Speeches by Hall.

“Sarah Munby, what is DSIT doing to be an exemplar of innovation in the civil service?”

“As was highlighted in the NAO Report, UKRI has an appetite to share learning and good practice. Professor Dame Ottoline, what could the rest of Government learn from UKRI about how to support research and innovation effectively?”

“We talked about other countries and how they are storming ahead with research and whatnot. In terms of peer review, are we on a par? Do we use it in the same way? Is there anything we could do differently?”

“The Bill will restore, for the first time in decades, the power of local authorities across the country to create new, publicly owned municipal bus companies. When bus services are run in the public interest, they work better and they work for everyone. In Warrington South, we already know the difference that that can …”

“In terms of understanding the needs of people with health conditions and disabilities, what work is being done? Is it co-produced support? People have very specific needs, do they not? It is about understanding what employment or training is appropriate in those different conditions. What work is being done around work…”

“Thank you for coming along today. I want to turn back to the support that is available for people with health conditions and disabilities and look specifically at the work coaches that have been planned and rolled out. How do you plan to build your capacity so you can provide more support for people with health conditi…”

“Is this an evolving process? People’s needs will change.”

“Those are the priorities, but the rest of the money has not been ring-fenced for anything else. It is going to be dependent on what is identified as a need.”

“So those are the priorities coming forward.”

“In terms of the £55 million that has been made available, what progress has been made in deciding how to use that?”

“I am going to turn briefly to jobcentre funding. Katherine, my question is to you. How much extra funding are you expecting to put into jobcentres in the future?”

“To what extent will the redeployment of work coaches result in a further reduction in the support available for other UC claimants?”

“The Government have today announced best value updates for five local authorities, including Warrington borough council. The findings for Warrington have highlighted a number of serious conclusions that must be addressed. However, we should also recognise the pressures that local authorities faced under the last Govern…”

“Q11. I welcome the Government’s action to fix our NHS and deliver 2 million more appointments, which my constituents are already benefiting from. Together with Warrington and Halton NHS trust, I recently submitted a ready-to-go proposal for a new urgent treatment centre and out-patients facility in Warrington, which ha…”

“Scrutiny and parliamentary accountability are obviously essential, given the amount of money that we are talking about here. Exactly how will you report back? When will the next report be, timescalewise? How frequently will reporting happen? Can you give us an idea?”

“Can we get a ballpark figure, then?”

“That is still a little vague. The Secretary of State said last year—I think it was the back end of last year—that he was absolutely committed to an increase in transparency, yet we are still here, two years on from the information that we are seeking to have, so I am going to press again. Given the urgency of you comin…”

“I have also been doing a lot of work with education providers and employers in my constituency with a variety of sectors. We have some really big sectors in Warrington South. In Warrington as a whole, we have the nuclear sector, engineering, electricians and so forth. We also have an upcoming skills shortage. We are lo…”

“That is happening in my local UTC as well. That is best practice. That is the gold standard; that is how it should be. My concern is whether that is happening elsewhere. Is that generally happening more widely?”

“Is that a communication issue, then? That is not feeding through to employers.”