Speeches by Caliskan.

“This is the point I am making. There will always be things that arise because of the estate. I used to be a council leader in London. We had a vast estate across the borough, and we would put in capacity in our planning that assumed that some things would go wrong, and what you have described to me are things that go w…”

“So overall—I am not making a value judgment here; I am just asking the question—the £78 million spent on the Nightingale courts was value for money?”

“Okay. The reason I ask is that there is a strong view from barristers that by not including or acknowledging the pre-covid figures, there is a false economy—I think that is the phrase they use—so we must recognise the pre-covid trend of the backlog. There was a Guardian article in 2019 and a further article in 2020. Ba…”

“Is the £78 million spend on the Nightingale courts part of the £100 million-odd that you referred to, or is it a different amount as part of the £477 million? Is it in addition to the one-hundred-and-something million that you are referring to now, Nick?”

“I welcome the commitment around the everyday improvements. These are just things that should happen well. A well-run organisation—any organisation—does the business-as-usual stuff well. It lays the foundations for trust and confidence that there can be any fundamental change in future for what will be ongoing demand, s…”

“3. What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of patient access to primary care services.”

“I thank the Secretary of State for his answer on the critical issue of access to GPs in primary healthcare. My constituency of Barking is woefully under-served by primary healthcare, and especially by GPs. On average, each GP looks after 2,000 patients; the national average is 1,600. In particular, the area of Barking …”

“Just before Christmas, I met care workers in my constituency, who told me about the day-to-day work that they do supporting the most vulnerable people in our community. Does the Secretary of State agree that just as access to GPs helps to relieve pressure on hospitals and A&E departments, an adequate number of adul…”

“Okay, but the pipeline is open for 25 years.”

“My second question is about the fact that this is a moving field. Technologies evolve almost all the time, and when you are talking about an agreed envelope of money—whether it is from the taxpayer, privately funded or coming through levies—a project plan over such a long period of time is at risk of changing that enve…”

“So the five projects are the pipeline that you refer to over 25 years.”

“And I have a supplementary question about the technology.”

“I will try to be brief. For clarity, Mr Pocklington, when you refer to the whole-life budget, are you referencing the budget of the project or the pipeline of projects?”

“One in four Barking households is privately renting, which is higher than the national average, and 40% of residents are homeowners, which is 20% below the national average. The number of people in temporary accommodation is through the roof because of the housing crisis. My constituents will welcome the Government’s s…”

“But do you accept that if carbon capture is a key component of the Government’s commitment to reducing carbon, and over a 25-year period technology changes and gets better, which inevitably it will, there may be a cost associated with that, and therefore there is a risk that is difficult to calculate and build into the…”

“Over time, but initially they may be more expensive, and 25 years is not a long period of time for evolving technology.”

“I welcome the Government’s decision to appoint Dame Margaret Hodge as the anti-corruption champion. She will do important work on illicit trading, not least in relation to drugs in Syria. We must not allow those routes to be a source of resource for violent terrorist groups. On the night when it became clear that the A…”

“With that in mind, according to the LGA, local authorities have called for a variety of measures—for example, preferential rates from the Public Works Loan Board—that might help them to get viability in place for a number of their schemes. I mention that in particular because there are suggestions that the amount of mo…”

“So, Ms Healey, what is your message to local authorities—”

“Presumably, and hopefully, to borrow too, because while it takes a number of years to be able to add to the overall supply of housing, there are good examples of where local authorities have procured—they have bought property, essentially, whether it is in their own area or outside, and they have borrowed to do that. M…”