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1: Stuart Anderson (Con - South Shropshire) services, given their importance to local communities.I said that in the second part of the debate, - Speech Link
2: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) Communities rely on them for access to cash and banking, Government services and parcel collection. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) They provide critical services on our local high streets, such as community banking, foreign exchange - Speech Link
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1: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) I chair the Public and Commercial Services Union parliamentary group. - Speech Link
2: Jayne Kirkham (LAB - Truro and Falmouth) When I was a councillor, I chaired Cornwall’s local government pension scheme, which managed to deal - Speech Link
3: Leigh Ingham (Lab - Stafford) More broadly, when companies such as Capita repeatedly fail public services—let us be frank; it has done - Speech Link
4: Cameron Thomas (LD - Tewkesbury) In October 2025, the Public Accounts Committee warned the Government of a clear risk that Capita would - Speech Link
5: Mike Wood (Con - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire) Despite that, on 7 July last year—a full year into this Government—the permanent secretary told the Public - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lab - Life peer) and the effectiveness of public services, and if local growth plans are not used to drive better health - Speech Link
2: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) He argued that local government should be at the centre of the National Health Service. - Speech Link
3: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) Before 1974, community health was of course run by local government and, with the suggestion to take - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Of course, there is no better example of the contribution that local authorities can make to public health - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lisa Smart (LD - Hazel Grove) There are so many questions that it is right for the Government to answer, and we believe that a public - Speech Link
2: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) If a Labour Government cover up things by being anything less than fully transparent, the public will - Speech Link
3: Lisa Smart (LD - Hazel Grove) Lady is making the point that public trust in our institutions and our Government is vital; we must all - Speech Link
4: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) However, I hope that is also something the Government have indicated will now be made public. - Speech Link
5: Zarah Sultana (YP - Coventry South) The victims deserve better and the British public deserve better, so the Government must publish all - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Matt Turmaine (Lab - Watford) public services and bring them bang up to date. - Speech Link
2: Liz Kendall (Lab - Leicester West) This Government are determined to make sure that national and local public services are more easily accessible - Speech Link
3: Julie Minns (Lab - Carlisle) Will the Prime Minister set out what action the Government will take to protect the public and ban the - Speech Link
4: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) We are investing a record £3.5 billion in homelessness services and £950 million in local authority housing - Speech Link
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1: None health emergency, this Government must act. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) , health, and food services were explicitly rejected as not being suitable for inclusion in the Bill; - Speech Link
3: Lord Trees (XB - Life peer) , our human health and the economy. - Speech Link
4: Viscount Stansgate (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) Not only does this pose a significant threat to public health outcomes, but it could damage the UK’s - Speech Link
5: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) Like it or not, this Government are losing the public. - Speech Link
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1: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) In addition, the Government set UK medical school places based on future health system needs. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Kanishka Narayan (Lab - Vale of Glamorgan) When you look at the range of services, tools, advice and guidance that organisations or the public can - Speech Link
2: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) I saw some of the conversations earlier about local authorities not being in scope, but services are - Speech Link
3: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) I would look to work with the Scottish Health Competent Authority and colleagues in National Services - Speech Link
4: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) Q Does that also exist for local government? - Speech Link
5: Bradley Thomas (Con - Bromsgrove) There is a broad-based plan and a specific one for the public sector in the Government context. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Bradley Thomas (Con - Bromsgrove) One that happened to provide managed services for a whole region’s local government went down in Germany - Speech Link
2: Freddie van Mierlo (LD - Henley and Thame) a critical role in electoral services and in local and national democracy. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) That raises an interesting public health question about the rationale for taxing zero-nicotine liquids - Speech Link
2: Lucy Rigby (Lab - Northampton North) Members will know, must meet the public interest test. - Speech Link
3: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) Counties, such as my county of Norfolk, have suffered as a result of the revised local government funding - Speech Link