Speeches by Hall.

“Is there anything that you think did not work in the last strategy that you will not do next time, as we look to shape and improve it going forward?”

“I would like to go back to the homelessness advice and support team and the kind of role that it has. Given the rising trend in using B&Bs, how successfully is this team supporting local authorities to move away from B&Bs? How effective is it in doing that? What kind of support is there? If a local authority comes to y…”

“Where are they based? Are they based centrally and then sent out to the various areas where they are needed, or are they embedded in regions?”

“So they understand their areas?”

“Yes, so the team goes in when this is triggered, but if it keeps happening—”

“Exactly.”

“What about best practice examples? Does sharing best practice between local authorities happen quite a lot?”

“Is that being fed back by the team to you guys as well, so it is being factored into whatever you are doing?”

“This year marked the 51st anniversary of the Summerland disaster on the Isle of Man, in which 50 people, including 11 children, lost their lives after a fire engulfed the Summerland leisure complex. My constituent Valerie Daniels and her younger sister were both impacted by that horrifying tragedy. Two young men from W…”

“Taking that one step further in terms of tangible action, what action will you take to allow integrated care systems to make progress on the key things that they were set up to do?”

“Do you think that is why there has been such a lack of progress? Do you think that professionals take prevention seriously?”

“I have had a little break and now I am back. The National Audit Office’s 2022 Report on the introduction of ICSs noted that while 77% of senior ICSs start who were surveyed reported that their organisation had an intention to invest in prevention, only 31% felt that they had the capacity to do so at the time. With that…”

“Yes.”

“That is it from me for the moment.”

“I would like to move on to the foreseeable future pressures on the NHS. As we know—we have touched on this—the population is increasing and getting older, and that comes with obvious challenges for the NHS, so what actions are being taken to address the predicted rise in demand for health services?”

“Is that being prioritised? As we have both said, there are disparities.”

“I want to go back to the extensive usage of temporary and bank staffing, and the variation in usage. I want to know why there is such variation in usage between the ICBs, and what are the roles that need to be covered. What does that tell us about the types of vacancies that there are? What kind of length are they cove…”

“Fantastic. That’s good for me. Thank you.”

“I am going to declare an interest as well. I was the cabinet member for children’s services in Warrington for about three years, so I know a little bit about this subject. I know how frustrated families and carers have been, particularly with the wait for the outcome of SEND review. There are a lot of hopes pinned on w…”

“Given that length of time, what impact has that had on children with SEND now?”