Speeches by Twist.

“I am glad to hear that work is going on, but as the Minister may remember, work has been going on for a very long time—some Opposition Members may remember that past work. The issue is clearly important to people, so we need to see action—again, it is about how we get to that end. I would like to see some commitment fr…”

“I too want to see a strategy—a strong strategy—and I will continue to talk about that, but will the hon. Lady acknowledge that the strategy has been talked about since before the general election? We needed to see action then, as we need to see action now.”

“I should declare that I am an officer of the all-party parliamentary group for respiratory health. Clearly, a modern service framework is important, certainly for a constituency such as mine in the north-east that has a lot of respiratory health problems, but as the Minister said, we need action rather than legislative…”

“Can I finally come back to the point about the response to parents in distress or at risk of self-harm or suicide? What is your response to that? Do you think the Department has moved in that way?”

“Sam, how well does the Child Maintenance Service respond to parents raising affordability challenges? And what improvements, if any, have there been in how it handles the issues?”

“Before I move on to Sara and Abigail, do you think that the CMS has improved how it responds to parents disclosing distress and risk of self-harm or suicide?”

“My first question is for Minister Bailey. We have heard a lot of evidence from parents about the difficulties they face in being able to afford childcare to help them to work. In the light of the Secretary of State’s expressed wish to expand the funded childcare hours to parents who are out of work, will that be includ…”

“In the meantime, is there a way for parents to be clear on what their options are and what funding streams they might come into?”

“Finally, if the feedback and the figures—whether that is from selected groups or the people in the Changing Realities group you talked about—show that the measures in the strategy are not working properly for one group or another, or indeed for anyone, will you be open to changing course and implementing additional pol…”

“Why are parents in education and training excluded from the universal credit childcare entitlement? We have heard issues about that.”

“The baseline report says that lived experience will be a central thread in the evaluation activity for the strategy. I have two questions. First, how will you gather the information to show the differential impact of the measures we are taking in the strategy and how we can adjust it so that people get a good shot? Sec…”

“The Committee has heard evidence from people about the difficulties that can cause.”

“Just to be clear, there is information being gathered that can be disaggregated by groups with specific needs or issues, and that can be used to inform the strategy. Is that right?”

“It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. I listened with great interest to the hon. Member for Winchester talking about the new clauses; they have a great deal of similarity to new clause 89, in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Anna Dixon). We all know that it is absolutely vital to…”

“As the Minister says, many people in this room have had experience of being a carer for a family member. She said that there is already a legal framework, but carers are clearly saying that they need a bit more. How will the Government ensure that we provide not just words and legal documents, but help on the ground?”

“I want to emphasise a point that has already been made, which is the positive impact of the agreement for people with rare and undiagnosed conditions. As the Minister will know, I have worked with a number of those organisations, and this is certainly an opportunity for innovative treatments to be funded, as they might…”

“Some excellent points have been made about corridor care; I know that all of us want to see that improved. It is a serious issue for all of our residents, and the Minister and others will be working hard to do all they can to address it. May I gently point out the irony of colleagues on the official Opposition side rai…”

“6. What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for crimes involving violence against women and girls.”

“I want to touch on the point made by the hon. Member for Isle of Wight East in his intervention. We absolutely agree that the public are concerned with what we do for the future. We are talking about a specific Bill here. There is a huge concentration of effort in getting those figures down. We absolutely agree that pe…”

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