Speeches by Turmaine.

“Okay, so at the end of this financial year it will all be done—that is good. Those original three factors that we were talking about—the inflation, the service stretch and the year-by-year settlement—are generally external factors. Do you think there were any internal factors that influenced the savings programme timef…”

“On the attack on the NHS, I worked for 10 years in health and social care prior to being elected to this place, so I witnessed that attack taking place, and nothing could give a starker demonstration of the impact on productivity that cyber-attacks have on our country and our society. There was a meeting of senior clin…”

“14. What steps his Department is taking to support magistrates.”

“I thank the Minister for her answer. I recently had the opportunity to visit the county and family court in Watford, and while there I talked to them about the challenge of finding sufficient staff. Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that staffing is what makes magistrates courts and family courts work, and will she…”

“Thank you for the blush-sparing that you have done on that. Where does overall responsibility for the Government’s IT procurement sit?”

“Is that working well at the moment?”

“Can you explain how you ensure that Department teams do not use consultants unnecessarily?”

“Are you noticing that you are implementing any changes in behaviour as a result of the reviewing of that?”

“Mr Forzani, can I just ask a little about the consultancy playbook? What work are you doing to ensure that Departments use it and are complying with its requirements?”

“The corollary question is whether you have a naughty list of Departments that are not adhering to it.”

“I was going to ask whether you see much variance between what is going on with in-year reporting through OSCAR and when you get to the NAO at the end of the year.”

“Mr Leigh, I wanted to ask about what controls DESNZ has in place for the use of consultants and temporary labour.”

“It would be lovely to see that information if you are able to share it afterwards.”

“Good afternoon. I want to talk about costs and ask if you can tell us about some of the actions that local authorities could take to help reduce the cost of home to school transport.”

“This question will hopefully be a quick one. The bus franchising legislation has been mentioned a number of times in this and the previous session. Do you see any risk associated with this in terms of budget or anything else? It sounds great. It looks like it could be really helpful, but is it going to be?”

“It really does touch on some of the issues in the question, and I noticed that the report includes some examples of where cost reduction has been tried. On a related note, I wondered if you had any sense of which of those have been particularly effective.”

“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore). I thank and congratulate my right hon. Friend the Chancellor, on behalf of my fellow residents in Watford and Bushey North. The Chancellor has made the tough decisions needed to get Britain’s future back, just as we promised we would dur…”

“First, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury) for giving an incredibly moving introduction to this debate. International Men’s Day, which is held on 19 November but which we debate today, is a wonderful chance to celebrate all that is good about men and boys and to commit to ensurin…”

“5. What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recent UK-EU agreement on trade from Northern Ireland.”

“Does the Secretary of State agree that aligning safety standards and cutting red tape—checks and paperwork—is precisely the kind of support for growth and trade that this Government promised to deliver for business when they were elected last year?”