Dyslexia Screening and Teacher Training Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [2 December] – Matthew Hancock.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on delivering the recommendations in the Independent Review of NHS hospital food published in October 2020.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the quality of food in hospitals.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of food in hospitals.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics he plans to use to measure improvements in food standards in hospitals; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current food standards in hospitals.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics he plans to use to measure the effectiveness of improvements to training for hospital chefs; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current training for those chefs.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics he plans to use to measure the effectiveness of improvements to food for hospital staff; and what assessment he has made of the quality of current food offering for hospital staff.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics he plans to use to measure the effectiveness of improvements in the availability of fresh food; and what assessment he has made of current levels of 24 hour availability of fresh food in hospitals.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics he plans to use to measure the effectiveness of improvements in ward kitchens in hospitals; and what assessment he has made of the quality of ward kitchens in hospitals.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on ensuring that every NHS trust has a named board member with responsibility for hospital food.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on ensuring that every NHS trust has a chief dietitian with responsibility for overseeing hospital food.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics he uses to measure patient satisfaction with hospital food; and what assessment he has made of current levels of satisfaction with hospital food.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison libraries have been operating across the prison estate in each year since 2005; and what percentage of the prison population has had access to a prison library service in each year since 2005.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what education provision has been in place in each prison to support the literacy of prisoners in each year since 2005; how many hours on average each prisoner has been allowed to spend in a prison library in each year since 2005; and how many and what proportion of prisoners have been engaged in literacy programmes in each year since 2005.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have provided specialist support for prisoners with dyslexia in each year since 2005; and how many and what proportion of prisoners have had a literacy assessment in each year since 2005.
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners have been recorded as having dyslexia in each year since 2005; what steps his Department is taking to help identify prisoners with dyslexia; and what steps he is taking to support prisoners with dyslexia.
Matthew Hancock: Does the Secretary of State think that it is acceptable that four out of five dyslexic children still leave school not identified, and that teachers still do not have to be trained to support dyslexic children specifically? It was a pleasure to meet the Minister last week, but will she ensure that, in future, early intervention is put in place for the identification of dyslexia and other...
Matthew Hancock: Does the Prime Minister agree that the disgusting antisemitic, anti-vax conspiracy theories promulgated online this morning are not only deeply offensive but anti-scientific and have no place in this House or in our wider society?
Matthew Hancock: Will the Secretary of State say a few words about the need not only to stop the diminution across the world of biodiversity, but, ultimately, to get to a place where the expansion of nature can once again happen? That is a long way off. But is it not true that UK Government leadership on this issue has just delivered a major landmark step forward and we should all, across this House, be proud...
Matthew Hancock: I am not quite sure what to make of that, Mr Deputy Speaker, but I am honoured to be third today. Let us see how it goes. It is a pleasure to be here, and to be clean and well fed. I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. “The best way to spread opportunity and reduce inequality in society is by providing every person with a world class education”. Those are not my words...