Speeches by Green.

“A parent has been in touch with me about the rising cost of rail travel for her daughter. Despite holding a railcard, the cost of her weekly travel to college increased overnight from £27.80 to over £40. She is worried that this will affect her daughter’s ability to attend college, as she may no longer be able to trave…”

“5. What steps she is taking to help improve the affordability of rail fares for passengers.”

“I do agree, and I thank the hon. Member for raising it. I know that many colleagues present have been championing this cause for years. There is a string of parliamentary questions going back to the launch of the report two years ago, asking for progress updates. The Patient Safety Commissioner herself used her statuto…”

“In his November letter to the Patient Safety Commissioner to which the Minister referred, the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Dr Ahmed), states in reference to redress: “Additional information is still required on the practicalities of further action on this …”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the second anniversary of the Hughes Report. Although it is a pleasure to open this debate under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan, I do so with a sense of déjà vu, because we have been here before, on the anniversary last year and in debates on the Cumberlege review before tha…”

“I do agree with my hon. Friend and thank him for his intervention.”

“The emotional toll is significant. It is a daily struggle for some of those affected, and they are battling a system. Right at the start of her report, the Patient Safety Commissioner was clear that she should not be asked to look into the options for redress for those harmed by valproate and mesh if there was no real …”

“You referred to it as a “one size fits all” regime. Have you ever explored, or are you exploring, having a separate regime for smaller bodies, or is that not on the cards?”

“I am keen to understand what role the Treasury has in the support for smaller bodies. What support do you provide to those smaller bodies? I read in the Report that you make yourselves available if somebody asks you for support, but what does that look like in reverse? How do you make yourselves available, or is that n…”

“You are getting the information that you actually need.”

“To follow up, when changes are introduced to financial reporting requirements, how do you test whether they are suitable for bodies of different sizes? Do you test and assess, or is that not a consideration?”

“I wanted to ask you a question, Janet, if I may. Are small bodies raising any concerns with you about their ability to comply with functional standards? If they are, what are you doing to address them?”

“More agile?”

“How about you, Farhad? You must have lots of different, smaller bodies. What would you change if you could to make life a bit easier?”

“Can you give me an example?”

“How do you do that in practice? How do you choose what applies to you and what does not?”

“It does not work for everyone.”

“When you say “recently”, what do you mean by that?”

“That is really helpful—thank you. I know that colleagues have lots of questions, so I will leave it there.”

“That is very helpful. How about you, Indrani? Is there anything you would change if you could wave a magic wand?”