To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support those with serious mental health conditions through the Individual Placement and Support Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support those with serious mental health conditions through the Individual Placement and Support Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2025 to Question 94814, what his timetable is for deciding whether the NHS Health Accelerator model will be expanded beyond the three currently funded Integrated Care Boards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2025 to Question 94814, what his timetable is for deciding whether the NHS Health Accelerator model will be expanded beyond the three currently funded Integrated Care Boards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing chiropractors to people with musculoskeletal conditions to help increase the number of people in work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing chiropractors to people with musculoskeletal conditions to help increase the number of people in work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the Individual Placement and Support scheme to people who are experiencing mental ill-health and are out of work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the Individual Placement and Support scheme to people who are experiencing mental ill-health and are out of work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish further details on the expansion of the Individual Placement and Support scheme in England announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Spring Budget 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish further details on the expansion of the Individual Placement and Support scheme in England announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Spring Budget 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on Individual Placement and Support in each of the last five financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on Individual Placement and Support in each of the last five financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 101730 on Disability: Employment Schemes, what format the requested information is held in.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 101730 on Disability: Employment Schemes, what format the requested information is held in.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on the Individual Placement and Support programme in each of the last five calendar years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on the Individual Placement and Support programme in each of the last five calendar years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have left the Individual Placement and Support programme as a result of finding employment in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have left the Individual Placement and Support programme as a result of finding employment in the last 12 months.

My Lords, my heart sank somewhat when I saw that the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, was ahead of my on the list, because I knew full well what she would talk about. My speech is all about carers as well, but we are coming at it from a completely different...

My Lords, my heart sank somewhat when I saw that the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, was ahead of my on the list, because I knew full well what she would talk about. My speech is all about carers as well, but we are coming at it from a completely different...

My Lords, this gracious Speech was interesting in part for what it did not contain, despite containing a large number of Bills. The noble Baronesses, Lady Jolly and Lady Pitkeathley, have focused comprehensively on social care. I will address issues for the workforce in health, including the impact of the...

My Lords, this gracious Speech was interesting in part for what it did not contain, despite containing a large number of Bills. The noble Baronesses, Lady Jolly and Lady Pitkeathley, have focused comprehensively on social care. I will address issues for the workforce in health, including the impact of the...

My Lords, I will focus on mental health and I declare an interest as the independent chair of a panel advising the Department of Health and Social Care on the use of long-term segregation for detained patients with learning disabilities and/or autism. I welcome the main elements of the draft...

My Lords, I will focus on mental health and I declare an interest as the independent chair of a panel advising the Department of Health and Social Care on the use of long-term segregation for detained patients with learning disabilities and/or autism. I welcome the main elements of the draft...

My Lords, the noble Baroness has asked some searching questions. I too want to focus on health. I have had the privilege of being married to a medical practitioner for some 60 years,

during most—in fact all—of her working life. She started her medical practice in Biggleswade and grew that...

My Lords, the noble Baroness has asked some searching questions. I too want to focus on health. I have had the privilege of being married to a medical practitioner for some 60 years,

during most—in fact all—of her working life. She started her medical practice in Biggleswade and grew that...

My Lords, this year, even more than most years, we expected and deserved a better Queen’s Speech than the one we got. Today’s debate does include some welcome Bills, including the mental health Bill, but the Speech falls far short of what we should have expected in meeting the risks...

My Lords, this year, even more than most years, we expected and deserved a better Queen’s Speech than the one we got. Today’s debate does include some welcome Bills, including the mental health Bill, but the Speech falls far short of what we should have expected in meeting the risks...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to participate in this debate on the gracious Speech. As a working-class child growing up in the north of England, I never maximised my grammar school education and have devoted much of the last 35 years to levelling-up efforts on behalf of the...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to participate in this debate on the gracious Speech. As a working-class child growing up in the north of England, I never maximised my grammar school education and have devoted much of the last 35 years to levelling-up efforts on behalf of the...

My Lords, I am pleased to make a short contribution to this debate on the Queen’s Speech. I declare my interests in the register, particularly as a trustee of both the Centre for Mental Health and the Prison Reform Trust and as an honorary fellow of the Royal College of...

My Lords, I am pleased to make a short contribution to this debate on the Queen’s Speech. I declare my interests in the register, particularly as a trustee of both the Centre for Mental Health and the Prison Reform Trust and as an honorary fellow of the Royal College of...

The topic I wish to address is education, and in particular teaching about rights and responsibilities, and the constitution. I start with a question: what is it that binds the people of Britain together as a community? Yes, we have cricket, rugby and football, among others, as national sports. We...

The topic I wish to address is education, and in particular teaching about rights and responsibilities, and the constitution. I start with a question: what is it that binds the people of Britain together as a community? Yes, we have cricket, rugby and football, among others, as national sports. We...

My Lords, one of the great things about coming this far down a long list of very distinguished speakers is that other people have done all the hard work. The only thing is that it has put considerable pressure on my editing skills—but we shall see.

I declare my interests as...

My Lords, one of the great things about coming this far down a long list of very distinguished speakers is that other people have done all the hard work. The only thing is that it has put considerable pressure on my editing skills—but we shall see.

I declare my interests as...

My Lords, I draw attention to my interests in the register, particularly as a non-executive director at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and as a member of the Financial Inclusion Commission. I wish briefly to highlight three areas today: mental health, carers and financial inclusion. I do not...

My Lords, I draw attention to my interests in the register, particularly as a non-executive director at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and as a member of the Financial Inclusion Commission. I wish briefly to highlight three areas today: mental health, carers and financial inclusion. I do not...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president and former chair of the Local Government Association, and as a member of Beckfoot Trust, which is a multi-academy trust, and the Leeds Diocesan Learning Trust.

I thank the Prime Minister for showing that this Government are serious about levelling up all...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president and former chair of the Local Government Association, and as a member of Beckfoot Trust, which is a multi-academy trust, and the Leeds Diocesan Learning Trust.

I thank the Prime Minister for showing that this Government are serious about levelling up all...