Speeches by Taylor.

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“Would the right hon. Gentleman agree that Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-Budget impacted on working families up and down this country, resulting in the astronomical mortgage interest rates that they are still struggling to fund?”

“The right hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time and is putting forward interesting points. It surprises me that nobody on the Opposition Benches brought these points forward in the 14 years they were in power. Stamp duty land tax is not a new tax; it is a tax that went up under the last Government, yet the Con…”

“The shadow Chancellor would have us believe that the Conservatives have changed, and that the days of Liz Truss and her disastrous mini-Budget are behind them, but we can all see that nothing has changed. Once again, we see the same reckless attitude towards the public finances—cutting public expenditure to fund tax br…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for leading this debate. Many of my constituents, including Helen, Lauren, Laura and Kayleigh, have written to me, and Helen asked me to raise this point in particular. When she went on maternity leave, she needed support from her partner. One in four women has a caesarean birth, and the physical…”

“It is time to end the taboo around the menopause. Today’s Government announcement that menopause will be included in the 40-plus health check is a huge step in the right direction. It will mean that women across my constituency of North Warwickshire and Bedworth will get the medical support that they need. However, we …”

“Lesley, I want to talk a little about insurance because I know that is something that your organisation covers. The Government stated that appropriate indemnity insurance will be a requirement for licensing. What sort of minimum coverage should be required to protect consumers, and has there been any information obtain…”

“There is obviously a need for an amount of indemnity insurance per claim but also a total amount for all claims, is there not? Are you saying that that level should be set at £1 million for a single claim or £2 million?”

“I am guessing that would be different with the licensing scheme? Perhaps Victoria, if you had amber and red, there would be different levels of insurance for different procedures?”

“Minister, clearly a licencing scheme cannot come soon enough, but has the Department undertaken an assessment on the economic impact of the proposals on practitioners, particularly those operating small and independent businesses? And what steps are the Government taking to mitigate financial harm or unintended job los…”

“Have you carried out an assessment as to the additional resources that will be required by local authorities and the Care Quality Commission to administer and enforce the licencing scheme? It is clear that single businesses could be subject to many different parts of the licencing regime which could become complicated.”

“How do you think you will be able to prevent the new regime from being just too confusing, too expensive or too bureaucratic to be effective, either for the businesses themselves or for the public confidence?”

“I want to just drill down on some qualifications as well, if I may? Several stakeholders have made representations to us, including the Royal College of Surgeons, that highlighted the need for stricter regulation on who can perform surgical cosmetic procedures. Are the Government prepared to require medical practitione…”

“It is a very technical question.”

“But you would be prepared to say that surgical procedures must be carried out by surgeons?”

“It is quite frightening that insurance would cost £99. I was involved in law before I became an MP, and our indemnity insurance cost tens of thousands of pounds per annum, as opposed to £99. That was just for financial losses, as opposed to loss of health or potentially loss of life.”

“Victoria, Lesley has quite clearly told us about some problems with the public not understanding the certificates and not knowing what to ask for. What measures do you think are necessary to improve public awareness of the risks associated with certain procedures and how to choose safe providers?”

“Thanks, Lesley. Can I stop you there? We need to try to get some details out. Victoria, can I push you a bit? What steps do you think will be required to ensure that unregulated and illegal practitioners are not able to practice once we have the licensing scheme in place?”

“So there needs to be some regulatory framework around that and around criminal sanctions?”

“Do you see that being enforced through local authorities, Environmental Health officers, or Trading Standards? How would you see that enforcement?”