04/10/2016 - Live Afternoon Session

:00:18. > :00:25.I am particularly pleased to be introducing a session on thd three

:00:26. > :00:31.items which are very close to my heart. These other things wd need to

:00:32. > :00:38.get rate if we are building a society that truly works for

:00:39. > :00:45.everyone. The reforms which we have implemented over the past shx years

:00:46. > :00:54.in each of these areas have been nothing short of transformational.

:00:55. > :01:00.In health, there are over 8000 more doctors and 5000 more nurses and

:01:01. > :01:13.midwives than the aware six years ago. More people suffering from

:01:14. > :01:19.cancer are having more treatment and dementia diagnosis has improved

:01:20. > :01:25.vastly. According to the Commonwealth fund, they havd said we

:01:26. > :01:36.have the best health system in the world. Fantastic.

:01:37. > :01:44.As someone who has worked for the National Health Service for 40

:01:45. > :01:51.years, I know a bit about it. I years, I know a bit about it. I

:01:52. > :01:55.worked as easy to nurse and also weak community health visitor in a

:01:56. > :02:01.very deprived area in the north east of the country. I have seen first

:02:02. > :02:18.hand how innovation and funding have hugely advanced or services. In

:02:19. > :02:22.education, we have 353 schools at almost 5500 academies. Dischpline is

:02:23. > :02:28.back in the classroom and hhgher standards are back on the

:02:29. > :02:34.curriculum. Again, I have sden this for myself. I have seen it `s a

:02:35. > :02:38.school governor. There are no millions more children across

:02:39. > :02:46.children going to good or outstanding schools. In the area of

:02:47. > :02:55.work and pensions, we are fhnally making work pay. With the claimant

:02:56. > :03:12.count at its lowest level shnce 1975. Employment has reached a

:03:13. > :03:22.record high level. Fantastic. Indeed, part of my work as the

:03:23. > :03:28.former head in Tain sayyid was to partner up with business and schools

:03:29. > :03:34.to offer opportunities to those leaving school. And I have sat on

:03:35. > :03:39.the social security appeals Tribunal in the north-east and I know how

:03:40. > :03:43.hard it is for people who gdt stuck in the real fear trap. They want

:03:44. > :03:53.nothing more to be able to provide for their families. -- wealthier

:03:54. > :04:01.trap. As conservatives, we know there is nothing more important to

:04:02. > :04:09.the nation 's prosperity to get people into the work place. Of

:04:10. > :04:13.course, it is much more to do. We have two create more good school

:04:14. > :04:21.places, make our National Hdalth Service is truly seven-day service

:04:22. > :04:30.and create decent, reliable jobs for people in every part of the country.

:04:31. > :04:36.With that, today, in this sdssion, we will hear from the secretaries of

:04:37. > :04:49.state who are driving these reforms. The Work and Pensions Secretary the

:04:50. > :05:00.Health Secretary and the Edtcation Secretary. First of all, we will

:05:01. > :05:03.hear from Lawrence Brand about his experiences with his companx. Thank

:05:04. > :05:26.you. APPLAUSE. Hello everyone. I am the fotnder of

:05:27. > :05:40.a basic coal company. We ard a manufacturer. They can carrx heavier

:05:41. > :05:45.loads than a normal bicycle. We have just finished our first year of

:05:46. > :05:50.trading, this is a journey which started three years ago. We wanted

:05:51. > :05:58.to produce practical basic course which could transform logistics We

:05:59. > :06:07.wanted things which would rtn better than mopeds and cheaper. It is a

:06:08. > :06:12.solution which can save timd, money and the environment. We used to work

:06:13. > :06:20.on a plan in the evenings and weekends. I construct a first

:06:21. > :06:35.bicycle in the living room, much to the consternation of my housemates!

:06:36. > :06:41.In my first bicycle, I travdlled 3500 meals to Esher. I immediately

:06:42. > :06:48.went back and it gave me confidence that this was a lady of which would

:06:49. > :06:53.work. I was lucky enough to get involved in the government 's new

:06:54. > :06:59.enterprise allowance scheme. It also provided finance and mentorhng. It

:07:00. > :07:04.also helped me through the difficult time of starting up a new company.

:07:05. > :07:11.No we have the production workshop in North London. We are employing

:07:12. > :07:16.people and hopefully creating not only jobs but friendships. We are

:07:17. > :07:29.winning contracts of our rivals Most excitingly, we are no hooting

:07:30. > :07:35.cargo bicycles around the world I am part of the very fortunate

:07:36. > :07:40.generation. We are part of the generation which wants to work on

:07:41. > :07:45.start-up that would businesses. We have the skill sets to make it any

:07:46. > :07:50.workplace. Much more so than previous generations enjoyed. I not

:07:51. > :07:59.only built the basic tools, built the website and all the othdr tasks,

:08:00. > :08:04.such as sweeping the floors and emptying bins. We are not a

:08:05. > :08:10.generation which a skier of work. We need to invest in our young people

:08:11. > :08:17.as a country. When people gdt their ideas off the ground, everyone

:08:18. > :08:26.benefits. In the next few ydars I want to grow the company and make in

:08:27. > :08:34.this to become one of the three biggest companies of our take. At

:08:35. > :08:38.the time of a student debt `nd people having to leave univdrsity,

:08:39. > :08:44.it is so important we invest in our young people and help them lake the

:08:45. > :08:49.business is successful. We `re very lucky to have the seeds of

:08:50. > :09:01.entrepreneurship sown in our young people. Thank you very much for

:09:02. > :09:06.listening to my story. I wotld like no two welcome to the stage a

:09:07. > :09:15.college who will talk about her experiences with disability and

:09:16. > :09:27.work. APPLAUSE. Full stop thank you so much. That was a terrific speech.

:09:28. > :09:32.My name is moly and I am 19 years old. I am and my second year of my

:09:33. > :09:47.undergraduate degree. I havd the part-time job on a Saturday and I am

:09:48. > :09:57.disabled. I have the condithon which is a group of inheritable dhsorders

:09:58. > :10:03.which affect the tissue. It is caused by a defect in protehn. It is

:10:04. > :10:09.the main building block for strength and support for the body. As you can

:10:10. > :10:17.imagine, it can wreak havoc with the rest of the body. Affected `reas are

:10:18. > :10:26.joints, ligaments, tendons `nd cartilage. One in 5000 people are

:10:27. > :10:31.diagnosed with the syndrome. Due to the reality of its nature, ht is

:10:32. > :10:40.very hard to get diagnosis `nd appropriate care and support. So

:10:41. > :10:53.much so that recently it was stated that no modern disease in the

:10:54. > :11:03.country has been so ignored. I was having chronic joint pain is and

:11:04. > :11:10.back pain. Fatigue, you're dysfunction. These are separate

:11:11. > :11:13.symptoms which do not amount to anything serious, but all of them

:11:14. > :11:21.together at the same time, the meek life pretty unbelievable. Sdeing

:11:22. > :11:25.that I am disabled and comes with the burden of proof. I am not

:11:26. > :11:32.noticeably disabled, not phxsically disabled. It opens up the floodgates

:11:33. > :11:37.to scrutiny and questions, such as, do you not have the wheelch`ir? You

:11:38. > :11:46.do not look as if you have ` disability. Have you read this book,

:11:47. > :11:52.it changed my life. You are too young to have. We till you get to my

:11:53. > :11:59.age and then you will know what pain in the joints means. Part of the

:12:00. > :12:06.hardest part of having an invisible life changing illness is not the

:12:07. > :12:09.debilitating pain or the long-term medication, but the inability to

:12:10. > :12:17.keep up with friends and do the normal things and 19-year-olds would

:12:18. > :12:24.do. It can lead to complications with high doses of medication.

:12:25. > :12:29.Flare-ups make it extremely difficult to do anything, even to

:12:30. > :12:34.move, free to the point where it even futures of bolts of eldctricity

:12:35. > :12:39.are running through my body and settling in each part. It m`kes it

:12:40. > :12:43.very difficult to even put on a jumper, wash away ear and even

:12:44. > :12:48.walked down the Steelers worked on the page of a book. None of these

:12:49. > :12:54.are the hardest parts of it. The hardest part is the doubt bx people

:12:55. > :13:01.around you, the impatient of validity of your condition. Opinion

:13:02. > :13:08.is the medium between knowlddge and ignorance. I have not allowdd my

:13:09. > :13:14.condition to be part of my hdentity. Not even my university or mx job

:13:15. > :13:20.know about it. I was told when I was 15 while having aspirations of a

:13:21. > :13:26.career as a barrister to focus on a desk job. I was very unlikely to be

:13:27. > :13:33.able to hold down anything dlse due to constant sickness. I was also

:13:34. > :13:45.told not to expect to live independently or unneeded. There are

:13:46. > :13:50.good days and bad days. I c`nnot be a normal 19-year-old. I cannot go

:13:51. > :13:52.out with my friends, I cannot consider certain activities. I

:13:53. > :14:04.cannot attend all of my lecturers. It is embarrassing counsellhng

:14:05. > :14:09.last-minute and not even behng able to include yourself in cert`in

:14:10. > :14:14.activities and therefore becoming known as flaky or no fun, or boring.

:14:15. > :14:19.Knowing that I have simply leant restrictions in every aspect of my

:14:20. > :14:22.life, and having to take extra time to completely superstock tasks, like

:14:23. > :14:29.putting on a pair of jeans, is heartbreaking. Sundays are currently

:14:30. > :14:31.in so much pain that I find it difficult to get out of bed, and

:14:32. > :14:38.washing myself and getting dressed is an achievement, Sundays, for me.

:14:39. > :14:43.When I was told to put restrictions on my life I disregarded it and I

:14:44. > :14:46.was glad that I did. I love my course at university, I lovd the

:14:47. > :14:51.people that I have met and that I live with, and I love my job, and

:14:52. > :14:55.it's truly gives me a sense of self-worth and importance. Knowing

:14:56. > :15:00.that at the end of each and every month I am earning my own money

:15:01. > :15:06.that I worked for, is so very rewarding, and it's a boost both

:15:07. > :15:11.mentally and physically. I can't stress enough how amazing it feels

:15:12. > :15:14.to be part of a team, to have work friends, to be an environment which

:15:15. > :15:19.is supportive, was getting paid to do something that I enjoy. H think

:15:20. > :15:23.it's essential that more people with disabilities are given this

:15:24. > :15:25.opportunity to work, as oftdn a mental barrier can be put in place

:15:26. > :15:30.when you know that you will need constant extra support, perhaps time

:15:31. > :15:32.off, and a lot of employers, you might think that he would w`nt to

:15:33. > :15:36.employ someone who doesn't know if they will be able to come the work

:15:37. > :15:44.next day to complete the task they have been employed for? I broke this

:15:45. > :15:49.mental barrier for myself, `nd with meeting a vast array of people

:15:50. > :15:52.during every shift, I now fdel reintegrated into society, because

:15:53. > :15:56.when I was 15 and I was told all these things, I shut myself off from

:15:57. > :16:00.the world, I didn't want to know, I felt that was it for me, I would

:16:01. > :16:06.never go to university I wotld never hold down a job, my dream job I

:16:07. > :16:09.wanted to do. It has improvdd my confidence and my self-worth in a

:16:10. > :16:16.way I never thought possibld, and it has made my condition somewhat more

:16:17. > :16:21.manageable unbearable. I didn't take my diagnosis as a given truth, I

:16:22. > :16:25.challenged it, and now I am chair of the global foundation for the

:16:26. > :16:29.elimination of domestic violence youth Council, in which we have 22

:16:30. > :16:35.universities in the UK alond with ambassadors in, and we also have the

:16:36. > :16:39.youth Council of Johannesburg South Africa, New York, and Ottaw`,

:16:40. > :16:43.Canada. I am also a student the Macedonian for UK says no more, a

:16:44. > :16:46.domestic violence and sexual assault charity and an ambassador for law

:16:47. > :16:53.student help, a legal website helping students at univershty. It's

:16:54. > :16:56.so easy to begin to lose yotrself in the face of adversity, with long

:16:57. > :16:59.nights in what feels like even longer days, you can begin to feel

:17:00. > :17:03.completely out of sync with your body, and forget who you ard. You

:17:04. > :17:08.begin to forget what it used to be like, without constant pain and

:17:09. > :17:16.question if there ever really was a time. With working, I have found an

:17:17. > :17:18.inner stability, and less sdlf sabotage. You begin a routine that

:17:19. > :17:22.motivates you and gives you something to work towards, `nd

:17:23. > :17:30.through work I build my confidence back up. It proved my diagnosis

:17:31. > :17:35.wrong, and the restrictions are prescribed with it wrong, and it is

:17:36. > :17:37.now time for all people with disabilities to have this

:17:38. > :18:10.opportunity. Thank you so mtch for your time. APPLAUSE

:18:11. > :18:15.I have now be absolute honotr of introducing Damian Green, the

:18:16. > :18:18.Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is heavily focusing

:18:19. > :18:30.upon getting people like me into work. Thank you so much.

:18:31. > :18:36.Thanks, Molly and Lawrence, how is barring was that. I want to thank

:18:37. > :18:44.them and I want to start by thanking my team of ministers in the Commons.

:18:45. > :18:48.I'm delighted to be helped by Damian Hinds, Molly Morden, Richard

:18:49. > :18:51.Harrington and Caroline Noakes, supported by Mark Causley, Peter

:18:52. > :18:57.Hendon Jones, and Steve Bry`n, and in the Lords, by David Freud. Lord

:18:58. > :19:04.Freud has been at the Department for years. He knows everything. The rest

:19:05. > :19:11.of us have been there ten wdeks We know slightly less. We are hmmensely

:19:12. > :19:22.grateful to him and I am re`lly pleased to have such a dedicated and

:19:23. > :19:27.talented team working at thd DWP. Every citizen in this country values

:19:28. > :19:32.the welfare state. It's part of the British way of life. And, as

:19:33. > :19:36.conservatives, we believe in giving someone a helping hand when they

:19:37. > :19:43.need it. But this should be a hand up, not a hand out. We must always

:19:44. > :19:48.be hard-headed, but we must never be hard-hearted. A Conservativd

:19:49. > :20:00.government will always offer that helping hand when it's needdd. The

:20:01. > :20:07.left, the left has always bdlieved that you measure compassion by how

:20:08. > :20:13.much you spend. Conservativds know that the real helping hand hnvolves

:20:14. > :20:16.giving people the chance to work, to learn, to progress the man hs to

:20:17. > :20:23.control their own lives. Whdn William Beveridge set out hhs

:20:24. > :20:26.reprint for the welfare state in the 1940s, he was clear it should

:20:27. > :20:31.support opportunity, incenthves to work, and personal responsibility.

:20:32. > :20:36.At the same time, there must be a safety net, for those who rdally

:20:37. > :20:43.need it. I believe in those principles. My vision is a welfare

:20:44. > :20:48.state that is fit for the world of work in the 21st century. That

:20:49. > :20:57.offers work for those who c`n, help for those who could, and care for

:20:58. > :21:00.those who can't. That response to a dynamic economy, global Labour, new

:21:01. > :21:05.technology, to new ways of working and new exciting ways of dohng

:21:06. > :21:11.business. Because all those years ago, for average the of work looked

:21:12. > :21:18.very different. It was a world where jobs were mostly done by men, almost

:21:19. > :21:23.all full-time, and often for one employer over an entire working

:21:24. > :21:28.life. All of that has changdd. We have seen the decline of thd old 925

:21:29. > :21:35.come and the rise of new kinds of flexible working, self-employment,

:21:36. > :21:38.and entrepreneurship. There has been an explosion of tech platforms,

:21:39. > :21:46.that's change the way we live, but for many of us, change the way we

:21:47. > :21:51.work. We look at platforms like task rabbit, they have changed what it

:21:52. > :21:53.means to be a cleaner, or a handyman. You can now access

:21:54. > :22:01.hundreds of new customers in the palm of your hand. This givds you

:22:02. > :22:04.control of your working lifd. And it's really important that

:22:05. > :22:08.government keeps up with thdse changes, and that is why we have

:22:09. > :22:12.announced that we will hold an independent review into tod`y's

:22:13. > :22:16.economy, and a new employment practice review. It is why H believe

:22:17. > :22:25.that the welfare state must also adapt, to make sure people can enter

:22:26. > :22:29.this new world of work. Doing a job is for most people the best route

:22:30. > :22:36.out of poverty, but it is mtch more than that. Work is better for their

:22:37. > :22:41.self-esteem, their self of worth -- sense of worth, and physical and

:22:42. > :22:47.mental health. I saw this in Trowbridge when I visited a garden

:22:48. > :22:49.centre, run by the Shaw trust. I met Katie, who has Down's syndrome, and

:22:50. > :22:56.Matthew, who has learning disabilities. They absolutely love

:22:57. > :23:03.their jobs, serving in the cafe tending the plants, helping

:23:04. > :23:05.customers. Projects like th`t, with government and charities working

:23:06. > :23:12.together, have the power to transform the lives of thosd who

:23:13. > :23:15.have been dealt a tough hand. We have already started this journey.

:23:16. > :23:21.We are building on the record of Iain Duncan Smith, who over six

:23:22. > :23:26.years poured his heart into welfare reform, as did his successor Stephen

:23:27. > :23:36.Crabb and we shall thank both of them for the work they did. APPLAUSE

:23:37. > :23:43.Because our approach of reforming welfare, making work pay, and

:23:44. > :23:51.supporting those who need the most help as transformed this cotntry.

:23:52. > :23:57.There are 2.7 million more people in work than in 2010. We have lore

:23:58. > :24:01.women in work than ever before. There are fewer children growing up

:24:02. > :24:07.in households where no one works. Nearly half a million more disabled

:24:08. > :24:13.people are in work than thrde years ago. We should be proud of that

:24:14. > :24:16.record. Universal credit, which sits at the heart of our welfare reforms,

:24:17. > :24:24.makes sure that you will always be better off in work. We will continue

:24:25. > :24:29.to expand the numbers receiving this much simpler and more work friendly

:24:30. > :24:34.benefit. But also, our job centres are now places of true

:24:35. > :24:39.transformation. There are pdople who still think of them as the dole

:24:40. > :24:45.office, with queues of people waiting to get some money from the

:24:46. > :24:49.person protected behind scrdens at the end of a Lino clad floor. It is

:24:50. > :24:54.the scene you see in full Monty when they still have their clothds on.

:24:55. > :25:00.Anyone who thinks a job centres like that would be pleasantly surprised

:25:01. > :25:07.by visiting a Jobcentre tod`y. Those screens have gone, no queues, no

:25:08. > :25:12.sense of sullen despair. Instead, with universal credit, work coaches

:25:13. > :25:18.are giving individual advicd to each claimant, helping them take control

:25:19. > :25:25.of their own lives. This is the sign of a welfare state that works with

:25:26. > :25:31.the new economy. But, to achieve this vision, we need to sprdad the

:25:32. > :25:35.chances of work to new groups of people, to disabled people, to older

:25:36. > :25:41.workers, and to those who w`nt to work for themselves. Becausd it s

:25:42. > :25:46.imperative that how we support people keeps up with the wax people

:25:47. > :25:51.work now. And there is a lot more to do. First of all, aspiring

:25:52. > :25:56.entrepreneurs, and that is why I want to build on the success of our

:25:57. > :26:00.new enterprise and allowancd -- enterprise allowance, which as we

:26:01. > :26:07.heard set up the company th`t will take over the world over thd next

:26:08. > :26:12.few years, thanks, Lawrence. We will back budding entrepreneurs, making

:26:13. > :26:15.sure they get help earlier, and that they get they write support, help

:26:16. > :26:20.with financial planning and marketing, staying with thel as they

:26:21. > :26:26.build their business, giving them every chance of success. Older

:26:27. > :26:30.workers, too. They need the right support. We are to be clear about

:26:31. > :26:36.what is happening in today's world. We aren't just living longer, we are

:26:37. > :26:41.able to work and earn and contribute for longer. These days, simply and

:26:42. > :26:47.gratifyingly, we are younger for longer. This generation of over 50s

:26:48. > :26:53.can combine the wisdom of experience with the fitness of youth! Lay be

:26:54. > :26:59.less so after three days of conference,... But most of the time

:27:00. > :27:07.we can do this. So, to make sure our older workers can make the lost of

:27:08. > :27:11.the workplace, I am appointhng Andy Riggs CEO of Aviva and Island life,

:27:12. > :27:15.to be our new business champion for older workers. He will encotrage

:27:16. > :27:22.other TV executives to recrtit older workers, explaining the adv`ntages

:27:23. > :27:27.they bring to his own firm. As an economy, and as a society, we need

:27:28. > :27:31.the talents and experiences of older workers, and I am determined that we

:27:32. > :27:41.will exploit those talents to the full. APPLAUSE

:27:42. > :27:52.Of course, we still need to look after the 13 million people who are

:27:53. > :27:56.receiving the state pension. And we should pause, because one of the

:27:57. > :28:04.great social advantage of otr era gains almost no attention. Hn the

:28:05. > :28:14.1980s, 40% of our pensioners lived in poverty. Today, that figtre is

:28:15. > :28:18.down to 14, one 4%. Is an improvement never widely noted but

:28:19. > :28:20.which is one of the best thhngs to have happened in Britain in recent

:28:21. > :28:26.years, giving millions of pdople more dignity in their old age. We

:28:27. > :28:36.committed, in our manifesto, to help older people. That means protecting

:28:37. > :28:41.pension benefits, and at rating the state pension by the triple lock

:28:42. > :28:41.because our parents and grandparents deserve a secure retirement.

:28:42. > :28:56.APPLAUSE Much good has been done, but there

:28:57. > :29:03.are still too many people trapped in the margins, not just older workers,

:29:04. > :29:07.but anyone who struggles with a disability who desperately wants to

:29:08. > :29:16.work but faces Barrios, prejudice and a lack of support. If you have a

:29:17. > :29:20.disability, uses many hurdlds. Many of them have been built up over

:29:21. > :29:27.decades and have become ingrained in the attitudes of employers `nd the

:29:28. > :29:35.prejudices of colleagues. Wd have made progress, breaking down legal

:29:36. > :29:40.problems and treating you ldgal protection for disabled workers The

:29:41. > :29:46.first disability discrimination act introduced in the 1990s unddr the

:29:47. > :29:53.government of John Major. It was introduced by William Hague. We need

:29:54. > :30:02.to be in tackling attitudes, as opposed to the law. These attitudes

:30:03. > :30:12.that disabled people have f`ced for far too long. We want to brdak down

:30:13. > :30:18.those barriers. Oliver of us were inspired by our amazing Par`lympic

:30:19. > :30:26.athletes this summer. A celdbration of what people can do. And during

:30:27. > :30:30.the summer, we hear stories of those who have overcome incredibld

:30:31. > :30:36.obstacles, terrible life ch`nging events, to compete on the global

:30:37. > :30:39.stage. We can thank them for making our country proud.

:30:40. > :30:58.But why should we limit the celebration of disability to just

:30:59. > :31:03.every four years. I want is to be inspired by the millions of people

:31:04. > :31:08.across the country who have similar disabilities but who need the

:31:09. > :31:19.opportunity to fulfil the dream People like Molly, who we h`ve just

:31:20. > :31:29.heard from. 7 million peopld who have some sort of disabilitx in this

:31:30. > :31:36.country. As our Olympians proved, the other not to be written off Far

:31:37. > :31:40.too many of them are denied the opportunity to work and I al

:31:41. > :31:44.determined to help disabled people. We will produce a Green papdr along

:31:45. > :31:50.with the Department of Health setting out a range of policy ideals

:31:51. > :31:57.to show what we can do. And we are launching a petition for sm`ll

:31:58. > :32:01.business to find innovative new wheeze for inward diagnosed with the

:32:02. > :32:06.health condition to stay in work. I see this to anyone who wants to stay

:32:07. > :32:10.in work, we stand with you, we will support you and help you re`lise

:32:11. > :32:16.your dreams, to help you be the best you can be. To reach your pdrsonal

:32:17. > :32:23.best and to achieve whatever goals you want. I will work tireldssly to

:32:24. > :32:24.give disabled people all thd best life chances. It is the gre`t thing

:32:25. > :32:41.to do. However, there are still sole who

:32:42. > :32:46.cannot work and it is our dtty to support them properly. In

:32:47. > :32:50.particular, we should swing and we are unnecessary stress and

:32:51. > :32:55.bureaucracy which weaves thdm down. If someone has a disease whhch can

:32:56. > :32:59.only get worse, making them stand up for repeated appointments to claim

:33:00. > :33:09.what they need is pointless, bureaucratic nonsense. APPL@USE

:33:10. > :33:17.That is why I have announced we will stop requiring people with the most

:33:18. > :33:22.severe life changing condithons to be assessed again and again for the

:33:23. > :33:27.out of work benefits. If thd condition is not going to ilprove,

:33:28. > :33:28.it is not rate to ask them to be tested time after time. We will stop

:33:29. > :33:44.that. To make this a country which works

:33:45. > :33:47.for everyone, we need a welfare state which works and helps each

:33:48. > :33:54.individual contribute what they can and receive what we need. That

:33:55. > :33:58.allows people to develop thd skills in work and does not track them on

:33:59. > :34:03.benefits. It gives a better chances to those people who travel `nd more

:34:04. > :34:10.difficult road. None of this is easy. All of it is necessarx if we

:34:11. > :34:16.want a society and a countrx we can be proud of. No Conservativd

:34:17. > :34:22.government has ever backed down from a tough but important job. We would

:34:23. > :34:25.expect a government led by ` new Prime Minister to take this

:34:26. > :34:28.challenge head on and we will do this. With your support, we will

:34:29. > :35:11.succeed. Thank you very much. Can I thank everyone for thdir

:35:12. > :35:20.contributions to today's evdnt. Could a seat thank you to the Work

:35:21. > :35:35.and Pensions Secretary Secrdtary for that rousing speech. We are going to

:35:36. > :35:42.move on to health. But before we hear from the Health Secret`ry, can

:35:43. > :35:50.I enter just the lesser. Thd less I had their baby one year ago -- week

:35:51. > :35:57.ago. She had a Caesarean section so she may be rather slow coming to the

:35:58. > :35:58.podium. She had a little box and they have named him after. Please

:35:59. > :36:17.welcome Melissa. Thank you. I wanted to talk to you

:36:18. > :36:23.about my experience with thd National Health Service. I do not

:36:24. > :36:28.have the background in politics But I have the ability to call ly self a

:36:29. > :36:40.mother and it is a job I am incredibly proud of. The experience

:36:41. > :36:50.I am going to kill you about is the death of my first child. His death

:36:51. > :36:57.was preventable and avoidable. The key leading to his death fedl below

:36:58. > :37:02.standards. You may have heard of William 's story in the news

:37:03. > :37:09.recently. I will briefly explain it will happen. He had eight protracted

:37:10. > :37:18.battle with the chest infection These went undiagnosed, despite

:37:19. > :37:26.multiple visits to the doctors and accident and emergency. We were told

:37:27. > :37:29.his cough was viral. Subseqtently, in December 2014, his condition

:37:30. > :37:38.deteriorated. He visited thd emergency doctor. Victory as you

:37:39. > :37:42.know, of each of the three appointments was that his condition

:37:43. > :37:49.was non-argent. We were reassured that was likely a viral infdction.

:37:50. > :37:57.Within a few short hours of the doctors visit, I went in to find my

:37:58. > :38:04.son had passed away. He was just one-year-old. William died of

:38:05. > :38:18.sepsis. I had never heard of it or been told about it.

:38:19. > :38:24.When the ambulance came, thdy team at our pace. They allowed md to

:38:25. > :38:39.carry my baby out of the hotse from the very last time. The tragic most

:38:40. > :38:45.of all part of his job. When we arrived at hospital, they w`ited

:38:46. > :38:54.until I wanted to carry my baby into the department. We will not just a

:38:55. > :38:59.job to them. It was our onlx solace of feeling secure any situation

:39:00. > :39:05.which completely shattered our world. I was given space to live

:39:06. > :39:13.beside William on the nursery floor. I knew he would never wake tp. The

:39:14. > :39:17.staff or human, the curate `nd the compassion will never be forgotten.

:39:18. > :39:27.When my journey started, evdrything had to be looked at objectively It

:39:28. > :39:33.had to be lucked up without blame. I suspected it would not be an easy

:39:34. > :39:40.read and it was not. Through the investigation I was involved in

:39:41. > :39:45.every step. I was persistent and I would not accept and such which I

:39:46. > :39:52.did not think we are reliable or justified on the evidence. @fter

:39:53. > :39:58.about 600 e-mails, several leetings and multiple drafts of a NHS England

:39:59. > :40:05.report, the report was publhshed earlier this year. I feel to it

:40:06. > :40:13.reflected the truth accuratdly. It showed multiple failings in the

:40:14. > :40:19.Kirov William. -- in the kex of William. It has infection h`d been

:40:20. > :40:24.diagnosed correctly, he would have received much needed antibiotics. If

:40:25. > :40:35.the infection had been treated, the progression would not have happened.

:40:36. > :40:40.I have lost count of the nulber of times I have been asked to point the

:40:41. > :40:44.finger of blame or to put the spotlight on certain people. I have

:40:45. > :40:50.no desire to do that. Those involved have apologised, face-to-face, and

:40:51. > :40:56.been held accountable for their mistakes. Those who went on to work

:40:57. > :41:00.each day did not correct anx malicious way. They are we `re of

:41:01. > :41:07.the mistakes within the systems which allowed those to be m`de are

:41:08. > :41:15.being changed. I hope those involved in his gear will not meet these

:41:16. > :41:21.changes again. The threshold for prescribing antibiotics is no very

:41:22. > :41:27.different. The weirdness, vdry importantly, of sepsis has been

:41:28. > :41:32.changed because of these devastating circumstances. I do not want my life

:41:33. > :41:37.consumed by hate, anger or regret. To seek revenge would not honour the

:41:38. > :41:45.memory of William. It will not bring him back. There are faults lie

:41:46. > :41:50.within the National Health Service, some of which they have accounted

:41:51. > :41:54.for here. But it is built on compassion, to employ those who want

:41:55. > :41:59.to do good. They want to medt patients better and make thd lives

:42:00. > :42:05.of those around them better. I have had plenty of negative experiences,

:42:06. > :42:13.but if it was not for the N`tional Health Service I would not be here.

:42:14. > :42:19.I twice and life-saving surgery Those who have the ability to

:42:20. > :42:23.implement change, like the Health Secretary, we have found th`t with a

:42:24. > :42:27.willingness to be open and transparent and constructivd,

:42:28. > :42:34.everyone can work together to achieve each year and objective For

:42:35. > :42:39.us, I am really pleased that the recent proof of that was thd public

:42:40. > :42:42.campaign for sepsis, which we all fought to introduce. Thank xou very

:42:43. > :43:10.much for listening to me. Thank you Melissa, for sharhng your

:43:11. > :43:16.experience and thoughts with us It's very difficult at this time,

:43:17. > :43:22.but also joyous for her and is her new family. Now, I want to hntroduce

:43:23. > :43:40.James Titcomb. Thank you. Thank you. I'm really grateful for

:43:41. > :43:43.the opportunity to talk to xou all today, and to share my experience as

:43:44. > :43:46.a father, and as someone who has been working to try and enstre that

:43:47. > :43:52.the needs of ordinary familhes like ours are always the number on

:43:53. > :43:58.priority for the NHS. I lost my baby son Joshua as a consequence of the

:43:59. > :44:03.failures of the Morecambe B`y NHS Trust, he was born a perfect baby

:44:04. > :44:06.boy but shortly after his bhrth my wife collapsed from an infection,

:44:07. > :44:12.and she was treated with antibiotics and fluids, but soon made a full

:44:13. > :44:17.recovery. Over the next 24 hours, my wife and I raised many concdrns

:44:18. > :44:21.about Joshua but despite thhs, the midwives looking after him just

:44:22. > :44:26.reassured us that he was fine, and he wasn't referred to a doctor until

:44:27. > :44:30.he collapsed at 24 hours of age Joshua had collapsed from

:44:31. > :44:35.overwhelming sepsis, transfdrred to Manchester for intensive care, but

:44:36. > :44:39.his condition got worse full stop he was then flown by helicopter to the

:44:40. > :44:48.freedom Hospital in Newcastle, where he received world-class card. He was

:44:49. > :44:51.put on a treatment a heart `nd lung machine for babies without we hope

:44:52. > :44:55.the treatment will allow his lungs to heal and his prognosis w`s

:44:56. > :44:59.reported good. Tragically, on the 5th of November 2008 Joshua passed

:45:00. > :45:04.away. When staff at the Fredman Hospital tried to take Joshta of the

:45:05. > :45:09.system, his left lung began to bleed and there was no choice but to turn

:45:10. > :45:12.the machine off. After eight days battling for his life, Joshta had

:45:13. > :45:17.gone. It's hard to put into words the pain and grief of losing Joshua.

:45:18. > :45:21.By far hardest part is coming to terms with his last, is the way the

:45:22. > :45:27.NHS Trust and the wider system responded. The coroner in Ndwcastle

:45:28. > :45:29.where Joshua died refused to open an inquest on the grounds that Joshua

:45:30. > :45:33.had died from natural causes. We were advised to make a complaint to

:45:34. > :45:38.the trust, in order to have our concerns are addressed. Howdver a

:45:39. > :45:42.few weeks after his death, the trust advised us that critical medical

:45:43. > :45:48.records, its observation ch`rts had gone missing. The trust carry out an

:45:49. > :45:51.investigation, but we were left with many unanswered questions as to what

:45:52. > :45:54.happened, and why, and around this time we started to make contact with

:45:55. > :46:01.other families, who had lost their loved ones through care at the same

:46:02. > :46:04.maternity unit. It began to get me that Joshua Black Death was not lost

:46:05. > :46:09.a one off and that similar failures in Dare had affected many other

:46:10. > :46:15.families. In 2013, following a campaign by myself and others, the

:46:16. > :46:19.government agreed to set up an independent investigation, chaired

:46:20. > :46:23.by Doctor Bill Kirkman. This investigation reported in M`rch last

:46:24. > :46:26.year. The report found a lethal mix of failures at Furness General

:46:27. > :46:31.Hospital, in total leading to the preventable death of ten babies and

:46:32. > :46:36.one mother. Mistakes by othdrs and midwives, lack of honesty whth

:46:37. > :46:39.patients and families, and ` failure to learn, meaning similar mhstakes

:46:40. > :46:45.were repeated again and agahn. Babies died due to failures into

:46:46. > :46:48.care after Joshua died. Joshua's death was a tragedy beyond words for

:46:49. > :46:55.our family but the second tragedy was the failure to learn from what

:46:56. > :46:58.happened. When Joshua died from in 2008, I was working as a Project

:46:59. > :47:01.managing in the new killer hnjury history, where mistakes and failure

:47:02. > :47:06.were regarded as vital opportunities to learn and improve. The NHS eyeing

:47:07. > :47:09.encounters at the time we lost Joshua felt like it was mord

:47:10. > :47:13.interested in keeping bad ndws quiet, than learning from what

:47:14. > :47:16.happened. More preoccupied with protecting its own instituthons and

:47:17. > :47:22.staff than the families who depend on it. And, in the past, former

:47:23. > :47:26.health ministers have asserted the need to maintain public confidence

:47:27. > :47:30.in the NHS, and the Departmdnt of Health was accused of acting like a

:47:31. > :47:33.denial machine will stop bad news swept under the carpet, and the

:47:34. > :47:38.concerns of families swept `side. Over the past few years, thd

:47:39. > :47:43.direction of travel has shifted markedly, a drive to improvd culture

:47:44. > :47:48.and transparency, the regul`tory system that missed opportunhties has

:47:49. > :47:52.fundamentally changed. Information in the old days which might have

:47:53. > :47:57.been suppressed or ignored hs now not only acted on by a systdm but

:47:58. > :47:59.also made available to the public. Since the Morecambe Bay

:48:00. > :48:03.investigation report was published in a number of major public

:48:04. > :48:06.initiatives been announced to move the NHS to what a truly learning

:48:07. > :48:10.organisation, and I was privileged enough to be a member of thd

:48:11. > :48:13.advisory group set up to make recommendations for the new health

:48:14. > :48:18.care safety investigations Branch. I think this is a huge opporttnity to

:48:19. > :48:22.ensure that major investigations like Morecambe Bay are needdd in the

:48:23. > :48:26.future, because the necessary learning will have taken pl`ce much

:48:27. > :48:31.sooner. -- the investigation will not be needed in the future. On the

:48:32. > :48:37.day of Joshua's funeral, I went to local flower shop to buy flowers for

:48:38. > :48:41.the grave, and a kind lady hn the shop asked me are they for somebody

:48:42. > :48:47.special? When I explained, she burst into tears was she had lost a baby

:48:48. > :48:50.at the same hospital in 2004, but in her case it was one of thosd things

:48:51. > :48:54.that there was nothing diffdrent anybody could have done. Well, the

:48:55. > :48:59.Kirk report referred to the very case as the best missed opportunity

:49:00. > :49:03.for the trust to put right serious problems the building in thd

:49:04. > :49:06.maternity unit. Add the trust responded to that first tragedy

:49:07. > :49:10.with openness and honesty and a true learning culture, I am sure that

:49:11. > :49:15.Joshua would now be a seven,year-old boy, and that the course of my life

:49:16. > :49:18.and many other families' wotld be completely different. Over the next

:49:19. > :49:23.two years, the damage for the NHS must be to ensure that opportunity

:49:24. > :49:27.to learn are never missed a game. I just want to finish with a personal

:49:28. > :49:33.reflection, as somebody who's been involved in health care for several

:49:34. > :49:36.years, now. In all honesty, I think it would be hard for any secretary

:49:37. > :49:42.of state to have done more to push for positive changes that I know

:49:43. > :49:43.will help stories like mine, become much less likely in the futtre.

:49:44. > :50:06.Thank you very much. APPLAUSE Thank you very much, James, for

:50:07. > :50:12.sharing your experiences with us, today. We will shortly be hdaring

:50:13. > :50:21.from the secretary of state of health, Jeremy Hunt. But prhor to

:50:22. > :51:00.that, we will show you a short film. I can I'm Jeremy

:51:01. > :53:14.Good afternoon. Conference, I believe totally and utterly in our

:53:15. > :53:18.NHS. I want it to offer the safest, highest quality care of any country

:53:19. > :53:24.in the world for you and yotr family. When I took on this role

:53:25. > :53:29.four years ago, I said it w`s the biggest privilege of my lifd, and

:53:30. > :53:33.now some say it's the hardest job in government. Others say it's the

:53:34. > :53:42.safest because there's not ` long line of other ministers who it. But

:53:43. > :53:48.for me it's the chance to sdrve our country by guiding our most precious

:53:49. > :53:53.public services through difficult times. And that's why I'm proud to

:53:54. > :54:00.be back in front of you wearing my NHS badge, and why today I want to

:54:01. > :54:05.talk to you frankly about the state of our national health servhce.

:54:06. > :54:12.Successes, its challenges, our plans for the future... And I want to

:54:13. > :54:16.explain to you why despite the headlines we can all be protd of our

:54:17. > :54:27.NHS, and all be confident its future. Now, take cancer. There

:54:28. > :54:32.isn't a family in our country, including my own family, th`t hasn't

:54:33. > :54:36.lost a loved one to cancer. But the truth is for many years we have had

:54:37. > :54:43.the lowest, or one of the lowest cancer survival rates in Europe But

:54:44. > :54:51.we haven't been doing nothing. We know with cancer the key is to catch

:54:52. > :54:56.it early, so every day, compared to 2010, we are doing 16,000 more

:54:57. > :55:04.diagnostic tests. As a result of that we are starting cancer

:55:05. > :55:07.treatment for 130 more people every day, and we now have our highest

:55:08. > :55:16.ever cancer survival rates. That's good progress. But still not good

:55:17. > :55:20.enough. So, now, our new cotncil plan will introduce a maximtm four

:55:21. > :55:26.week wait from GP referral to diagnosis, bring Ofsted style cancer

:55:27. > :55:30.ratings for local areas, do more molecular diagnostics,

:55:31. > :55:36.immunotherapy, and save an dstimated 30,000 lives a year. I'm publishing

:55:37. > :55:42.those Ofsted ratings today, and although they don't make colfortable

:55:43. > :55:46.reading, everyone will see our commitment to build a safer NHS

:55:47. > :55:53.doing more than ever to fight cancer for you and your families, so let's

:55:54. > :55:57.thank the thousands of brilliant cancer doctors, cancer nursds,

:55:58. > :56:02.scientists, carers, charitids, volunteers, families and survivors,

:56:03. > :56:17.for their work in fighting this horrible disease. APPLAUSE

:56:18. > :56:28.Or take mental health. A personal priority for our new Prime Linister.

:56:29. > :56:33.For decades, frankly, it's been a second-class citizen in the NHS But

:56:34. > :56:37.if your daughter has an eathng disorder, if your dad is losing his

:56:38. > :56:46.memory, it's not your second priority, it's your first. So, since

:56:47. > :56:51.2010, we've increased by five times the number of people getting

:56:52. > :56:54.treatment for depression, anxiety, we've raised our dementia dhagnosis

:56:55. > :56:58.rates do one of the highest in the world, we've legislated for parity

:56:59. > :57:03.of esteem with physical health, we've reduced waiting times targets

:57:04. > :57:07.-- introduced waiting time targets, and now treat 1400 more people every

:57:08. > :57:11.thing all day for mental he`lth conditions compared to six xears

:57:12. > :57:18.ago. But again come we still need to do better. So, on our new plan, we

:57:19. > :57:22.will see a translation of children' services, more help for mums with

:57:23. > :57:26.postnatal depression, more help for those looking for work, and 1

:57:27. > :57:31.million more people treated every year by the end of the parlhament, a

:57:32. > :57:37.safer NHS, delivering better mental health treatment, than ever, for you

:57:38. > :57:42.and your family, and we know that working in mental health can be

:57:43. > :57:47.really stressful, so let's thank the remarkable mental health nurses the

:57:48. > :57:52.psychiatrists, chartists like the Samaritans, mind, many others..

:57:53. > :57:55.Volunteers, and the patients who fight stigma by speaking out about

:57:56. > :57:57.their conditions, they are changing things for the better, and we must

:57:58. > :58:18.recognise its today. APPLAUSE More on mental health later, but

:58:19. > :58:22.look now at A departments. The pressures are rarely far from the

:58:23. > :58:27.headlines. Everyone needs to know that they can get care quickly in an

:58:28. > :58:33.emergency. And although we `re seeing record numbers, it isn't good

:58:34. > :58:34.enough, that currently we are missing for our target, but what

:58:35. > :58:55.have we done? this we have set taller units. We

:58:56. > :59:05.have 1200 more doctors. And we treat around 2500 more people every few

:59:06. > :59:10.hours than we used to, so that is easy for National Health Service for

:59:11. > :59:15.you and your family. As you put this all together, you have the National

:59:16. > :59:23.Health Service doing every day 400 more operations than when this

:59:24. > :59:29.government came into power, broke cutting hospital infections by one

:59:30. > :59:34.side. Despite the pressures of an ageing population, we are ghving

:59:35. > :59:45.more treatment to more people than ever before. So, let us thank all

:59:46. > :59:50.the hospital workers -- doctors nurses, porters, cleaners, caterers

:59:51. > :59:52.and volunteers. The jobs ard tougher than I'll ever but they do ht

:59:53. > :00:14.brilliantly. And while we are thanking pdople,

:00:15. > :00:20.can a housekeeper personal one. I want to thank all the peopld in my

:00:21. > :00:23.department. The altered extdnding outstanding work before thex moved

:00:24. > :00:41.on in the summer. I am really lucky that I have such a talented new

:00:42. > :00:42.team. I am particularly thrhlled to Nicola, who took a brief brdak to

:00:43. > :01:03.get married. Many congratul`tions! That is much to be proud of in our

:01:04. > :01:11.National Health Service. We just heard James is heartbreaking story

:01:12. > :01:15.about the death of his baby son Do you know how many letters hd had to

:01:16. > :01:25.rate in six weeks to get thd two the bottom of what happened? 300 letters

:01:26. > :01:31.and 3000 e-mails. He should not have had to rate one of them let alone

:01:32. > :01:37.that many. But faced with the grieving father, instead of

:01:38. > :01:43.supporting him, the system pulled up the drawbridge is. Anyone of us

:01:44. > :01:48.could have been the same father the same period, so let us be clear

:01:49. > :01:53.closing ranks against peopld who want to know the truth about their

:01:54. > :01:59.loved ones has no place in the National Health Service. Thd lesser,

:02:00. > :02:06.her battle to save her son from sepsis, was not powerful? Whlliam

:02:07. > :02:11.lost his life. Melissa 's work has seized the lives of thousands of

:02:12. > :02:18.other babies. And how amazing was it of her to period just after having

:02:19. > :02:31.her warned new BB. Yes, we will launch the campaign. Her new BB

:02:32. > :02:39.I always give apologies on behalf of the government and the National

:02:40. > :02:45.Health Service. Even as the words leave my lips, I know the not

:02:46. > :02:54.enough. We want action, not words. In a democracy, no citizen should be

:02:55. > :03:01.rendered powerless by a powdrful organisation. That is why wd have

:03:02. > :03:07.changed the law to bring in candour in all hospitals, to be hondst with

:03:08. > :03:14.patients and brought in rathngs for hospitals, surgeries and hole

:03:15. > :03:22.doctors. All national health organisations are no published data

:03:23. > :03:28.with regard to how many people would recommend the key they recehved two

:03:29. > :03:31.friends. It all represents ` more caring National Health Servhce for

:03:32. > :03:39.you and your family. But if you really believe in it, you w`nted to

:03:40. > :03:44.be the best. Many will be shocked to know that according to independent

:03:45. > :03:53.research, every week in our hospitals, we have around 140

:03:54. > :04:00.avoidable deaths. That is the equivalent of the plane crashing

:04:01. > :04:04.every week. Then the harm that leaves people scoured for lhfe.

:04:05. > :04:09.Twice a week, each child is born with severe neurological injuries

:04:10. > :04:14.which could have been avoiddd and been disabled for life. Twice a week

:04:15. > :04:21.we operate in the wrong part of somebody's body. Last June, a major

:04:22. > :04:30.teaching hospital removed F`llopian tubes instead of an appendix. Other

:04:31. > :04:37.countries have the same isstes, often worse than others, actually.

:04:38. > :04:45.But why do we accept those kind of statistics as inevitable as we would

:04:46. > :04:48.never accept other industrids. This is not something which we are

:04:49. > :04:52.reading for science to Dewar. This is something we can sort out rate

:04:53. > :05:01.no. And that is what we are going to do. As James talked about, the

:05:02. > :05:14.legacy of mistakes. In this country, we have brilliant doctors. We have

:05:15. > :05:20.doctors learning from hard data out to save lives. Too often today, if

:05:21. > :05:27.something goes wrong, peopld are worried about litigation. Or perhaps

:05:28. > :05:32.the reputation of the hospital. The shutters come down and we dhd not do

:05:33. > :05:36.the real one thing which we do not have which we need to, which is

:05:37. > :05:41.having a frank and open discussion so that lessons are learned across

:05:42. > :05:49.the National Health Service so that we can eat blame culture but he ll

:05:50. > :05:54.lemming culture. We know th`t no one ever wants to make a mistakd. It

:05:55. > :05:59.shows that provision becausd they want to help people. We want to help

:06:00. > :06:03.them by dismantling the culture which prevents them talking openly

:06:04. > :06:08.and replace it with one which talks openly. We have set up the

:06:09. > :06:14.investigation Branch to makd sure we learn from mistakes. We are

:06:15. > :06:18.consulting on legislation to give doctors a safe place to spe`k freely

:06:19. > :06:30.and we will publish hospital 's own estimates of the overall st`tistics.

:06:31. > :06:34.Taking a changing culture t`kes time. But it is the only wax to

:06:35. > :06:38.build the transparent National Health Service to learn frol

:06:39. > :06:42.mistakes and build a better National Health Service for you and xour

:06:43. > :06:49.family. As I mentioned before, we need to do better on mental health.

:06:50. > :06:56.Most days, I try to reply pdrsonally to members of the public about the

:06:57. > :07:04.key and treatment. I got ond letter I will never forget from a file in

:07:05. > :07:10.Cumbria whose daughter was revealed after rating suicide notes.

:07:11. > :07:15.Fortunately, the -- unfortunately, the origins of her problem was not

:07:16. > :07:24.picked up quickly enough and the next day, she killed herself. There

:07:25. > :07:30.are 15 suicides every day. Dven worse, newly three quarters of them

:07:31. > :07:37.have not had any contact with the National Health Service mental

:07:38. > :07:44.health side for the previous year. No it is time to deal of it in

:07:45. > :07:49.improved suicide prevention strategy and a safe place which gives mental

:07:50. > :08:03.health the same priority as physical health for you and your famhly.

:08:04. > :08:21.Part of raising standards mdans improving the key on at weekends.

:08:22. > :08:29.Everyone should be confidently get the same high care every dax of the

:08:30. > :08:35.week. It is not acceptable that we have mortality rates up to 05%

:08:36. > :08:42.higher around weekends. Our seven-day hospital are simple. The

:08:43. > :08:48.Academy of Royal medical colleges meets for key standards. Ond says

:08:49. > :08:51.that whatever day of the wedk, highly vulnerable patients should be

:08:52. > :08:58.checked by a consultant twice a day because it is vital to spot quickly

:08:59. > :09:04.as someone deteriorates. But when we last checked, that happens hn just

:09:05. > :09:09.one in 20 hospitals. Another standard says that every dax of the

:09:10. > :09:13.week, patients should be chdcked by a senior doctor within 14 awards are

:09:14. > :09:19.being admitted to hospital. Again, when we checked in just one

:09:20. > :09:26.hospital, the standards are not being met. These are primarhly about

:09:27. > :09:30.consultants, but junior doctors especially more experienced ones,

:09:31. > :09:39.must play their part. Where will we are all pleased at this week 's

:09:40. > :09:45.strike has been called off, I see to the BMA untold junior doctors, let

:09:46. > :09:49.us not argue about statistics, the National Health Service you believe

:09:50. > :09:54.in is the same one we believe in. Start calling off the strikds and

:09:55. > :09:55.start working with us, so wd can deliver key seven days a wedk for

:09:56. > :10:24.everyone. Of course, for the National Health

:10:25. > :10:28.Service, money matters. For some reason, there is another quhck

:10:29. > :10:34.enough to go around. In our manifesto to reduce the defhcit we

:10:35. > :10:37.give it the most generous increase of the last year. More than doubled

:10:38. > :10:44.which Labour promised that the last election. But just rating a chick

:10:45. > :10:52.does not raise standards. L`bour tried it. America spends three times

:10:53. > :11:01.more per head than others. They have more avoidable harm in studhes.

:11:02. > :11:08.Affordable care does not cost more, it costs less. Every time a patient

:11:09. > :11:13.has a fall or an infection or develops a bit sore, they end up

:11:14. > :11:20.seeing in hospital longer, costing the National Health Service more.

:11:21. > :11:25.Serious errors cost us ?1.5 million in litigation fees every ye`r. That

:11:26. > :11:31.is not money spent on medichnes or doctors or nurses, but lawydrs and

:11:32. > :11:39.picking up the pieces when things go wrong. When you look at our safest

:11:40. > :11:42.hospitals or our best schools or police services, it is not `bout the

:11:43. > :11:49.level of funding by the quality of leadership. Leadership that supports

:11:50. > :11:53.doctors and nurses to learn from mistakes, leadership that m`kes a

:11:54. > :11:58.complex system seamless for patients, like joining up the health

:11:59. > :12:04.and social care system, leadership that says the key I want for my

:12:05. > :12:12.mother or father is the one I will give to my patients today. . That

:12:13. > :12:18.will do a very high quality national Health Service for you and xour

:12:19. > :12:21.family. My job is to prepard the NHS four that. That means to be doing

:12:22. > :12:28.something we have never dond properly before and that is training

:12:29. > :12:33.enough doctors. Currently, one quarter of our doctors are from

:12:34. > :12:38.overseas. They do a fantasthc job and the service would fall over

:12:39. > :12:43.without them. When it comes to those who are European Union nationals, we

:12:44. > :12:48.want them to stay. But lookhng forward, is it right to carry on

:12:49. > :12:56.importing doctors from cooldr countries that need them whhle we

:12:57. > :13:03.cannot wait undergraduates desperate to succeed. Even if we wantdd to

:13:04. > :13:06.carry on importing doctors, the supply is drying up. The world

:13:07. > :13:13.health organisation is seeing there is no a shortage of 2 million

:13:14. > :13:19.doctors worldwide. We are the fifth largest economy in the world. We

:13:20. > :13:22.should be training all of the doctors we need. Today, thex can

:13:23. > :13:34.tell you that is exactly wh`t we are going to do.

:13:35. > :13:41.From September 2018, we will train up to 1500 each year more doctors,

:13:42. > :13:46.increasing the number of medical school places by up to a qu`rter,

:13:47. > :13:49.but the biggest annual incrdase in medical school training in the

:13:50. > :13:53.history of the NHS. Of course, it will take a number of years before

:13:54. > :13:57.these students qualify but by the end of the next Parliament, we will

:13:58. > :14:12.make the NHS is self-suffichent in doctors. APPLAUSE

:14:13. > :14:19.Training a doctor costs over ?200,000. So in return, we'll ask

:14:20. > :14:23.the all-new doctors to work for the NHS for four years, just as army

:14:24. > :14:30.recruits are asked to come their training. The result will bd more

:14:31. > :14:37.home doctors, fewer roads are gaps, in a sector NHS looking aftdr you

:14:38. > :14:47.and your family for years to come. Bucks, conference... APPLAUSE

:14:48. > :14:56.Conference, a country that works for everyone takes special care of the

:14:57. > :15:01.public service closes to evdryone in 's heart, and that is our NHS.

:15:02. > :15:04.Today, I want the British pdople to know that nothing matters more to

:15:05. > :15:08.this government than protecting our NHS, and preparing it for the

:15:09. > :15:14.future. Yes, we are the country that discovered DNA, gave the world MRI

:15:15. > :15:19.scans, and thanks to our brhlliant universities, made soon discover a

:15:20. > :15:24.cure for dementia and HIV. Xes, we were the first in the world to say

:15:25. > :15:28.it doesn't matter if you're rich or poor, young or old, your falily s

:15:29. > :15:36.there should never depend on your family's money. But, for thd

:15:37. > :15:42.grandfather with a stroke, the giving birth, the child with sepsis,

:15:43. > :15:47.those are about quality as well as equity, standards as well as speed,

:15:48. > :15:54.dignity as well as delivery. And that's a big ask for those `lready

:15:55. > :15:59.working so hard on the front line. But a big ask based on one simple

:16:00. > :16:07.truth. The NHS they want is the NHS we all want, a safer, more

:16:08. > :16:11.responsive, more open, seven-day NHS, offering the highest standards

:16:12. > :16:15.of care for you, your familx, and every family in the country. That's

:16:16. > :16:16.our vision, that's our misshon, and nothing will stand on our w`y! Thank

:16:17. > :17:43.you. We now to need to move onto the next

:17:44. > :17:46.education section, but before hearing from Justine Greening, our

:17:47. > :18:01.secretary of State, we will hear from Jeff Shaw. Thank you. Back Lee

:18:02. > :18:04.Mack -- Jess Shaw. Hello, I'm just sure, a marketing executive at the

:18:05. > :18:08.ditzy, one of the leading IT companies in the UK but I dhd not

:18:09. > :18:12.know what I wanted to do at college and I did not want to go to

:18:13. > :18:15.university. I am so happy to have chosen to do an apprentice ship in

:18:16. > :18:21.marketing and that discoverdd this is the definite career for le.

:18:22. > :18:27.Recently Fujitsu attended a trade show. I thought we should t`rget

:18:28. > :18:33.audience are directly and I thought therefore it would be a gre`t idea

:18:34. > :18:37.to sponsor Twitter. We were received lots of tweets and this helped us

:18:38. > :18:43.build relationships with our customers. Being an apprenthce and

:18:44. > :18:47.given so fantastic opportunhties I am proud of, and standing in front

:18:48. > :18:50.of you all is one of them. This is why I believe apprenticeships are

:18:51. > :19:04.such a fantastic opportunitx for a lots of young people. That hs me.

:19:05. > :19:23.first of all I'd like to th`nk Jess for that great introduction. Our

:19:24. > :19:30.opportunity and agenda is all about fantastic young people like Jess

:19:31. > :19:33.getting fantastic experiencds. As a Conservative, when I looked out at

:19:34. > :19:38.where we have had the biggest impact in government, there is one area

:19:39. > :19:44.that really stands out. And that is education. Through a lot of hard

:19:45. > :19:49.work, not least of it from teachers, we have come a very, very long way.

:19:50. > :19:54.Thanks to the reforms carridd out by Michael Gove and Nicky Morg`n, we

:19:55. > :20:02.have seen standards raised, and 1.4 million more children in good, or

:20:03. > :20:07.outstanding schools. In higher education, the global rankings now

:20:08. > :20:12.show our universities right at the very top with record numbers of

:20:13. > :20:17.young people applying. Cruchally, over the last six and a half years,

:20:18. > :20:24.we have seen a real renaiss`nce in apprenticeships. Well over two and a

:20:25. > :20:29.half million of them, since 201 . So, we've much to be proud of, and

:20:30. > :20:33.that is why as Secretary of State for Education, I am very cldar that

:20:34. > :20:39.these reforms must continue. And I'm working with a great team of

:20:40. > :20:44.ministers. Nick Gibb, Edward Timpson, Robert Halfon. Caroline

:20:45. > :20:51.dying age, Joe Johnson, and in the Lords, Lord Nash. And there are

:20:52. > :20:56.still an awful lot more work to do. As Opera Minister set out, our

:20:57. > :21:03.party's mission is to make our country one that works for dveryone,

:21:04. > :21:07.not just the privileged few. To give people control over the things that

:21:08. > :21:14.matter most, in their lives. And education is at the heart of our

:21:15. > :21:19.ambition, it's how we make Britain. A true aristocracy. To me, ht's not

:21:20. > :21:23.just about the most disadvantaged families, it's more than th`t.

:21:24. > :21:31.Because all parents have thdir hopes and dreams for their childrdn, but

:21:32. > :21:34.in practice for most they c`n never really take their eye off the

:21:35. > :21:39.day-to-day realities of everyday life. And what is it like for the

:21:40. > :21:46.children in those families? Well, I was one of them. Growing up in

:21:47. > :21:51.Rotherham, in the 80s. And when I look back to my childhood, `ll I

:21:52. > :21:59.wanted was a level playing field. I didn't expect any more, but I didn't

:22:00. > :22:04.think I should expect any ldss, either, and neither did my parents.

:22:05. > :22:12.And nowhere was that more ilportant to me than in my education. I

:22:13. > :22:16.absolutely love going to school Kerry Thorpe primary, Oakwood

:22:17. > :22:29.comprehensive, the Thomas Rotherham College, the first commented school

:22:30. > :22:33.-- spate educated minister for education, I want to thank the

:22:34. > :22:36.system. We all remember our great teachers, and no other profdssion

:22:37. > :22:45.has the power to transform future is so much. My job, our job now is to

:22:46. > :22:49.make sure that today's children whatever their background, get the

:22:50. > :22:55.best start, and to me that leans three things. Knowledge and skills,

:22:56. > :23:00.the right advice at the right time, and thirdly, great, challenging

:23:01. > :23:05.like stripping experiences. These are the building blocks to help

:23:06. > :23:11.young people be successful hn their years ahead. And that is whx we have

:23:12. > :23:18.put responsibility for earlx years and schools further and higher

:23:19. > :23:23.education, adult schools and apprenticeships or under ond roof.

:23:24. > :23:26.In one department. I think we have never had a better chance to make a

:23:27. > :23:32.difference for our children and young people come and look `t what

:23:33. > :23:37.we are already doing! Doublhng childcare. Doubling free chhldcare

:23:38. > :23:41.for parents of three and four-year-olds, creating 3 lillion

:23:42. > :23:46.new apprenticeships for young people. And for those who w`nt to go

:23:47. > :23:53.to university, for the very first time, we have removed the hhstoric

:23:54. > :23:56.caprine university places. Now, if university wants to offer a place,

:23:57. > :24:03.to a student, and if they gdt the grades, they can go. And we are also

:24:04. > :24:09.opening up 500 brand-new frde schools by the end of 2020. Because

:24:10. > :24:15.having more good schools and more good school places for children is

:24:16. > :24:18.absolutely vital, and espechally disadvantaged children. The Academy

:24:19. > :24:27.reforms of the last 15 years the ones. But now we need to crdate more

:24:28. > :24:30.capacity in the system. We talk about pretend lotteries, but unless

:24:31. > :24:35.you can afford to move to the right area, education has been thd

:24:36. > :24:40.ultimate postcode lottery. That is why our green paper is asking how we

:24:41. > :24:45.can create more great school places in more parts of the countrx,

:24:46. > :24:52.including selective places. I talked about a level playing field. Grammar

:24:53. > :24:57.schools have a track record of closing the attainment gap between

:24:58. > :25:00.children on free school meals, and they're better off classmatds, that

:25:01. > :25:06.is because in grammars thosd driven on free school meals progress twice

:25:07. > :25:12.as fast as the other childrdn. So the gap disappears. And 99% of

:25:13. > :25:18.grammars are rated good or outstanding. But in spite of this,

:25:19. > :25:24.Labour's approach to grammars is to close the school down. And

:25:25. > :25:31.conference it's rank hypocrhsy. Because Labour ministers send their

:25:32. > :25:35.children to grammars, too. @nd it's classic labour. Do as I say not as I

:25:36. > :25:55.do. Conservatives believe that we should

:25:56. > :25:58.support parental choice, not ignore it. Local areas who want more

:25:59. > :26:04.grammar places should be able to have them, and similarly, local

:26:05. > :26:08.areas you want to stick with their existing schools, they are happy

:26:09. > :26:11.with, they will be able to do that too, and unlike at present, we will

:26:12. > :26:16.challenge grammars and selective schools to work much harder at

:26:17. > :26:21.getting more disadvantaged pupils through their doors. We will

:26:22. > :26:25.challenge them to show that they can also improve the schools around

:26:26. > :26:30.them, and we all know that's children develop at different

:26:31. > :26:36.speeds, so let's be flexibld on which age children can go to

:26:37. > :26:43.grammars. So let's be clear. This is not about a return to the 10 plus,

:26:44. > :26:47.and our universities, our independent schools, and our faith

:26:48. > :26:52.schools will have their part to play too, working with other schools in

:26:53. > :27:00.the system. All of this is `bout more and better choices for parents,

:27:01. > :27:04.but I want us to improve choices for students, too. We have got lore

:27:05. > :27:09.young people going into higher education than ever before, and

:27:10. > :27:13.critically, more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. H was the

:27:14. > :27:18.first person in my family to go to university, and I know how luch it

:27:19. > :27:22.transformed my own prospects full stop but, for many young people in

:27:23. > :27:27.our country, university won't be the path that they will necessarily want

:27:28. > :27:32.to take, like Jess. They might not want a purely academic routd, they

:27:33. > :27:39.might prefer a technical ond. Last year 48% of our young peopld went to

:27:40. > :27:45.university, but 50% didn't. And for too long the technical educ`tion

:27:46. > :27:50.they want hasn't been good dnough. We've already set about changing

:27:51. > :27:55.this, with our skills plan, and this will be a big focus for me, as

:27:56. > :27:59.secretary of state, because I'm really determined to put thd quality

:28:00. > :28:00.of technical education on a par with the quality of our academic

:28:01. > :28:16.education. APPLAUSE The parts we really need to pull

:28:17. > :28:21.together are the work of thd further education colleges up and down the

:28:22. > :28:29.country. University technic`l colleges...

:28:30. > :28:35.They are doing so much work on skills, and also the huge extra

:28:36. > :28:39.investment in a apprenticeships now from our biggest companies was up

:28:40. > :28:44.yes it is about knowledge and reformed, stretching, rigorous,

:28:45. > :28:49.academic curriculum. It is now matching the best in the world, but

:28:50. > :28:52.it is also about skills, crdative skills, problem solving, te`m

:28:53. > :29:02.working, the skills that employers, that British is this needs. --

:29:03. > :29:05.British business. We are transforming academic, and we must

:29:06. > :29:07.do so for technical education, because we need a world-class

:29:08. > :29:12.education system working for everyone and for all of our young

:29:13. > :29:19.people. And all of this has at its heart a mission, a mission to make

:29:20. > :29:25.ours the country where we rdmove the barriers stopping people from being

:29:26. > :29:29.the best that they can be. The great meritocracy, opportunity Brhtain, a

:29:30. > :29:34.levelled up Britain. It doesn't matter what you call it. Thhs

:29:35. > :29:40.country's greatest asset is its people. So unlocking potenthal, and

:29:41. > :29:50.levelling up opportunity in our country is Britain's greatest

:29:51. > :29:54.generational challenge. When everyone does even a bit better our

:29:55. > :29:58.country does a lot better. So the final part of what I want to say is

:29:59. > :30:02.focused on the children and the young people who are the very

:30:03. > :31:25.furthest away from having that level playing field and opportunity.

:31:26. > :32:12.Knowledge and skills, the r`te advice and great life experhences.

:32:13. > :32:24.I will work with great organisations and with help we are going to make

:32:25. > :32:25.sure that young people in opportunities are plugged in to an

:32:26. > :32:52.amazing experience. I want to see businesses polishing

:32:53. > :32:56.up the talents of a new gendration. The rough diamonds, to make sure we

:32:57. > :33:02.unlock the talent of everyone in the country. Especially the children in

:33:03. > :33:06.these opportunity areas where it is most likely to be messed. That is

:33:07. > :33:13.why we are about to hear from Caroline. Business has such a strong

:33:14. > :33:20.role to play. Setting the s`fe side of young people it is very hard to

:33:21. > :33:33.infer an opportunity if you do not know it is there. That is why the

:33:34. > :33:37.CBI have agreed to get behind these and I want to see more local

:33:38. > :33:44.enterprise partnerships involved in this in the years and months ahead.

:33:45. > :33:49.I want them to work with local councils and local communithes. What

:33:50. > :33:54.I have talked about is very hard to do. Generational issues do not get

:33:55. > :33:58.fixed overnight. But we havd got to make a start and that is wh`t these

:33:59. > :34:05.first opportunity areas are all about. As Conservatives, we know

:34:06. > :34:13.that the most precious opportunity and commodity is opportunitx. These

:34:14. > :34:19.1 million children who are locked out have just as much talent as any

:34:20. > :34:26.other children in our country. We all it to them and to ourselves to

:34:27. > :34:30.unlock it. In our country, driving social mobility is not just the

:34:31. > :34:36.right thing to do, it is absolutely essential if we are to be stccessful

:34:37. > :34:40.in today's world. A river mtch uncertainty that is unclear, one

:34:41. > :34:44.thing is certain, that is that Britain is going to have to be at

:34:45. > :34:50.the top of its game if we are going to succeed. We will only re`ch the

:34:51. > :34:54.potential of the country whdn these children reach the ears. Just

:34:55. > :35:00.because it is complicated it does not mean it is beyond us as a

:35:01. > :35:05.country. It is not. Our party has always run towards these big

:35:06. > :35:12.generational issues, never `way from them. That is what we stand for A

:35:13. > :35:13.country where anyone can succeed. It is the Conservative Party that is

:35:14. > :35:52.going to lead that. Thank you. Thank you. I would like to know give

:35:53. > :36:03.give a warm welcome to Caroline from the CBI.

:36:04. > :36:13.Thank you so much for joining me on stage today. And thank you for

:36:14. > :36:20.getting involved in our working opportunities area. Why do xou think

:36:21. > :36:26.it is so important that we get these opportunities and what Brithsh

:36:27. > :36:31.business can bring to them? Firstly, I would like to see how good it is

:36:32. > :36:39.to be here today to give our support from CBI the on focusing on pack

:36:40. > :36:46.practical ideas at the ground level. In my first year at the CBI I have

:36:47. > :36:55.talked so much to business who have said raising standards in education

:36:56. > :37:01.are the most important factor to them. It is about the prospdrity and

:37:02. > :37:08.productivity of our country. We have done work over the last year about

:37:09. > :37:12.the differences in productivity between regions. There are too many

:37:13. > :37:19.parts of the country which `re fallen behind. One of the strongest

:37:20. > :37:23.drivers of productivity differences as attainment at 16. It is the

:37:24. > :37:27.ability of schools to work with young people to drive that. The

:37:28. > :37:33.reason I am so excited to bd here today is that you are talking about

:37:34. > :37:37.practical opportunities for businesses to work with govdrnment.

:37:38. > :37:50.There is a lot going on alrdady I talked to the Dyson foundathon and

:37:51. > :37:59.many other groups. The is so much more that can be done. What business

:38:00. > :38:04.can do is help inspire and help link information, so that everyone knows

:38:05. > :38:09.what skills are needed. At the end of the day, we want to create great

:38:10. > :38:13.opportunities for young people. What sort of skills to young people need

:38:14. > :38:27.to be coming out of the education system with? Especially with regard

:38:28. > :38:32.to the Brexit Britain we ard facing. It is all about leaving school and

:38:33. > :38:38.being ready to work. Employdrs say it has as much about attitude and

:38:39. > :38:43.understanding what working hn collaboration and working in

:38:44. > :38:48.teamwork are all about. The other side of it is the set of skhlls that

:38:49. > :38:56.young people will need for ` new world. Brexit Or not, the economy is

:38:57. > :39:03.changing. We know that talkhng to our members, they need highdr skills

:39:04. > :39:06.for the future. We need enghneering skills, problem solving skills. That

:39:07. > :39:13.is really what we're talking about doing, preparing a new genddr

:39:14. > :39:19.generation for a new world of work. Policies for getting out into the

:39:20. > :39:23.work environment but also tdchnical skills for the New World. Over time,

:39:24. > :39:28.due think the attitude of British business towards working with the

:39:29. > :39:35.education sector is changing? A sense of how we can make thhs to the

:39:36. > :39:39.top of the week race? You t`lked about the country is doing fantastic

:39:40. > :39:45.work with apprenticeships. We want to make that the norm rather than

:39:46. > :39:50.the exception? Absolutely. H am very struck by the businesses seding what

:39:51. > :39:57.more can we do? That is why it is so welcome. That is why it is so

:39:58. > :40:03.important there are things going on in local regions. Many businesses

:40:04. > :40:08.are trying things out. Thesd are working with local enterprise is a

:40:09. > :40:13.very important part of the picture. But it is rather piecemeal, so I

:40:14. > :40:18.think we need to create new models in these areas we have identified,

:40:19. > :40:26.we can bring to the ground very exciting opportunities so it's

:40:27. > :40:30.useless as if it is a bit more of a framework around it. One of the

:40:31. > :40:38.questions I wanted to ask w`s what you are looking for from business in

:40:39. > :40:41.this new environment? How c`n we help to bring our members in on this

:40:42. > :40:46.in a week which really works with what you are trying to do? Part of

:40:47. > :40:49.it is allowing young people to get a sense of the world though the and

:40:50. > :40:54.the huge opportunities that business the huge opportunities that business

:40:55. > :41:02.presents. I remember when I was doing my exams, never thought about

:41:03. > :41:06.doing anything to do with the legal business. But when children are

:41:07. > :41:13.looking at what they want to do in the future life, that is very

:41:14. > :41:18.important, but the other important thing is getting new experidnces and

:41:19. > :41:25.getting young people getting in early experiences of being hn the

:41:26. > :41:31.workplace. An experience of the world of work that the appe`rance

:41:32. > :41:35.great to every day. It is all about mentoring. It is important to me

:41:36. > :41:40.that they get encouragement. They get that in the classroom, but it

:41:41. > :41:45.would be very powerful for them to get that from the business sector,

:41:46. > :41:52.to tell them to set their shghts high. That is what I am hearing and

:41:53. > :41:57.seeing. One of our members has been working with schools for a long time

:41:58. > :42:01.and has started moving into primary schools. They are having

:42:02. > :42:05.conversations with children who are beginning to think about thd

:42:06. > :42:11.interests in science and other subjects. What we are able to talk

:42:12. > :42:19.about is these amazing systdms they are developing, the likes of drawn

:42:20. > :42:23.technology, which actually hnspired a severely young age and I think

:42:24. > :42:28.that is a big part of it. Btsiness will do that govern the right

:42:29. > :42:36.opportunity. As you start sdeing young people taking an interest in

:42:37. > :42:43.these new areas? We have sedn a huge interest in the likes of guhlt doing

:42:44. > :42:51.mathematics. Do you think there are more career choices? Definitely We

:42:52. > :42:58.have just been doing work whth the RSA about the whole scheme `genda.

:42:59. > :43:03.It is very exciting. Again, it is about the excitement of 3-D

:43:04. > :43:10.printing, the excitement of new digital technology. And the more

:43:11. > :43:16.that we can sure rather than tell, the more the better. My mother was a

:43:17. > :43:20.teacher, so I know the challenges of managing a curriculum when xou are

:43:21. > :43:28.having to teach to a certain set of rules. I think it would be really

:43:29. > :43:36.worth thinking about is how it can be made easy to create a sp`ce in

:43:37. > :43:41.the curriculum for a lot of showing, a lot of inspiration, to make it

:43:42. > :43:50.easier for schools to adapt to this. From the perspective of the CBI how

:43:51. > :44:00.do you go about evaluating what they are all doing? With regard to how we

:44:01. > :44:08.try and skill this up across the country? A lot of our members are

:44:09. > :44:12.leading the lawn work experhence, leading to internships. We can help

:44:13. > :44:21.to bring the information to them. One thing we could be better at in

:44:22. > :44:25.the future is giving more a sense of the demand side, we have spdnt time

:44:26. > :44:29.talking about the supplied side and schools, but I am not sure that we

:44:30. > :44:33.have always been as good as we could be about communicating back what

:44:34. > :44:37.these skill needs of businesses going forward, and I think one of

:44:38. > :44:40.the exciting things is now industrial strategy is firmly on the

:44:41. > :44:44.agenda, and this idea of actually thinking forward and having a

:44:45. > :44:48.strategic plan for a sector, how that can then come back and give a

:44:49. > :44:51.clearer idea of what kind of skills would be needed in the VJ, `nd how

:44:52. > :44:54.some of that might actually be really local, so I would like to

:44:55. > :44:59.think with you as part of this opportunity areas how we can get

:45:00. > :45:04.better, talking about what we need in the future for different kinds of

:45:05. > :45:08.skills. So, we need to look ahead, plan ahead, and start Sedlex sort of

:45:09. > :45:10.changing what we are talking to children about in terms of

:45:11. > :45:16.opportunity, so they are re`dy for the ones they will be compotnded

:45:17. > :45:21.within the future, rather than. . Yes, I think that's exactly right.

:45:22. > :45:24.So many of the things we ard going to be good at in the future are

:45:25. > :45:28.happening today, they are h`ppening today, and if we can take them into

:45:29. > :45:33.our schools, we can show thdm that you know, the high-tech of the

:45:34. > :45:37.feature that actually manuf`cturing is an exciting career to go into.

:45:38. > :45:43.Digital technology is everywhere, and we show it, I believe wd can

:45:44. > :45:46.inspire a new direct -- gendration, and if we can do that together, if

:45:47. > :45:49.our members who are so keen to be involved in this handy that, we

:45:50. > :45:53.would really be delighted to do it. Thank you very much for comhng on

:45:54. > :46:09.stage, it's been brilliant. The and I think that the end of the

:46:10. > :46:10.education session. Thank yot very much, everybody, for coming to it.

:46:11. > :46:16.APPLAUSE