Speeches by Fenton-Glynn.

“I am particularly concerned about the idea of tying everything to a certain tax code. Anyone who has dealt with modern slavery knows that the more a visa is tied to a place or employer, the fewer rights the person with the visa has, and the more likely they are to be exploited. The tax code example has a whole load of …”

“Of course, there has previously been a border between England and Scotland: Hadrian’s wall was built between 122 and 138 in the Christian era, and the Antonine wall was built between 140 and 150. There is a history of borders—and I do not think any of us were there at the time—but none of us in this House wants to see …”

“I am somewhat confused by the hon. Gentleman’s speech. He started off by accusing Labour Members of talking Scotland down, but then told us that Scotland was in crisis—one wonders who was in government at the time—and continued his peroration by saying that there is an aging society. I wonder if he will take some sort …”

“Care is an issue that matters deeply to me, but the problem with care is not that we are not getting cheap labour from elsewhere; it is that we are not paying care workers enough. That is one of the things that a national care service would seek to solve. Why did the SNP waste so much money—£28 million—on its failed na…”

“The hon. Member is right that a huge amount of money needs to be spent. A lot of that goes back to the fact that, as Lord Darzi tells us, £37 billion less was spent on hospital buildings in the 2010s than was necessary. Will she remind me who was in government for the for half of the 2010s?”

“Today’s debate is a welcome chance to talk about the challenges of our health service. The Darzi report was a stark demonstration of the state in which the health service was left by the last Government. I know that part of the game today is for our colleagues on the Liberal Democrat Benches to say, slightly deceitfull…”

“I think if the hon. Member for Henley and Thame (Freddie van Mierlo) were to reflect on what he said, he would know that these things always go a lot deeper. What have we inherited? We inherited 14,000 unnecessary deaths in A&E alone each year. NHS waiting lists peaked at 7.7 million. That is people waiting anxious…”

“Hi, Secretary of State. I will talk a bit about NHS Digital and the NHS workforce more generally. It will not surprise you that the NHS England workforce is of particular interest to me, being a West Yorkshire MP. NHS England has a particularly large footprint in West Yorkshire; effectively we have a second NHS HQ in L…”

“Moving back to that workforce point, what is the timetable for the NHS workforce plan now?”

“We have a lot of change for NHS England, NHS Digital and various parts of the structure of the NHS. How will you ensure that the culture for people working for the Department of Health will be anything decent after they have seen a lot of their colleagues moved around and moved out of jobs, and seen that much change?”

“Thank you, Secretary of State. Because you mentioned unions, I want to put on record that I previously worked for the Public and Commercial Services Union.”

“In West Yorkshire we have the health innovation village in Leeds. There is some anxiety about the delays in the rebuild of the hospital. I understand why that has happened, but can I have the assurance that we will work on an NHS that is a good place to invest for and a good place for life sciences and that kind of wor…”

“The last Government left 4.5 million children in poverty, but, like many colleagues, I am alarmed that the impact assessment of the spring statement suggests that that number will rise, not fall. Will the Minister tell me when we can expect the results of the child poverty taskforce? Will they be delivered in time to i…”

“The Israeli Government’s justification for this action seems to have been the statements that my hon. Friends made in the House against their policies. On that basis, they detained, denied entry to and expelled two elected Members of the Parliament of their democratic ally on legitimate parliamentary business. Let me r…”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Derby South (Baggy Shanker) on securing this debate. Much like him, I am going to tell a story about companies using the courts to ride roughshod over local people’s opinions. I rise to speak about a proposal for a…”

“It feels to me like the marketing teams are masters at identifying people who are susceptible, but they are not doing the right thing.”

“One element of public health is recognising patterns in populations. This is possibly to Professor Wardle, but my suspicion is that the people who have the best idea about the pipeline from placing a few bets to ending up placing a bet on your phone in the middle of the night are the people who hold the data—the gambli…”

“Do you think that the “When the fun stops, stop” type of advert touches the sides?”

“Can I ask a slightly broader question? I am sorry to have gone entirely off my list of questions, Chair, but electronic gambling seems to be a particular problem area. Are there any places that have interventions that work at a public health level with this kind of gambling? Do any countries get it right?”

“I think that phrase is going to stick with me: “there is no escape.””