Speeches by Atkinson.

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is a matter of pace and of asking, “When?” not “If?” or “How?” because both those questions have already been answered. I turn to the Government’s response. The previous Secretary of State for Health, my right hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting), met Jesy Nel…”

“The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right and I will come on to talk about screening in just a minute.”

“I thank the hon. Member for making one of his excellent interventions. Clearly health is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and Wales, where screening is also not available, but the hon. Member is absolutely right. It would be difficult to explain to parents anywhere in the UK why this screening is increasingly stan…”

“I agree with my hon. Friend, though I think the issue is not mainly financial; I will come on to that in a minute. As other Members have said, the key point is that treatments are dramatically more effective the earlier they are given: before symptoms appear and before irreversible damage is done. Once motor neurones a…”

“There is currently a live inspection into the Home Office’s engagement with local authorities in the planning and development of asylum accommodation. As part of the improvements that you make, can you give the Committee assurance that when that report is completed and on your desk, or the Home Secretary’s desk, that w…”

“For every individual unit?”

“I understand why you are reluctant to comment on it. Financially, the capital costs of potentially setting up large-scale sites are in estimates, figures and so on. I think £150 million of capital funding has been set aside from MHCLG to the Home Office. Can you say a little about how you intend to use that, not in ter…”

“Thank you.”

“The standards are the same? The standards that are in every bedroom should be the same?”

“How does the inspection and compliance regime, both your internal regime and the external regime with the Home Office, vary depending on the site, from dispersal accommodation all the way through to large sites?”

“Is the accommodation at Crowborough and your management of it significantly different from how it was at Wethersfield?”

“The characterisation you have made of good engagement has been, it is fair to say, disputed, including by the local Member of Parliament—Madam Deputy Speaker, the right honourable Nusrat Ghani MP. What would you say to people who say that that engagement has not been good enough?”

“Thank you for coming in this afternoon. Previous large sites operated by Clearsprings, including Napier and Wethersfield, had significant issues. How have you learned from past mistakes to ensure they are not repeated at Crowborough?”

“I commend the Minister for her work in reducing waiting lists for GP referral to first treatment, and they are genuinely coming down. She will be aware, however, that that statistic does not capture the entire picture, particularly for people who require subsequent follow-up care—for example, women with endometriosis o…”

“Do you have flexibility in your agreement with Treasury and capital spend about which financial years you can use that funding in?”

“In terms of good practice and compliance, whatever the sector, to me, the internal compliance assessment matching the external compliance assessment is the key. Can you tell me a little bit about that? Whether it is 70% or whatever, the important thing is that you agree on that because the quality of your internal assu…”

“You made a reference before to Home Office inspections. How frequently does the Home Office externally inspect your big sites as opposed to, say, this personal accommodation?”

“Presumably, the Home Office will not turn up to a dispersal accommodation unit or an individual unit on a regular basis.”

“Internal inspection?”

“I commend the Minister for her work in reducing waiting lists for GP referral to first treatment, and they are genuinely coming down. She will be aware, however, that that statistic does not capture the entire picture, particularly for people who require subsequent follow-up care—for example, women with endometriosis o…”