Speeches by Huq.

“I have been lobbied by the people who don’t want VAT on —I think that may be in the next session as well.”

“Camilla, over the course of your career, how have you seen the planning system change, in terms of efficiencies within it? It sounds like things are getting slacker.”

“Okay, we will steer away from—hang on, have you got churches? The churches discussion was interesting.”

“Boris got rid of the conservation officers.”

“Less pre-app or more pre-app—what other improvements?”

“Oh, sorry.”

“Hi, everyone. It is interesting on the ruins—isn’t there an American sociological theory of broken windows? So what is the impact on a community when heritage sites are left in disuse?”

“What reason have you been given for the delay?”

“This is fascinating stuff, from an all-girl panel, and you have some interesting back stories as well. I had many happy hours in Blackpool at the NUS conference, and we have a hard hat picture of you, Dr Roberts—that is a Beatles song, isn’t it? Anyway, it is really good to have you all here. I am going to ask first ab…”

“Hilary—maybe you were going to mention this—I have a couple on the safe harbour scheme. How would that work in practice, because I know you have done this piece of work?”

“I totally agree. West London needs the same as the west of Scotland, the west of Wales, and all the other bits of those other nations. Men can access abiraterone on the NHS in Scotland and Wales, but not in England, even with an identical diagnosis. It seems at best anomalous that their postcode, not their prognosis, i…”

“Joe Biden’s recent diagnosis has to some extent put prostate cancer in the spotlight of late, but it is not just him—there is Stephen Fry, Jools Holland and Robert De Niro. More than 50,000 men in the UK and 1.4 million men worldwide are diagnosed with prostate cancer yearly, which is projected to double by 2040. With …”

“Yes, I will. What an honour to give way to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon)!”

“The hon. Member reads my mind about the postcode lottery, which I will come to in my list of questions. I know that my hon. Friend the Minister is very sympathetic and on the right side. Abiraterone is now a global drug. Half a million men around the world have had transformed outcomes, improved quality of life and ext…”

“I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman that access should be based not on how deep somebody’s pockets are, but on need. Abiraterone halves the risk of relapse. Each relapse literally costs the NHS millions—the definition of lose-lose. As many Members have pointed out, it is already successfully available on the NHS…”

“The hon. Gentleman makes a powerful point. We are seeing a theme of uneven application. The rule of law means that the law applies to everyone, so it looks like something has gone wrong here.”

“Ealing has long had a big Iranian diaspora. In 1978, when England did not qualify in the world cup and Iran did, a lot of my classmates were supporting the latter; now, they are my adult constituents, and they have been caught up in all this. Could my right hon. Friend tell me what steps he is taking to ensure the safe…”

“I rise to support amendments 34 to 36 and new clause 6, tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Walsall and Bloxwich (Valerie Vaz), who sadly cannot be here today. Health inequality shapes life expectancy and outcomes —covid deaths illuminated that—but it is absent from the Bill. A younger me would have been 100%…”

“No, I am not giving way. At my advice surgery, people have pointed out the unfairness of the £10,000 cost of Dignitas. We know that the status quo is imperfect, but let us not remedy it with something that will make things worse. We need to get this 100% right if we are going to do it all. Although well intentioned, th…”

“No, because I will not get any more time. Given the cost of care, people could convince themselves that elderly relatives would be better off out of the way, in order to get the younger generation on the ladder. We know from the experience of other places that once assisted dying is allowed, the scope broadens—depresse…”