Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022 World AIDS Day
"Let me start by congratulating all Members from across the House who have taken part in what has been an incredibly informative and high quality debate. Let me join others in congratulating the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Lloyd Russell-Moyle), on a speech that mixed huge personal experience and knowledge, …..." Neil O'Brien - View Speech
"That is certainly something I will take away and look at. As the hon. Gentleman points out, there are a number of challenges in doing that and in unpicking the activities of sexual health services on different diseases, and he has already alluded to some of the risks. However, I …..." Neil O'Brien - View Speech
That the Committee has considered the draft Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. The statutory instrument is made under powers in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. It follows on from the previous EU …..." Neil O'Brien - View Speech
"To take some of the important questions raised by the Opposition in reverse order, the hon. Member for Cambridge is right that there are no substantive changes on edible insects. It is already the case that the pictograph does not need to be used; only the “do not eat” wording …..." Neil O'Brien - View Speech
"Sourcing, producing and distributing PPE is, even in normal times, a uniquely complex challenge. However, the efforts to do so during a pandemic, at a time when global demand was never higher, were truly extraordinary. Early on in that pandemic, our priority was clear: to get PPE to the frontline …..." Neil O'Brien - View Speech
"The right hon. Lady asks two main questions, the first of which is what we are doing on PPE Medpro. It has been widely reported that it had an underperforming contract. Let me set out what we do in such cases. The first step is to send a letter before …..." Neil O'Brien - View Speech
"That was the underperforming contract that I referred to in my previous answer, and I set out the process that we go through when we take action on underperforming contracts. There is the initial letter before action, and then a process in which we look to see if a satisfactory …..." Neil O'Brien - View Speech
"Of course we take action whenever we find underperforming contracts, and I have set out how we do that. We are working our way through that. I say simply to the hon. Gentleman that we were all desperate to get PPE for our health and social care workers and for …..." Neil O'Brien - View Speech
"My hon. Friend is completely correct. Some have short memories. Many of us stood up in this House to chivvy Ministers, asking, “Why aren’t you going faster? Why don’t you do more? Take the risks, get the stuff—we need it.” That was the priority. Many Members want it both ways: …..." Neil O'Brien - View Speech
"I cannot comment on the latest goings-on in the jungle but the answer to the hon. Gentleman’s point is the same as I have given before: there is a clear process, which every PPE supply bid, regardless of where it came from, went through...." Neil O'Brien - View Speech