Speeches by Quigley.

“The hon. Member, my neighbour, is correct. He will not be surprised to know that I have already raised the issue at least once, if not several times, with the potential incoming Prime Minister. It is not just islanders’ wallets that are impacted, but our council budgets, public services and ultimately the sustainabilit…”

“I thank the Minister for her response, and echo the points made by colleagues from across the House. I sincerely thank Members for attending and contributing to the debate. I also want to mention my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth West (Jessica Toale), who could not make it today but shares the concerns raised. …”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered isolation and hidden deprivation in coastal communities. What a stupendous pleasure it is to serve under your incredible chairship, Mr Vickers. With so much discussion in recent weeks about the north-south divide, I thought that this debate would be the perfect opportunity …”

“I agree entirely that we are almost reliant on community groups in coastal and island communities. There is a danger that such provision no longer exists when funding dries up. We have no dedicated stroke nurse or cancer nurse. Thankfully, after asking, our integrated care board has agreed to fund an epilepsy nurse for…”

“Is the NHS having to manage patients who have been abroad for surgery and come back? What is that looking like? Are there additional procedures?”

“How would you explain to a victim of FGM who is looking at places like France and Germany why we are so far behind in terms of time?”

“I warmly welcome the Government’s plans to ban social media for under-16s. However, when it comes to content promoting eating disorders, the risks do not simply disappear at 16. The eating disorder charity, Beat, recently pushed ChatGPT to stop generating restrictive meal plans altogether, which it did, so it is possib…”

“Would you say France, Germany and Australia have healthcare systems that are good, average or below average compared to the NHS?”

“What was the answer?”

“We know that women who are victims of FGM travel to places like France and Germany for reconstructive surgery. Are we saying they do not know what they are doing, or we do not understand what they are doing with that surgery, or we do not agree with the surgery? I am struggling to understand why a healthcare system in …”

“So the bidders had that framework in front of them. They knew what you wanted.”

“If you had a magic wand, going back to this process, what would you have done differently in these applications?”

“When the bid failed, were they given the reasons why it failed?”

“Is this a self-imposed handbrake based on a system that has always existed, or is there something I am not understanding?”

“We talk a lot about evidence. Are we collecting evidence of what has happened to patients who have been abroad? I am struggling. It feels like we are doing the same thing every day and expecting a different answer the following morning; no one is taking their foot off the brake. Correct me, Chair, if I am wrong, but it…”

“4. What steps she is taking to help remove dangerous content from social media platforms.”

“You went through a process of bids and you say it went to the committee and it did not meet the threshold of high-quality research. How do you assess that threshold? Are there metrics? Is it inputs or outputs? It just seems like a process that is guaranteed to fail.”

“How did you make the decision in this case? What level was not met?”

“Thank you for that. Do you think this Committee would need any expertise in particular? Would there be something like the Sir Brian test to say, “This has met a threshold for inquiry”? The danger is that we would all identify a series of emails and we might say, “Yes, we’ve all got 40 on this particular subject,” but M…”

“Committees already bring issues to Ministers, and I think that the Chair of this Committee has done a very good job of doing that.”