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We simply cannot afford for this to continue any longer. At best, social care is delivered locally by a range of partners—by the public, private and voluntary sectors working together.
We have also been looking at child advocacy provisions and how best we can get advocates for children so that their views can be taken into consideration and things can be challenged on their behalf.
Of course, they are absolutely entitled to raise the issue in the manner that they have, but it is clear that doing so is, at best, an act of political amnesia or, more likely, blatant hypocrisy on two fronts.
If the NHS were in crisis, one would have thought that Labour would have assigned all its debating time to that subject, instead of holding this very short debate. I will try my best to make the following points in the paltry four minutes that I have for my speech.
Overall, Ofcom is there to make sure that the consumers are getting the best services that they can. We do not have responsibility for individual complaints in relation to telecoms, but we do for broadcasting.
That will not be cheap, but the alternative would be to place our safety and security in the hands of those who may not have our best interests at heart. The report that the US is suspending military aid to Ukraine merely underlines the urgency of the need to no longer be held hostage by an unstable world power.
With that, I call Meghan Gallacher, who has up to six minutes. 16:11 I will try my best, Presiding Officer. I begin my remarks on a point of consensus.
That kind of education is changing for the better with regard to looking after the child’s best interests. I suppose that, if we want to put it into Government speak, it is about getting it right for every child.