Speeches by Caliskan.

“Is that why a lot of the spending is on research rather than treatment?”

“It is not. I am saying that it derives from the WHO’s understanding of what the picture may be.”

“My initial question was about your view of whether we have made good progress. The targets that we have just had a brief discussion about have been reduced, perhaps because they were not achievable or perhaps because they did not relate to the challenges that we have. Whatever the reason, they have been reduced. I am t…”

“Do you have a view on why that is?”

“My understanding, but correct me because I may be entirely incorrect, is that those targets derive from WHO and UN guidance. They are targets derived from what those two organisations are saying when it comes to the agenda. Therefore, if the Department of Health and Social Care, for example, or the NHS changes the targ…”

“The use of antibiotics is more prevalent in those communities because of illness. Is that what you are saying?”

“My second question was going to be about what impact that might have, but it is not a helpful direction.”

“I do not want to be provocative in what I am about to say, but I think it is an important point to make. It goes back to your previous point, Professor Whitty, about the need for the basics to be done better in the healthcare system and the NHS in order to be able to tackle the AMR challenge. Things like beds in corrid…”

“That is really helpful, because one of my sub-questions was about the decision to move something from chronic to acute, and to what extent it is about the prevalence of the disease, if you like, versus its severity on an individual. Millions of people might have something, but that in itself does not give it an acute c…”

“I am not trying to be provocative. I am just trying to get a sense of how those things not being in place helps this area.”

“I want to ask a little more about the national action plan. You may have already addressed this, but it would be helpful to get a bit more of a sense of your assessment of how well the UK has made progress on human health alongside animal health, food and the environment as a whole. Clive Betts asked earlier whether we…”

“Do you mean the targets to reduce AMR?”

“I bet they stopped after that.”

“I want to ask about environmental factors that might impact AMR resistance. How worried are you about water companies dumping sewage?”

“So sewage being dumped in our waterways, rivers, streams and other open water sources is a public health issue.”

“You have answered this, but just for absolute clarity, the Report talks about workshops that were held in 2024 for local resilience forums post some of the covid inquiry work that had been done. We know that the local resilience forums were so important during the covid pandemic, but the exercises that were held in 202…”

“How do you know that 20% of antibiotics being prescribed through primary healthcare is inappropriate?”

“How do you test how prepared the UK is? There might be indicators that the Department is looking at as part of the process of putting it on a risk register and then managing that risk. Could you give the Committee a bit more of an understanding of how you test the UK’s preparedness for a scenario in which something mov…”

“I thank the Chancellor for her statement. I represent Barking, which she will know has some of the highest deprivation figures in the country, and where 20% of working adults have no qualifications whatsoever. Does she agree that it is only by our creating jobs and those people getting the qualifications that they need…”

“Does the shadow Minister recognise that, under the previous Government, communities were hindered in being able to shape proposed development by only a third of local authorities having up-to-date local plans?”