Speeches by Gordon.

“The steps that the hon. Member is outlining seem clear and pragmatic. Local children used to take time off school to go to the Great Yorkshire Show. He talked about expanding horizons and the educational and vocational understanding of things. Does he agree that another pragmatic step would be allowing time off school …”

“I thank the Minister for giving way. As ever, she is most generous with her time. She has outlined the positive steps that the Government are taking to address the workforce challenge. Could she elaborate on the points I made about the inequalities between the north and the south in the NHS and the cancer workforce?”

“I previously asked the Security Minister about the lack of inclusion of China on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme. What input or advice has the Attorney General or the Solicitor General given to the Government on that? Given the ongoing situation, will she now reconsider and push for the G…”

“Last week I held a drop-in with the Great Start in Life Foundation, which supports health visitors and school nursing services across much of the north of England, helping children and families to get the best start in life. Will the Leader of the House congratulate that organisation on its work and find time for a deb…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (Clive Jones) on securing this important debate. It is unusual to be called so quickly; we are often oversubscribed, so it is a pleasure to be able to say something a little more substantive than what…”

“Rural families across North Yorkshire, including those in villages such as Killinghall and Hampsthwaite in my constituency, have been left stranded by changes to home-to-school transport rules, with children living in the same villages now set to go to different schools and parents facing having to give up work to get …”

“Q7. Much like the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth), my constituents are served by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys mental health trust. They face travelling to York or Middlesbrough for local in-patient beds, with some people being sent as far afield as Glasgow or Southampton. This is completely unacceptab…”

“Is there anything you want to add, Ben?”

“In the discussions you have with Ministers, having access to the European market in a much easier way would not be something that would help growth in the sector?”

“One of my first jobs after graduating was working at York Health Economics Consortium. When we talk about QALYs and DALYs, one of my frustrations is that we only ever tend to look at a five or 10-year cost-saving period. We know that that is quite frankly bonkers. If I just take the quick example of my mum, she had bre…”

“There have been a number of things that you have all said as we have gone along so far. Ben, you mentioned that the UK commercial operating environment needs to be addressed. Tom, you mentioned high growth needs and high risk; we need a stable market for it. Richard, you mentioned international competitiveness. Obvious…”

“We saw the plan earlier this year, and we have heard from industry today that there is no confidence about some decisions that have been taken as a result of VPAG and various other things. Is there any review or update about strategy? Is there going to be any further input from industry to try to make sure that the lif…”

“That pivots onto the next question I had, which is for Rosalind. Spending on medicine and healthcare has been falling in the UK. Obviously what we have heard from industry earlier is that that is having a profound impact on their ability to invest in the UK and the life sciences sector as a whole. What are the plans to…”

“On exactly that point, the problem often starts earlier than that—in schools. My mum, a councillor in Wakefield, has been fighting to get my sister assessed for two years, but the school has lost the paperwork so we are no further forward. Does my hon. Friend agree, similar to what my hon. Friend the Member for Yeovil …”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“The Joint Committee on Human Rights, of which I am a member, published an inquiry report into transnational repression earlier this year. It welcomed the introduction of a foreign influence registration scheme but expressed concern about the absence of China on the enhanced tier. Its absence risks undermining the credi…”

“My hon. Friend makes a really interesting point about dualling of line. I have been campaigning in my constituency of Harrogate and Knaresborough to dual the line between Knaresborough and York for the exact same reasons and benefits that my hon. Friend is describing. Does he agree that, if this Government want to get …”

“Will the hon. Lady give way on that point?”

“It seems that there is a broad consensus across the whole House that this felt as though it was a question of when, not if. So during the extended vetting procedure, was there ever any interference or pressure from either No. 10 or the Prime Minister?”

“This is just the latest in a series of blows to UK life sciences. Companies have been pulled towards the US with incentives and tariffs, while we have no detailed industrial strategy, an uncompetitive tax regime from the Treasury, and a Department of Health and Social Care that undervalues drug access. When the Governm…”