Speeches by Stafford.

“Q I reiterate that I am a member of the all-party parliamentary group on patient safety. Dr Benneyworth and I have had many conversations about this issue. I have two questions. The first is about the safe space. We have seen written evidence, and we have heard when others have attended the Health and Social Care Commi…”

“Q Just so that I am clear, you have internal protocols that would raise stuff if you saw something criminal, and if you were investigating something and potentially could not share the information, that would not prevent any of the multitude of other regulators that we have out there from investigating on their own som…”

“Q Dr Dash, in her evidence, said that—I am slightly paraphrasing, so I hope I have not got this wrong—NHS England has a number of investigatory bodies that it has established recently, and that although they were not perfect, they were much better, and they could be doing this job. What is your response to that? Dr Ben…”

“Q You are saying that you are a world leader. Dr Benneyworth: We are—”

“I think the answer was, “We are.””

“Q This question is to the Royal Berkshire. In response to my colleague, you talked about the benefits of your council of governors. As a foundation trust, you have significant autonomy. The Bill will allow the Government to cap your day-to-day spend, strip away your FT status and make governance changes. What impact wi…”

“Q On the streamlining point, you have articulated very clearly why you think it is inappropriate, as have members of this Committee, and most of the evidence we have received suggests that it is not appropriate. What do you think is the reasoning behind the Government’s real push for this, when the evidence against it …”

“Q Ms Higson, given that you are a director of transformation, and that this is, in a wider sense, a transformation of the NHS, if you had the money, resources and political capital that the current Government have, would you do this or would you do something else? Maria Higson: Any time we go through an NHS reorganisat…”

“Q Can you give a couple of examples? Maria Higson: To take one example, I would love to see an NHS where we step away from short-term activity metrics, and towards outcomes—that is mentioned in the Bill. The constant firefight on activities is quite challenging, so how can we move that dialogue to ensure genuine transf…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I thank the hon. Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller) for securing this important debate, and for outlining the issues that her constituents—and, indeed, many constituents across the country—are facing. It is something of an irony that I find myself s…”

“4. What diplomatic steps she is taking with international partners to help prevent the sale of Russian oil to companies in China, Turkey and India.”

“While diplomatic pressure on China, India and Turkey is essential, we must also do more militarily to disrupt the shadow fleet carrying Putin’s oil. I pay tribute to our armed forces who, this weekend, boarded a Russia-linked tanker in UK waters under new Government powers. Since those powers were announced in March, 1…”

“I thank my fellow sponsors of this debate: the hon. Members for Yeovil (Adam Dance) and for Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay), and the hon. Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson), who is not in his place. Oral health is fundamental to dignity, confidence, employability and overall health. The ability to see a dent…”

“My right hon. Friend is precisely right. The BDA is absolutely right to call for those two things; they are what the Government should be working towards. As my right hon. Friend said, the contract started in 2006 under the last Labour Government and was based on units of dental activity, and it is fundamentally misali…”

“My hon. Friend hits the nail on the head, and as in so many healthcare cases, rural constituencies, and rural and coastal constituencies, are often hit the hardest. In my view, that is where the Government should be spending their efforts and money, in order to ensure that we get the same level of service in those area…”

“That is very helpful. Thank you.”

“Are there one or two things that schools, the NHS or other public bodies that interact with young people could be doing in the offline space that would make a real difference?”

“Could you give me some practical examples from a Government perspective? What could the Government do that would improve the situation?”

“You have used the words “we should”. Who is “we”? Are we talking about Government intervention, or is it down to local authorities, schools and the NHS? Who is the “we” in this situation?”

“Going back to what Ms Muttock just said about offline provision, if offline provision were better or more extensive, would children start to come offline, or have we now crossed the Rubicon? Have we gone too far, and is online now the way to go?”