Speeches by Craft.

“To pick up on some of the stuff about workforce, the SEND White Paper proposes schools coming together in clusters or groups—across the academy chains as well—to pool resources to deliver or commission SEND services. Is there a risk in that? Potentially, it exacerbates the situation of having a private marketplace for …”

“What would drive that accountability around the health part of the new system?”

“My local hospital, Basildon, has corridor care, and I have seen it happen. It is really important to say that when I speak to patients being treated in the corridor, they are full of nothing but praise for the staff. They see the effort that the staff are putting in despite having to work under extremely trying circums…”

“Has anyone anything else to add?”

“Thank you; that was a helpful segue to my next question. NHSE is clarifying its current guidance with respect to escalation and incident reporting to make it clearer that trust boards should take formal ownership of corridor care, perhaps baking more of that accountability into the system. What do you think requires cl…”

“Last week, Members from across this House and the other place felt compelled to write to Jo Boydell, the chief executive of Travelodge, following reports that in 2022 staff in one of the company’s hotels gave a man a keycard and the room number of a woman staying alone. He then entered her room and sexually assaulted h…”

“Is it fair to describe corridor care as a way of spreading risk across the hospital and the wider health and social care system? And is it effective as a tool for managing that kind of risk? I can see Professor Ranger shaking her head quite firmly at that. Feel free to come in.”

“I would like to move on to the standards of care and patient safety in the current situation. Dr Benneyworth, you found that concerns around normalising corridor care present a barrier to trusts putting in place all the possible patient safety mitigations. Do we have to accept that corridor care is part and parcel of t…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the contribution of local museums. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. Colleagues will know that I am incredibly proud to call Thurrock home. I am the first local MP to be was born and raised in the constituency, and it is an honour to represent the p…”

“I thank all Members who have taken part in today’s debate. I appreciate their time, and I am sure that VisitBritain will contact us shortly about our commissions. We have had a brilliant whistle-stop tour of fabulous local museums around the country, from the Bayeux tapestry to the Dad’s Army Museum, which I very much …”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his contribution; I think he may have had a sneak peek at my speech, as that is just what I am coming to. Let me give a huge shout-out to the Brunel Museum—I am a big fan. It includes a replica of the first ever boring machine— I am sorry to be boring, but it is a boring machine—the technolog…”

“I agree; it is really important to make sure that those museums are properly funded. As the hon. Member will be aware, they run by and large on voluntary efforts and voluntary contributions. Sometimes, although the local council owns the space, it does not necessarily pay for the upkeep, running and staffing. Looking a…”

“Does the hon. Gentleman not think that political activism is part of our nation’s story and of local history in certain places? The People’s History Museum in Manchester springs to mind at the top of the list, but there are many more. Activism and political interest form the path of our nation and our local history.”

“Wages and inward investment are up, economic inactivity is down and interest rates have been cut six times. Labour’s plan to lower the cost of living is clearly working, but we know that more must be done to put more money in people’s pockets. Will the Secretary of State outline what steps she is taking to lower the co…”

“6. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the cost of living in Wales.”

“I would like to declare an interest: I have the honour of being a parent of a disabled child who has an EHCP. I very much welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. It is a true reflection of the amount of engagement that she and her Department have had with parents and families of children with SEND, and with the sec…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes North (Chris Curtis) on securing the debate. Like many Members, I am a lover of woodlands, both ancient and new. As my hon. Friend the Member for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury) said earlier, “You can’t ha…”

“The Minister will not have failed to notice the spectacular redwoods at Wakehurst on her visit there. Will she support Forestry England’s measures to make sure that one in five new trees planted are novel species such as the redwood and the cedar, which are predicted to cope much better with changing climate?”

“I am grateful to the hon. Lady for mentioning biomass power, as I have a specific issue in my constituency, where the fuel that is used to power a biomass generator has unfortunately generated a significant amount of dust, causing a heavy amount of air pollution in the local area. It is a form of green energy, but it u…”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. It is key to recognise the role that farmers can play in rewilding and embracing biodiversity. In Thurrock, there are farmers who are doing excellent work in rewilding some of their land to make sure that species can thrive and continue to grow. It is not only on farmlan…”