. It is a pleasure to break that duck. The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful point about the need to change culture to embed innovation across the NHS. There is an example that we always come back to: fax machines. Fax machines were used …”

“My constituents are eager for change. They want their doctors’ surgery. Thousands of my other constituents do not want to be in a situation where they are failed. We should all support being able to abolish NHS England in the way that we are, which allows it to happen as quickly as possible. I place my support for thes…”

“To go back to my original point, I have never knocked on a door and been asked to abolish NHS England, but I have regularly knocked on the doors of people who want to see improvements in the NHS. Removing this quango—this quasi-block in the middle, where nobody quite understands where the line lies and there is all thi…”

“Removing NHS England—this super-quango that has sat in the middle between Ministers and delivery—will improve that democratic accountability, and the democratic process of us being able to voice our constituents’ concerns to the decision makers who we elect to run the NHS. I absolutely, wholeheartedly support being abl…”

“If I aim to bring my constituents’ voices to this place, I absolutely want to say that what we have does not work. It has failed the people of Burntwood for well over a decade. Anyone in that area needs to be able to contact an elected official and bring them that story, because the arm’s length body has not delivered.…”

“As we look at this process, all I can see is that what we have does not work. A couple of years ago, the doctors’ surgery in the modular building was told that it would have to close because some computer system at NHS England said that the contract could not be extended until the replacement building—at that point pro…”

“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Jeremy. One of the most powerful things we can do as Members of this place is bring our constituents’ stories here so that they can form part of our discussions. That is what I will do as we discuss the future of NHS England. I openly admit that I have never knocked on a do…”

“Q It is always a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Roger. Sir Jeremy, I want to turn to NHS England’s accountability, or lack thereof. I know you made the point that you did not want clinically advised decisions to be overly politicised, but I had the reverse in my constituency when a decision was made after the le…”

“12. What steps her Department plans to take to help support the response to alleged abuse at workplaces connected to Mohamed al-Fayed.”

“I welcome the new Minister to her place. I thank her for her work in facilitating the historic meeting last week, which was the first time a sitting Prime Minister has met a group of survivors in this space. It was a great meeting, but the survivors are understandably sceptical, because they have been let down severely…”

“I begin by thanking the right hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire (Steve Barclay) for bringing this debate to the House today and for his advocacy on behalf of his constituents. I hope that Jack’s family, at what must be a terrible time for them, gain a small measure of solace from his story being raised in this …”

“We are here tonight to talk about a very large piece of legislation, but I would like to focus my remarks on just one part of it, which is the changes the Government want to bring in around planning for the future in the NHS, which are so very needed. There is perhaps no better example of where that planning is going w…”

“The announcement today of the £120 million fund to support the UK ceramics industry will be so welcome in my part of Staffordshire. Armitage Shanks is often not spoken of in the same breath as ceramics—partly because of the excellent advocacy of the Stokies and my hon. Friends the Members for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam…”

“The Secretary of State will not be surprised to see me rise yet again to raise issues with HS2. She is right to be angry about the scale of the failings laid out in the reports published today. She is angry, and I am angry, but our anger pales into insignificance when compared to the anger of my constituents, who have …”

“3.How he plans to work with the Prime Minister’s adviser on women and girls to help tackle violence against women and girls through the criminal justice system.”

“In March, the Prime Minister agreed to meet survivors of abuse by Mohammed Fayed, the former owner of Harrods, Fulham football club and other businesses. Almost 500 survivors have come forward, all of whom have been waiting for years, and in many cases decades, for justice. Can the Minister confirm whether the Prime Mi…”