Speeches by Fenton-Glynn.

“That is a very simple and easy answer to that. I am going to come on to some of the more targeted work you do. There are some issues. There are more pre-birth issues with Asian mothers. There are various cultural issues that are involved. In terms of your trust, you serve a diverse area and are innovating a lot. What m…”

“Could you explain the role of that support worker to me? That is a non-medical professional but with a greater cultural understanding, so almost like a doula or something like that.”

“Just very quickly, Baroness, you talked about delivering what was in the manifesto about improvements. You have talked about the 10-year plan coming soon. We are 20% into the first term of this Government, almost a year. What one thing have we done so far that will improve health outcomes for black mothers?”

“We often say that what gets measured gets mended, and hopefully that is what we will see. Very quickly, what one material thing would you say is going to start us down the right path?”

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“This Government have made phenomenal progress on the elective care waiting lists left by the last Government, but the progress on mental health waiting lists has been stubbornly slow, with 1.2 million people still waiting for treatment. That includes 62,000 people covered by the West Yorkshire ICB that serves my Calder…”

“In one fell swoop, this measure will take 100,000 children out of poverty. In my constituency, 2,500 children will benefit. Fighting poverty is in the Labour party’s DNA, but with over 4.5 million children left in poverty by the Conservative party, which has not turned up for the statement, will the Minister please ass…”

“This is another example of the previous Government’s failure to get a grip of our water system. Meanwhile, just last week this Government fined Yorkshire Water £350,000. My constituents are really upset to see their water bills going up. Can my right hon. Friend assure me that he will never let our national infrastruct…”

“Will the hon. Member let me finish? I have on a number of occasions intervened on Conservative Members to ask them to name the Chagos islands, and they have been unable to tell me that there is Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos, the Salomon islands, the Egmont islands—”

“I do not share the right hon. Member’s passion. Similarly, the Leader of the Opposition first tweeted about the Chagos islands in October 2024. That was five years after the ICJ ruling and two years after negotiations started. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Conservatives’ new-found passion for the Chagos isla…”

“I am alarmed by the passion of Conservative Members for the Chagos islands—”

“I thank the Lord Chancellor for her statement today, which is a sensible response to the overincarceration and prison places crisis. Can she assure my constituents that notwithstanding these changes, under-reported and under-prosecuted crimes, such as violence against women and girls, will continue to be prioritised by…”

“I am going to move on to Janine. NAViGO is a not-for-profit social enterprise, commissioned by the NHS and social care. Could you give us a bit more context on how the service came to be established and how you navigate any barriers that you face?”

“Before I did this, I was a cabinet member for social care. We set up wet rehabilitation sites and things like that, because we needed to break down that stigma. That made a real difference. I can see that the Chair is getting a bit twitchy about me going over my time, so thank you both for your answers and thank you fo…”

“I often think that, with our drive to define mental health and give it parity with physical health, we forget that the social determinants of mental health are often even greater than of physical health. Would that be your reflection?”

“What are the benefits of your model, in terms of making sure that the support remains integrated?”

“Do you have any data that demonstrates the success of your model?”

“We are shifting away from the ICB model a bit at the moment. That is something that we have to look out for, in that whatever replaces it still has those broad pots of funding.”

“Where was the funding coming from, primarily, in that instance?”

“If you were trying to set up a similar model in the current environment, with funding and commissioning being what it is now, do you think it would be possible?”