Speeches by Streeting.

“I will try to do that, Madam Deputy Speaker. We will ensure that young people get good access to wider evidence-led support. I have had to wrestle with the fact that some trans people enter adulthood without ever receiving any sort of healthcare, and I have been heavily criticised by those people in particular for some…”

“I certainly do not need to be told what my responsibilities are on this. I always take responsibility for the decisions I take. I acknowledge the extent to which the hon. Gentleman and members of his party seek to weaponise this issue, and to personalise it. [Interruption.] We can simply refer back to his question and …”

“Is local government the right place for this sort of public health work? So far, the answer has been yes. It is a finely balanced argument, and there are some decent arguments for taking some of those services back into the NHS. I know that is where you are pushing us—”

“I will take the hon. Member’s question in three parts. First, the opinion polling that she mentions shows that people in this country are overwhelmingly kind, and they want to ensure that trans people, and LGBT people more broadly, are treated with kindness, compassion and inclusion. Secondly, I do not dismiss the opin…”

“I think it is a bit of both; it is to understand what is going on, and the trends and the drivers. From a broader health perspective and how we think about our 10-year plan, first and foremost, prevention is better than cure. If we can understand the drivers of different physical or mental conditions and there are step…”

“I think that at the heart of your question, Becky, you are asking—”

“When it was published—I was in the Chamber at the time—there was an overwhelming consensus in the House. There were some people who criticised and challenged the Cass review at the time, including some outside the House in the LGBT community. I have always supported the Cass review, which was led by one of our country’…”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for the way that she asks her question, as a critic of some of the decisions that I have taken in this space. The reassurance that I can offer is that the study will look at the holistic care that this group of children and young people receives, and ensure that wider evidence-led thera…”

“There have been a few things so far: first, to appreciate and respect through actions, not just words, the role that the voluntary sector plays in the provision of sexual health services. In my early weeks and months in office, that meant, for example, making sure that when we contract, we recognise the actual cost pro…”

“My hon. Friend is correct that the study is about building the right evidence so that we get high-quality, safe healthcare for this vulnerable group of children and young people.”

“In terms of the public health grant, we have been protecting the public health grant and increasing it to recognise the invaluable work that local authorities do. On the prevention side, we have been pulling a whole range of levers at the centre of government, from changes to the law and regulation, whether that is get…”

“You are absolutely right to draw a distinction—and we do—between mental illness, autism and ADHD. They are different sets of conditions, although we are increasingly seeing a relationship between them, not least because of unmet need or late diagnosis. It is not uncommon, for example, for people who have struggled to a…”

“The right hon. Member is right that we need that data linkage study. That will happen, but it will not produce the same evidence base as a clinical trial, and that is the distinction between the two. It is frankly a disgrace that people have sought to withhold that kind of data and it is really important that we get th…”

“Yes, in a few ways. First, we have worked hard, particularly as a ministerial team, but also with the new leadership on the official side in the civil service in the Department and in the NHS executive, to improve and build on the relationships we have with local authorities and local government—particularly directors …”

“Yes. If you are a mother who has suffered birth trauma and injury, it is quite likely that as well as treatment for the physical scars you bear, you need therapeutic support. It shouldn’t feel like you are accessing different NHSs, or different parts of the NHS. We have to join up services.”

“That is a very good point. Part of the conversation we have been having with the Agenda for Change unions has been around pay structure reform. Nicola Ranger at the Royal College of Nursing, in particular, has been banging the drum really hard on the issue of the professional status of nursing, recognising the enormous…”

“We are working closely with the Home Secretary. On the principle of what the Home Secretary is driving towards, there are a couple of things. First, she wants to make sure that we are controlling who goes in and who goes out and that we are recruiting the people that we need—no more and no less. Secondly, she wants to …”

“Where we have been as a Government is recognising that, first, we want to attract international talent. That is certainly true in our health and care services, and I am very happy today to be going across to Unison’s rally for migrant workers to personally thank people who give so much to this country and to our health…”

“The capital investment isn’t. That is the distinction. We want to make sure that, from a patient point of view, there is increasingly less of a distinction between your physical health services and your mental health services where the two interact and relate together. I am always struck when meeting patients who may h…”

“I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. The reassurance that we can provide trans people in our country is that we are committed to making sure that they have access to the highest quality, evidence-based healthcare. That does not just apply in the case of children and young people; I also hope to report to t…”