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There's been a change in how parliament talks about royals, says minister · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: It's not usual that we see members of the royal family.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, he has been stripped of his titles being
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  Speaker 1: criticized in parliament. There are rules that make that very difficult.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think this is a day where we've seen
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  Speaker 1: a change in the way that Parliament talks about members
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  Speaker 1: of the royal family.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it does feel like there's been a change, and
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  Speaker 2: there clearly has to be We fully agreed with the
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  Speaker 2: Liberal Democrat's motion today and we think it's right that
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  Speaker 2: there is accountability. Obviously, I can't say too much about
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  Speaker 2: the case of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor it's an ongoing police investigation,
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  Speaker 2: but we are also absolutely clear that anybody who has
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  Speaker 2: any information about the appalling acts of Jeffrey Epstein must
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  Speaker 2: come forward and share that information with the authorities.
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  Speaker 3: Are we also in a new era where documents can
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  Speaker 3: be forced out of Parliament because we've seen that with
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  Speaker 3: Andrew Mountbatten windsor with Peter Mandelson, that's quite unusual.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there. The humble address, as it's called,
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  Speaker 2: is very sort of urcane parliamentary language has existed for
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  Speaker 2: quite some time and we used it in opposition to
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  Speaker 2: get certain documents into if you like, force the government
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  Speaker 2: in certain cases.
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  Speaker 3: But the fact that you've been forced to release these
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  Speaker 3: documents in quite quick succession, I mean that is unusual,
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  Speaker 3: isn't It is a you setting a precedent here well, but.
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  Speaker 2: It's not really been with any reluctance from our part.
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  Speaker 2: So we had the motion. There was an amendment to
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  Speaker 2: that motion simply to say that we couldn't have issues
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  Speaker 2: of national security or very sensitive matters around trade, for example,
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  Speaker 2: being published or put into the public domain. But apart
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  Speaker 2: from that, everything needs to be published, and I think
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  Speaker 2: very soon, I think as soon as next week, we'll
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  Speaker 2: see the first tranche of documents being published that are
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  Speaker 2: coming out of that humble address. So the Prime Minister,
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  Speaker 2: the Cabinet, the entire government is absolutely focused on getting
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  Speaker 2: all of the facts out there into the public domain.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, let's talk about Peter Mandlsson. A day since he
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  Speaker 3: was arrested. How are you feeling right now? This reflects
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  Speaker 3: on the Prime Minister's judgement, doesn't it.
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  Speaker 2: What we are clear on is, and he the Prime
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  Speaker 2: Minister has been very straight about this, is that if
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  Speaker 2: he had known then what he knows now, he would
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  Speaker 2: never have appointed Peter Mandelsson, and that's why we are
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  Speaker 2: toughening up things like the Ethics Commission. We're giving more
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  Speaker 2: accountability in terms of making ministerial appointments. We're getting ministers
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  Speaker 2: to you know.
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  Speaker 3: You're having to face questions about this. You want to
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  Speaker 3: talk about GPS, We'll come on to that, I promise,
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  Speaker 3: But yesterday we were meant to talk about special educational needs.
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  Speaker 3: The Justice Secretary wanted to talk about reforms today, but
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  Speaker 3: instead you're having to answer questions about Peter Mandlsson, who
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  Speaker 3: the Prime Minister made us ambassador.
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  Speaker 2: Well, as I said, if the Prime Minister had known
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  Speaker 2: then what he knows now, he would never have appointed him.
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  Speaker 2: But where we are, and of course it's frustrating because
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  Speaker 2: the government is moving forward positively on reforming our public services,
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  Speaker 2: on strengthening our economy, on getting closer to the European Union,
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  Speaker 2: all of the good things that we need to take
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  Speaker 2: our country forward. Of course, we would much rather that
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  Speaker 2: the likes of Peter Mandelson were forcing us to have
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  Speaker 2: these conversations. But on the other hand, I would say
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  Speaker 2: that it's I think positive and encouraging to show that
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  Speaker 2: the institutions of our country are actually moving forward and
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  Speaker 2: taking action. The police have acted on Mandleson and Mountbatten Windsor.
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  Speaker 2: Parliament has acted to ensure.
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  Speaker 3: This is a political problem. That is the British mister
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  Speaker 3: right now as well.
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  Speaker 2: That is the British State showing that we are a
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  Speaker 2: country that is based on the rule of law and
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  Speaker 2: that's a really important part of our values.
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  Speaker 3: You want to talk about GPS delivering same day appointments
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  Speaker 3: for urgent care. Who defines urgent care?
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  Speaker 2: So urgent care is defined by GPS, but with the
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  Speaker 2: guidance of the Department for Health and Social Care, gps
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  Speaker 2: are very well trained. They've all been through extensive education
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  Speaker 2: and training to understand what urgent care means. The key
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  Speaker 2: with what we are doing on general practice is saying, look,
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  Speaker 2: it's the front door of the NHS. When we came
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  Speaker 2: into power in July twenty twenty four, that door was
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  Speaker 2: hanging off its hinges. We are getting it fixed. Patient
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  Speaker 2: satisfaction with access was only sixty percent when we came
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  Speaker 2: into office. It's now at seventy five percent. We said
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  Speaker 2: we were put one thousand new GPS on the frontline.
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  Speaker 2: We put two thousand on the frontline. We are getting
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  Speaker 2: the new contract in place now for twenty six twenty seven,
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  Speaker 2: that's going to bring an additional sixteen hundred GPS onto
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  Speaker 2: the frontline. We are inc incentivizing GPS to do more
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  Speaker 2: vaccinations for children. We're looking at obesity in terms of
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  Speaker 2: weight loss programs and also weight loss jobs. So this
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  Speaker 2: new contract is full of really positive, forward looking action
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  Speaker 2: and also ensuring that GPS when somebody has a clinically
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  Speaker 2: urgent situation, they are treated on the same day.
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  Speaker 3: The GP Committee England. So you're setting up expectations which
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  Speaker 3: won't be matched by NHS reality. You know, are you
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  Speaker 3: by is the definition of urgent going to be different
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  Speaker 3: for patients as it is for GPS, And are you
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  Speaker 3: setting up a situation where people are going to be dissatisfied?
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  Speaker 2: No, it's examples. For example, if somebody has asthma or
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  Speaker 2: COPD and there is a significant uptick in the issue
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  Speaker 2: the more you know it becomes more acute, or perhaps
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  Speaker 2: an older person suddenly becomes very confused. I think that
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  Speaker 2: none of that is going to change.
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  Speaker 3: Those are the work patients that their situation is not urgent.
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  Speaker 2: No, well, you if you manifest any of the symptoms
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  Speaker 2: that I just gave examples of there are many other examples.
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  Speaker 2: You're classified as needing urgent and urgent appointment. We are
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  Speaker 2: mandating that one hundred percent of patients who fall into
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  Speaker 2: that category will get the same day appointment and we
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  Speaker 2: are confident, working with our colleagues in the integrated Care
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  Speaker 2: boards and GP practices across the country, that we will
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  Speaker 2: be able to ensure that where perhaps some certain practices
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  Speaker 2: are not managing to do that, we will come in.
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  Speaker 2: We will support them, but we will also hold them
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  Speaker 2: accountable and.
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  Speaker 3: Ensure how many hold them bay sanctions.
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  Speaker 2: There will be in the contract they are mandated to
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  Speaker 2: accept support, and that support comes in from the Department
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  Speaker 2: for Health and Social Care, from the regional structures that
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  Speaker 2: we have for the NHS, and also through partners such
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  Speaker 2: as the Royal College