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HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsMy Lords, we are committed to giving every child the best start in life. As part of this, we are investing in Best Start family hubs across the country. These hubs will offer…05 Jan 2026HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsI wondered where the first Question would lead. Given the noble Baroness’s background, it should not come as a surprise that the environment is involved. This is an important…05 Jan 2026HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsMy noble friend raises the rollout of Best Start family hubs. We are investing £500 million in this rollout and have committed to every local authority area having a hub,…05 Jan 2026HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsThe voluntary community and faith sector are absolutely critical in this agenda. The whole basis of the Best Start family hubs model is to bring together all the relevant people…05 Jan 2026HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsThe whole basis of the policy is that local is best and that these programmes are run through the local communities. I do not have the specific answers that the noble Baroness…05 Jan 2026HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsThe most important aspect of the agenda that the noble Earl raises is that we work from the emerging evidence base, taking into account the findings that are being made and…05 Jan 2026HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsAgain, that is an important point. We all welcome that a lot of advice and guidance from the Best Start family hubs, including advice from public health visitors, will be…05 Jan 2026HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsI could not agree with my noble friend more. As someone on the front line who had to deal with the cuts to grants almost from day one of the new Government after 2010, so many of…05 Jan 2026HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsI am looking forward, as I am sure the noble Baroness is, to the professional strategy for nursing and midwifery, which will come out with our workforce plan through the 10-year…05 Jan 2026HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsMy noble friend is right to highlight this. A situation where 4.5 million children in this country live in poverty and over a million children are reliant on food banks is a…05 Jan 2026HANSARDSudden Cardiac Death: Screening for Young PeopleEvery sudden cardiac death of a young person is a tragedy. The UK National Screening Committee—UK NSC—is currently re-examining the evidence for sudden cardiac death screening in…05 Jan 2026HANSARDSudden Cardiac Death: Screening for Young PeopleThe noble Lord raises an important point. The need for evidence is paramount in this area. I cannot speak on behalf of the Minister, but I will make sure that she is aware of the…05 Jan 2026HANSARDSudden Cardiac Death: Screening for Young PeopleI am aware that this informs some people’s decisions not to go forward for the test. That is a real consideration. All aspects of genomics will be taken into account by the…05 Jan 2026HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsThe noble Baroness raises an important question. Our plan for change is committed to the milestone that children at the end of reception, including those with SEND, have received…05 Jan 2026HANSARDSudden Cardiac Death: Screening for Young PeopleAs I said earlier, I have absolute confidence in the work being done. If Japan has a way forward, I am sure the relevant people will be looking at that. We need to rely on…05 Jan 2026HANSARDSudden Cardiac Death: Screening for Young PeopleI am not convinced that the evidence is as categoric as the noble Lord asserts, but I am delighted to tell the House that the UK National Screening Committee will open a public…05 Jan 2026HANSARDSudden Cardiac Death: Screening for Young PeopleMy noble friend raises the crucial point about the NSC. I emphasise again that it has a well-earned international reputation for rigour and for making robust, evidence-based…05 Jan 2026HANSARDSudden Cardiac Death: Screening for Young PeopleComparisons of screening programmes with other health systems can be misleading. For example, the programme in Italy operates only in the area around Venice; it is not a national…05 Jan 2026HANSARDSudden Cardiac Death: Screening for Young PeopleI have some experience in the rollout of defibrillators, which is delegated to local areas, and well-meaning groups fundraise and want them in a particular place. Managing and…05 Jan 2026HANSARDSudden Cardiac Death: Screening for Young PeopleI think everyone in this House will support my noble friend’s comments on that appalling tragedy. We are just at the beginning of understanding what happened, but our hearts go…05 Jan 2026