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“That is really interesting. Do you think targeted intervention would be more effective?”

“ICBs have not necessarily been given the resource they need that meets that local population.”

“Interestingly, my constituency is not rural, in London or in the north-west, but we have one of the worst shortages of GPs in the country. We are under-doctored in Thurrock. We are quite often hovering near the bottom. I think we were the worst a few years ago. Is there something around targeting where GPs are needed, …”

“Good morning. If we start with the current supply and demand, are there any areas, either geographical or within your specialism, that are particularly acute, where demand is not being met by supply?”

“Q12. Last week, the covid inquiry reported that 23,000 deaths occurred in England in the first wave of the pandemic that could have been prevented due to the UK response being too little, too late. Those were not just 23,000 deaths; they were 23,000 people who had family and friends who loved them, and valuable lives t…”

“To come back to the point that Alex made earlier that you do not need alcohol or cigarettes but you do need food, given some of the stuff that you have brought here today, do we need to come up with a definition of “food” when talking about what people need to sustain them, give them energy and allow them to carry on w…”

“To pick up on the potential role of the Food Standards Agency, I know that a couple of the well-known takeaway apps provide a clear link to an establishment’s Food Standards Agency rating. It very clearly says, “This does not determine the content or quality of the food.” Is there a potential role for a rating system t…”

“They all interplay with each other. [Interruption.] I am being told that we need to move on.”

“Is there a risk from corporate sponsorships being so heavily ingrained? If you have a healthy eating local community partnership sponsored by Coca-Cola or the golden arches, there will not be a financial gain for them but there is a reputational gain, as it links those two things as synonymous in someone’s mind.”

“What kind of things do community organisations do?”

“Is there something about equipping people with the knowledge they need? We spoke about food labelling earlier. I know there are international examples—I think it is the Nutri-Score in France. I was talking to someone on the way in who said that they were recently on holiday in France and their kids said, “This is so mu…”

“I imagine it would be DCMS, but MHCLG could probably also answer fairly effectively. I know that some local museums are being funded via Pride in Place and towns fund funding.”

“Great.”

“Thank you very much, Chair. As you will see from the number of Members who have sponsored the application, local museums are a central part of all our communities—that will resonate with most Members here. They are really important for preserving shared heritage, celebrating local history and promoting pride in a local…”

“Last week I had the honour of joining the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Jan and Len—AKA Team Pritchard—in West Thurrock cemetery in my patch to learn more about their work. Thurrock has 82 Commonwealth war graves, and Jan and Len have volunteered to take care of them and make sure that all the names are visibl…”

“Connecting into relevant community-based organisations will very much help with that conversation.”

“Health is not entirely up to the NHS to solve on its own, but how can ICBs—integrated care boards—create successful cross-sector partnerships with the voluntary and community sector to deliver these positive ageing communities?”

“And I will ask you about an even more difficult political area. You said the Prime Minister has a bunch of competing priorities. He supposedly has five overarching missions in order to deliver a mission-led Government, and there are a lot of priorities on departmental budgets and how they are spent, particularly as the…”

“To tie this to some of our early years discussion on proportionate universality, is there something about how we target the hard-to-reach groups, such as people who already have existing health inequalities and live in deprived areas? I am also thinking of disabled people whose conditions might be exacerbated by the ef…”

“Is there concern about digital literacy and access?”