Strong Local Voice, Strong Local Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will give consideration to introducing a small additional levy on Bangladeshi garments sold in the UK, the proceeds from which would be put towards ensuring the future welfare of workers in the Bangladeshi garment industry.

Mathmos makes lava lamps in my constituency-it has been making them for 50 years. It has very large exports to Germany, but has run into a problem with the reclassification of the product. May I send the information to the Prime Minister and enlist his support for this innovative company operating so well within our country?

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking in liaison with his international counterparts to regulate the use of armed drones; and who is responsible for the legality of their use.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many drone strikes carried out by UK armed forces have resulted in fatalities in each of the last three years; and how many such fatalities were subsequently found to have been non-combatants.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health

(1) what measures his Department and NHS England will use to improve cancer patient experience across all of the domains of the NHS Outcomes Framework;

(2) what plans he has to ensure that providers of NHS funded cancer services and commissioners of those services are held to account for improving cancer patient experience.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the role that British businesses can play in ensuring the welfare of workers in factories abroad.

This is cervical screening awareness week. What plans does the Minister have further to encourage women aged 60 to 64 to attend cervical screening, given the declining levels of screening uptake and the increasing levels of incidence in this age group?

I find myself much in accord with the Minister's expressions of support for balance, as that is absolutely right, but I have some concerns that the pendulum might swing too far the other way. Will he be carefully monitoring things as the new guidance is implemented?

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of specialist training given to Atos health care professionals in relation to fluctuating conditions; and what plans he has to ensure that sufficient support is offered to the work-related activity group to ensure that people with fluctuating conditions in that group have suitable options.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assistance his Department plans to provide to people making a claim for universal credit who are prevented from using a computer as a consequence of their health condition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department takes to encourage employers to hire and retain staff who have (a) myalgic encephalomyelitis, (b) multiple sclerosis, (c) Parkinson's disease and (d) other long-term conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans his Department has to improve collaboration and communication with Atos.

I am also a vice-president of the LGA.

Given the pressures that we know are falling very heavily on our councils, particularly along the south coast, what plans does the Minister have to showcase best practice as councils begin to bring health and social care funding together, particularly in terms of early cost-effective interventions?

I concur with the two previous speakers. The new clause is important, and I wish to reinforce three points. It is vital that there is equality of rights for both young and adult carers. The protection of children from unacceptable burdens is most important-I recall reading evidence about children as young as five who spent up to 40 hours a week in a caring role. In my experience, the need for whole-family assessments is so important. Everyone loses out from the dichotomy between sets of services. It would be cost-effective and emotionally caring to have something along the lines of the new clause in the Bill.

I thank the Minister for that, and I look forward to meeting him. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion.

I have a long-standing concern about the inadequacy of the provision of mental health services, including therapeutic services, for child victims of sex abuse and for children in care, who may have been subject to various forms of neglect and abuse. Some 45% of children taken into care have a mental health issue.

In 2008, I was delighted when legislation introduced compulsory mental health assessments of children taken into care between the ages of four and 16. Interestingly, I could not get an amendment to that legislation to attach a duty to provide the accompanying mental health services accepted for discussion. I see an opportunity, however, with this Bill, because of the Minister's commitment to put duties on health services. Given the shortage of time and that this is such a big issue, I would be content to resubmit new clauses 27 and 28, but I want to meet the Minister to ensure that I have adequately conveyed the many serious and important points. It is an investment to save children who are damaged and do not have counselling at the right time. They have troubled and difficult lives. Some may go on to abuse others, so those mental health services are vital.

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2012, Official Report, column 590W, what steps he plans to take following the publication of the Health and Safety Executive's report into asbestos at Cwmcarn high school in Wales.

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I assure you that I rise to speak very briefly to Lords amendments 7B and 7C. I acknowledge that we are in a better place than we were last week and thank the Secretary of State for his work on the issues. However, because so many questions remain, I certainly retain a preference for Lords amendment 7, which I think sets out a good solution.

I will quickly run through the objections to the proposals and the uncertainties. I would like to reinforce the point about finance for local authorities. If we are not careful, and if there is no extra money going to local planning authorities when they clearly have duties for which they are not receiving a fee, we might have a situation in which those people who cannot afford extensions end up subsidising those who can, which seems unfair. We are talking not only about planning applications, but enforcement, because there might well need to be enforcement, whether or not there have been objections, if a building does not match what was submitted in the first place.

I remain concerned that not all neighbours will object, possibly because they are absent at the time or because elderly and vulnerable people who depend on their neighbours for help will not feel able to object. It is

essential that we build in a requirement for the local authority to at least conduct a desktop exercise to consider all the plans in their context.

I reinforce the points made against seeking objections from adjoining landowners only. In some circumstances it would be appropriate to go further afield. There will be knock-on effects for a row of terraced houses, possibly right along the row, and precedents will be set, even if the initial application was for just one end.

I plead with the Minister to look at the number of outstanding issues, so that we can truly get the best of both worlds by incentivising building while ensuring proper protection for neighbours.

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