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HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillYou will get extra time.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election Billrose —29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThe right hon. Gentleman said that he could not vote for the agreement because it still allowed the possibility of no deal and because that possibility of no deal could happen…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillOn the question of trust, has not the hon. Lady said that her party’s policy is to have a second referendum, but if the referendum comes up with the wrong result, she will ignore…29 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have met many health visitors. They are a fantastic resource and do huge amounts of good work well beyond their remit. They are frustrated by…23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)Another one? Yes, why not?23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)I beg to move, That this House has considered the reduction in the number of health visitors in England. I am grateful to the hon. Members who have come to speak on this important…23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)But hon. Members keep interrupting it!23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)That is a serious point; my hon. Friend is absolutely right. Health inequalities are still a big problem in this country, and those professionals on the ground, not least health…23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)I am happy to take interventions, but it will mean that hon. Members will have to make shorter speeches, as I am sure Mr Bone will point out.23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)Again, I ask the hon. Gentleman to be patient, because I will come on to all that. I realise that he wants to put on the record his tribute to health visitors in Eastbourne, as do…23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)The hon. Lady pre-empts a point I was going to make on page 5 of my notes, so I will take that bit out. Unlike some other public service professionals, health visitors are…23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)Again, the hon. Gentleman makes a good point, which was on page 5 of my notes. This issue affects everybody across society, often better-off, more affluent families who might be…23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)Earlier, I raised the contrast with social workers where there is a safeguarding issue. It is a completely different dynamic and relationship. There is a reluctance to let the…23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)First, I pay tribute to the real acknowledgment of the importance of this area by my hon. Friend when he was public health Minister. He was always prepared to take our sometimes…23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)If the hon. Lady is patient, I will come on to the social impacts. I think the MMHA report came out in 2014 or 2015, so obviously things will have moved on, although the birth…23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)My hon. Friend may well be right. One of my constituents is a health visitor. According to her, the current status of health is not serving families well, based, as it is, on…23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)This is the last intervention I will take, and I will finish shortly.23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)If my hon. Friend wants to intervene again, he may, but it will eat into his own speech time.23 Oct 2019HANSARD British Children: SyriaI completely concur with my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) and the Minister that these children are the innocent victims of their parents’…22 Oct 2019