Speeches by Craft.

“I should have said this at the beginning—apologies, Chair. I meant to declare an interest, which is that I chair the all-party parliamentary group on learning disability. Thank you to my colleague here for reminding me about that. What kind of support do you wish would have been available? What would have been more hel…”

“Jennifer, when you first undertook your programme, what support was available nationally to roll it out?”

“It was a pleasure to serve under the chairmanship of my hon. Friend during our Committee’s inquiry into the first 1,000 days of life. I was particularly struck by how, at this crucial period in a child’s lifetime—for those who are not aware, the 1,000 days begins at the moment of conception and goes up until they are t…”

“Thank you. Beth, I think you said that Asda was seeing year-on-year reports of healthier food targets being met. Do you have that data to hand, or are you able to write to us and share it?”

“Okay, fantastic. I want to pick up on a couple of slightly more niche things. You said that smaller stores are exempt from Government legislation on product placement and various other policies aimed at it, but obviously a number of you have smaller stores that fall into that footprint. Have you taken action in your sm…”

“Thank you for coming today. I want to turn to healthy sales targets, and I might pick up a bit on what my colleague Danny was just focusing on. Many of you have already implemented healthy sales targets. Is there anything that the Government could learn from your experiences when designing their new healthy food standa…”

“Are you looking at this proactively? I will give you a good example. In my patch we have Tilbury. I think there are plans to build an Aldi there, but most people’s access to fruit and vegetable shopping is limited to the little Tesco Express in the heart of the community, and residents have told me that its fruit and v…”

“You mentioned earlier the leaning in favour of longer-life foods, because the demand might not be there regularly for fresher food. Is there a lean towards that in the smaller stores?”

“But you would broadly support something that makes it clear and does not allow health claims to overawe fats, salt and sugar?”

“I would hope to see it change, because I would reflect that at the moment in some of the poorer areas of my constituency, that is not necessarily the case. That is what I have had reported back to me. Liz, I will pick up briefly on what you were saying about the nutrient profile model and the concerns about it. You men…”

“Would you not support a nutrient profiling model that makes that crystal clear? I keep coming back to the example of Coco Pops—my colleagues know that I seem to have a vendetta against that particular breakfast cereal. That packet has several health claims on it—on fibre, on protein—but the sugar content of that cereal…”

“Does anyone else have anything on that?”

“Ensignbus, which operates in my constituency, is not a bus manufacturer per se, but it repurposes buses and is looking to get into the repowering of buses that have finished their natural life, usually in London, which will aid the switch to zero emissions. Will my hon. Friend join me in encouraging and supporting it i…”

“People are the backbone of our NHS, and I am incredibly grateful to the healthcare staff who work in it, particularly in Thurrock, and who care tirelessly every day, often in difficult conditions, for my constituents. As a lifelong Thurrock resident, I have experienced their excellent care as a patient, and now as an M…”

“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Barker. I extend my congratulations to the campaigners for securing this debate, and particularly to the 442 people in my constituency who signed the petition. As many Members have pointed out, play-based learning is not about lowering attainment or standards. Indeed, count…”

“It is great that you all agree on why co-ordination is beneficial. The question is: do you think that it exists? Is the potential for co-ordination to tackle these issues there, or does more work need to be done?”

“Are those boundaries fairly clearly defined or are they constantly evolving? When is something an opinion and when does it impact on your ability to carry out your job as a medical professional?”

“Have you taken steps to assure yourself that your internal procedures and the things that have prompted the Mann review do not reflect an organisational weakness in how you handle cases of racism and antisemitism?”

“This is a brief follow-up on that note. You have placed conditions on my local acute hospital’s anaesthetics and training programme, and thank you very much for writing to keep me updated on that. The reason why you have attached conditions is mainly concerns about misogyny and sexually inappropriate remarks and behavi…”

“Do you imagine that, following the Mann report, you will have to make significant changes in the way you handle these kinds of investigations?”