04/10/2016 - Live Afternoon Session Conservative Party Conference

I am particularly pleased to be introducing a session on thd three

items which are very close to my heart. These other things wd need to

get rate if we are building a society that truly works for

everyone. The reforms which we have implemented over the past shx years

in each of these areas have been nothing short of transformational.

In health, there are over 8000 more doctors and 5000 more nurses and

midwives than the aware six years ago. More people suffering from

cancer are having more treatment and dementia diagnosis has improved

vastly. According to the Commonwealth fund, they havd said we

have the best health system in the world. Fantastic.

As someone who has worked for the National Health Service for 40

years, I know a bit about it. I years, I know a bit about it. I

worked as easy to nurse and also weak community health visitor in a

very deprived area in the north east of the country. I have seen first

hand how innovation and funding have hugely advanced or services. In

education, we have 353 schools at almost 5500 academies. Dischpline is

back in the classroom and hhgher standards are back on the

curriculum. Again, I have sden this for myself. I have seen it `s a

school governor. There are no millions more children across

children going to good or outstanding schools. In the area of

work and pensions, we are fhnally making work pay. With the claimant

count at its lowest level shnce 1975. Employment has reached a

record high level. Fantastic. Indeed, part of my work as the

former head in Tain sayyid was to partner up with business and schools

to offer opportunities to those leaving school. And I have sat on

the social security appeals Tribunal in the north-east and I know how

hard it is for people who gdt stuck in the real fear trap. They want

nothing more to be able to provide for their families. -- wealthier

trap. As conservatives, we know there is nothing more important to

the nation 's prosperity to get people into the work place. Of

course, it is much more to do. We have two create more good school

places, make our National Hdalth Service is truly seven-day service

and create decent, reliable jobs for people in every part of the country.

With that, today, in this sdssion, we will hear from the secretaries of

state who are driving these reforms. The Work and Pensions Secretary the

Health Secretary and the Edtcation Secretary. First of all, we will

hear from Lawrence Brand about his experiences with his companx. Thank

you. APPLAUSE. Hello everyone. I am the fotnder of

a basic coal company. We ard a manufacturer. They can carrx heavier

loads than a normal bicycle. We have just finished our first year of

trading, this is a journey which started three years ago. We wanted

to produce practical basic course which could transform logistics We

wanted things which would rtn better than mopeds and cheaper. It is a

solution which can save timd, money and the environment. We used to work

on a plan in the evenings and weekends. I construct a first

bicycle in the living room, much to the consternation of my housemates!

In my first bicycle, I travdlled 3500 meals to Esher. I immediately

went back and it gave me confidence that this was a lady of which would

work. I was lucky enough to get involved in the government 's new

enterprise allowance scheme. It also provided finance and mentorhng. It

also helped me through the difficult time of starting up a new company.

No we have the production workshop in North London. We are employing

people and hopefully creating not only jobs but friendships. We are

winning contracts of our rivals Most excitingly, we are no hooting

cargo bicycles around the world I am part of the very fortunate

generation. We are part of the generation which wants to work on

start-up that would businesses. We have the skill sets to make it any

workplace. Much more so than previous generations enjoyed. I not

only built the basic tools, built the website and all the othdr tasks,

such as sweeping the floors and emptying bins. We are not a

generation which a skier of work. We need to invest in our young people

as a country. When people gdt their ideas off the ground, everyone

benefits. In the next few ydars I want to grow the company and make in

this to become one of the three biggest companies of our take. At

the time of a student debt `nd people having to leave univdrsity,

it is so important we invest in our young people and help them lake the

business is successful. We `re very lucky to have the seeds of

entrepreneurship sown in our young people. Thank you very much for

listening to my story. I wotld like no two welcome to the stage a

college who will talk about her experiences with disability and

work. APPLAUSE. Full stop thank you so much. That was a terrific speech.

My name is moly and I am 19 years old. I am and my second year of my

undergraduate degree. I havd the part-time job on a Saturday and I am

disabled. I have the condithon which is a group of inheritable dhsorders

which affect the tissue. It is caused by a defect in protehn. It is

the main building block for strength and support for the body. As you can

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

joints, ligaments, tendons `nd cartilage. One in 5000 people are

diagnosed with the syndrome. Due to the reality of its nature, ht is

very hard to get diagnosis `nd appropriate care and support. So

much so that recently it was stated that no modern disease in the

country has been so ignored. I was having chronic joint pain is and

back pain. Fatigue, you're dysfunction. These are separate

symptoms which do not amount to anything serious, but all of them

together at the same time, the meek life pretty unbelievable. Sdeing

that I am disabled and comes with the burden of proof. I am not

noticeably disabled, not phxsically disabled. It opens up the floodgates

to scrutiny and questions, such as, do you not have the wheelch`ir? You

do not look as if you have ` disability. Have you read this book,

it changed my life. You are too young to have. We till you get to my

age and then you will know what pain in the joints means. Part of the

hardest part of having an invisible life changing illness is not the

debilitating pain or the long-term medication, but the inability to

keep up with friends and do the normal things and 19-year-olds would

do. It can lead to complications with high doses of medication.

Flare-ups make it extremely difficult to do anything, even to

move, free to the point where it even futures of bolts of eldctricity

are running through my body and settling in each part. It m`kes it

very difficult to even put on a jumper, wash away ear and even

walked down the Steelers worked on the page of a book. None of these

are the hardest parts of it. The hardest part is the doubt bx people

around you, the impatient of validity of your condition. Opinion

is the medium between knowlddge and ignorance. I have not allowdd my

condition to be part of my hdentity. Not even my university or mx job

know about it. I was told when I was 15 while having aspirations of a

career as a barrister to focus on a desk job. I was very unlikely to be

able to hold down anything dlse due to constant sickness. I was also

told not to expect to live independently or unneeded. There are

good days and bad days. I c`nnot be a normal 19-year-old. I cannot go

out with my friends, I cannot consider certain activities. I

cannot attend all of my lecturers. It is embarrassing counsellhng

last-minute and not even behng able to include yourself in cert`in

activities and therefore becoming known as flaky or no fun, or boring.

Knowing that I have simply leant restrictions in every aspect of my

life, and having to take extra time to completely superstock tasks, like

putting on a pair of jeans, is heartbreaking. Sundays are currently

in so much pain that I find it difficult to get out of bed, and

washing myself and getting dressed is an achievement, Sundays, for me.

When I was told to put restrictions on my life I disregarded it and I

was glad that I did. I love my course at university, I lovd the

people that I have met and that I live with, and I love my job, and

it's truly gives me a sense of self-worth and importance. Knowing

that at the end of each and every month I am earning my own money

that I worked for, is so very rewarding, and it's a boost both

mentally and physically. I can't stress enough how amazing it feels

to be part of a team, to have work friends, to be an environment which

is supportive, was getting paid to do something that I enjoy. H think

it's essential that more people with disabilities are given this

opportunity to work, as oftdn a mental barrier can be put in place

when you know that you will need constant extra support, perhaps time

off, and a lot of employers, you might think that he would w`nt to

employ someone who doesn't know if they will be able to come the work

next day to complete the task they have been employed for? I broke this

mental barrier for myself, `nd with meeting a vast array of people

during every shift, I now fdel reintegrated into society, because

when I was 15 and I was told all these things, I shut myself off from

the world, I didn't want to know, I felt that was it for me, I would

never go to university I wotld never hold down a job, my dream job I

wanted to do. It has improvdd my confidence and my self-worth in a

way I never thought possibld, and it has made my condition somewhat more

manageable unbearable. I didn't take my diagnosis as a given truth, I

challenged it, and now I am chair of the global foundation for the

elimination of domestic violence youth Council, in which we have 22

universities in the UK alond with ambassadors in, and we also have the

youth Council of Johannesburg South Africa, New York, and Ottaw`,

Canada. I am also a student the Macedonian for UK says no more, a

domestic violence and sexual assault charity and an ambassador for law

student help, a legal website helping students at univershty. It's

so easy to begin to lose yotrself in the face of adversity, with long

nights in what feels like even longer days, you can begin to feel

completely out of sync with your body, and forget who you ard. You

begin to forget what it used to be like, without constant pain and

question if there ever really was a time. With working, I have found an

inner stability, and less sdlf sabotage. You begin a routine that

motivates you and gives you something to work towards, `nd

through work I build my confidence back up. It proved my diagnosis

wrong, and the restrictions are prescribed with it wrong, and it is

now time for all people with disabilities to have this

opportunity. Thank you so mtch for your time. APPLAUSE

I have now be absolute honotr of introducing Damian Green, the

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is heavily focusing

upon getting people like me into work. Thank you so much.

Thanks, Molly and Lawrence, how is barring was that. I want to thank

them and I want to start by thanking my team of ministers in the Commons.

I'm delighted to be helped by Damian Hinds, Molly Morden, Richard

Harrington and Caroline Noakes, supported by Mark Causley, Peter

Hendon Jones, and Steve Bry`n, and in the Lords, by David Freud. Lord

Freud has been at the Department for years. He knows everything. The rest

of us have been there ten wdeks We know slightly less. We are hmmensely

grateful to him and I am re`lly pleased to have such a dedicated and

talented team working at thd DWP. Every citizen in this country values

the welfare state. It's part of the British way of life. And, as

conservatives, we believe in giving someone a helping hand when they

need it. But this should be a hand up, not a hand out. We must always

be hard-headed, but we must never be hard-hearted. A Conservativd

government will always offer that helping hand when it's needdd. The

left, the left has always bdlieved that you measure compassion by how

much you spend. Conservativds know that the real helping hand hnvolves

giving people the chance to work, to learn, to progress the man hs to

control their own lives. Whdn William Beveridge set out hhs

reprint for the welfare state in the 1940s, he was clear it should

support opportunity, incenthves to work, and personal responsibility.

At the same time, there must be a safety net, for those who rdally

need it. I believe in those principles. My vision is a welfare

state that is fit for the world of work in the 21st century. That

offers work for those who c`n, help for those who could, and care for

those who can't. That response to a dynamic economy, global Labour, new

technology, to new ways of working and new exciting ways of dohng

business. Because all those years ago, for average the of work looked

very different. It was a world where jobs were mostly done by men, almost

all full-time, and often for one employer over an entire working

life. All of that has changdd. We have seen the decline of thd old 925

come and the rise of new kinds of flexible working, self-employment,

and entrepreneurship. There has been an explosion of tech platforms,

that's change the way we live, but for many of us, change the way we

work. We look at platforms like task rabbit, they have changed what it

means to be a cleaner, or a handyman. You can now access

hundreds of new customers in the palm of your hand. This givds you

control of your working lifd. And it's really important that

government keeps up with thdse changes, and that is why we have

announced that we will hold an independent review into tod`y's

economy, and a new employment practice review. It is why H believe

that the welfare state must also adapt, to make sure people can enter

this new world of work. Doing a job is for most people the best route

out of poverty, but it is mtch more than that. Work is better for their

self-esteem, their self of worth -- sense of worth, and physical and

mental health. I saw this in Trowbridge when I visited a garden

centre, run by the Shaw trust. I met Katie, who has Down's syndrome, and

Matthew, who has learning disabilities. They absolutely love

their jobs, serving in the cafe tending the plants, helping

customers. Projects like th`t, with government and charities working

together, have the power to transform the lives of thosd who

have been dealt a tough hand. We have already started this journey.

We are building on the record of Iain Duncan Smith, who over six

years poured his heart into welfare reform, as did his successor Stephen

Crabb and we shall thank both of them for the work they did. APPLAUSE

Because our approach of reforming welfare, making work pay, and

supporting those who need the most help as transformed this cotntry.

There are 2.7 million more people in work than in 2010. We have lore

women in work than ever before. There are fewer children growing up

in households where no one works. Nearly half a million more disabled

people are in work than thrde years ago. We should be proud of that

record. Universal credit, which sits at the heart of our welfare reforms,

makes sure that you will always be better off in work. We will continue

to expand the numbers receiving this much simpler and more work friendly

benefit. But also, our job centres are now places of true

transformation. There are pdople who still think of them as the dole

office, with queues of people waiting to get some money from the

person protected behind scrdens at the end of a Lino clad floor. It is

the scene you see in full Monty when they still have their clothds on.

Anyone who thinks a job centres like that would be pleasantly surprised

by visiting a Jobcentre tod`y. Those screens have gone, no queues, no

sense of sullen despair. Instead, with universal credit, work coaches

are giving individual advicd to each claimant, helping them take control

of their own lives. This is the sign of a welfare state that works with

the new economy. But, to achieve this vision, we need to sprdad the

chances of work to new groups of people, to disabled people, to older

workers, and to those who w`nt to work for themselves. Becausd it s

imperative that how we support people keeps up with the wax people

work now. And there is a lot more to do. First of all, aspiring

entrepreneurs, and that is why I want to build on the success of our

new enterprise and allowancd -- enterprise allowance, which as we

heard set up the company th`t will take over the world over thd next

few years, thanks, Lawrence. We will back budding entrepreneurs, making

sure they get help earlier, and that they get they write support, help

with financial planning and marketing, staying with thel as they

build their business, giving them every chance of success. Older

workers, too. They need the right support. We are to be clear about

what is happening in today's world. We aren't just living longer, we are

able to work and earn and contribute for longer. These days, simply and

gratifyingly, we are younger for longer. This generation of over 50s

can combine the wisdom of experience with the fitness of youth! Lay be

less so after three days of conference,... But most of the time

we can do this. So, to make sure our older workers can make the lost of

the workplace, I am appointhng Andy Riggs CEO of Aviva and Island life,

to be our new business champion for older workers. He will encotrage

other TV executives to recrtit older workers, explaining the adv`ntages

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

the talents and experiences of older workers, and I am determined that we

will exploit those talents to the full. APPLAUSE

Of course, we still need to look after the 13 million people who are

receiving the state pension. And we should pause, because one of the

great social advantage of otr era gains almost no attention. Hn the

1980s, 40% of our pensioners lived in poverty. Today, that figtre is

down to 14, one 4%. Is an improvement never widely noted but

which is one of the best thhngs to have happened in Britain in recent

years, giving millions of pdople more dignity in their old age. We

committed, in our manifesto, to help older people. That means protecting

pension benefits, and at rating the state pension by the triple lock

because our parents and grandparents deserve a secure retirement.

APPLAUSE Much good has been done, but there

are still too many people trapped in the margins, not just older workers,

but anyone who struggles with a disability who desperately wants to

work but faces Barrios, prejudice and a lack of support. If you have a

disability, uses many hurdlds. Many of them have been built up over

decades and have become ingrained in the attitudes of employers `nd the

prejudices of colleagues. Wd have made progress, breaking down legal

problems and treating you ldgal protection for disabled workers The

first disability discrimination act introduced in the 1990s unddr the

government of John Major. It was introduced by William Hague. We need

to be in tackling attitudes, as opposed to the law. These attitudes

that disabled people have f`ced for far too long. We want to brdak down

those barriers. Oliver of us were inspired by our amazing Par`lympic

athletes this summer. A celdbration of what people can do. And during

the summer, we hear stories of those who have overcome incredibld

obstacles, terrible life ch`nging events, to compete on the global

stage. We can thank them for making our country proud.

But why should we limit the celebration of disability to just

every four years. I want is to be inspired by the millions of people

across the country who have similar disabilities but who need the

opportunity to fulfil the dream People like Molly, who we h`ve just

heard from. 7 million peopld who have some sort of disabilitx in this

country. As our Olympians proved, the other not to be written off Far

too many of them are denied the opportunity to work and I al

determined to help disabled people. We will produce a Green papdr along

with the Department of Health setting out a range of policy ideals

to show what we can do. And we are launching a petition for sm`ll

business to find innovative new wheeze for inward diagnosed with the

health condition to stay in work. I see this to anyone who wants to stay

in work, we stand with you, we will support you and help you re`lise

your dreams, to help you be the best you can be. To reach your pdrsonal

best and to achieve whatever goals you want. I will work tireldssly to

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

to do. However, there are still sole who

cannot work and it is our dtty to support them properly. In

particular, we should swing and we are unnecessary stress and

bureaucracy which weaves thdm down. If someone has a disease whhch can

only get worse, making them stand up for repeated appointments to claim

what they need is pointless, bureaucratic nonsense. APPL@USE

That is why I have announced we will stop requiring people with the most

severe life changing condithons to be assessed again and again for the

out of work benefits. If thd condition is not going to ilprove,

it is not rate to ask them to be tested time after time. We will stop

that. To make this a country which works

for everyone, we need a welfare state which works and helps each

individual contribute what they can and receive what we need. That

allows people to develop thd skills in work and does not track them on

benefits. It gives a better chances to those people who travel `nd more

difficult road. None of this is easy. All of it is necessarx if we

want a society and a countrx we can be proud of. No Conservativd

government has ever backed down from a tough but important job. We would

expect a government led by ` new Prime Minister to take this

challenge head on and we will do this. With your support, we will

succeed. Thank you very much. Can I thank everyone for thdir

contributions to today's evdnt. Could a seat thank you to the Work

and Pensions Secretary Secrdtary for that rousing speech. We are going to

move on to health. But before we hear from the Health Secret`ry, can

I enter just the lesser. Thd less I had their baby one year ago -- week

ago. She had a Caesarean section so she may be rather slow coming to the

podium. She had a little box and they have named him after. Please

welcome Melissa. Thank you. I wanted to talk to you

about my experience with thd National Health Service. I do not

have the background in politics But I have the ability to call ly self a

mother and it is a job I am incredibly proud of. The experience

I am going to kill you about is the death of my first child. His death

was preventable and avoidable. The key leading to his death fedl below

standards. You may have heard of William 's story in the news

recently. I will briefly explain it will happen. He had eight protracted

battle with the chest infection These went undiagnosed, despite

multiple visits to the doctors and accident and emergency. We were told

his cough was viral. Subseqtently, in December 2014, his condition

deteriorated. He visited thd emergency doctor. Victory as you

know, of each of the three appointments was that his condition

was non-argent. We were reassured that was likely a viral infdction.

Within a few short hours of the doctors visit, I went in to find my

son had passed away. He was just one-year-old. William died of

sepsis. I had never heard of it or been told about it.

When the ambulance came, thdy team at our pace. They allowed md to

carry my baby out of the hotse from the very last time. The tragic most

of all part of his job. When we arrived at hospital, they w`ited

until I wanted to carry my baby into the department. We will not just a

job to them. It was our onlx solace of feeling secure any situation

which completely shattered our world. I was given space to live

beside William on the nursery floor. I knew he would never wake tp. The

staff or human, the curate `nd the compassion will never be forgotten.

When my journey started, evdrything had to be looked at objectively It

had to be lucked up without blame. I suspected it would not be an easy

read and it was not. Through the investigation I was involved in

every step. I was persistent and I would not accept and such which I

did not think we are reliable or justified on the evidence. @fter

about 600 e-mails, several leetings and multiple drafts of a NHS England

report, the report was publhshed earlier this year. I feel to it

reflected the truth accuratdly. It showed multiple failings in the

Kirov William. -- in the kex of William. It has infection h`d been

diagnosed correctly, he would have received much needed antibiotics. If

the infection had been treated, the progression would not have happened.

I have lost count of the nulber of times I have been asked to point the

finger of blame or to put the spotlight on certain people. I have

no desire to do that. Those involved have apologised, face-to-face, and

been held accountable for their mistakes. Those who went on to work

each day did not correct anx malicious way. They are we `re of

the mistakes within the systems which allowed those to be m`de are

being changed. I hope those involved in his gear will not meet these

changes again. The threshold for prescribing antibiotics is no very

different. The weirdness, vdry importantly, of sepsis has been

changed because of these devastating circumstances. I do not want my life

consumed by hate, anger or regret. To seek revenge would not honour the

memory of William. It will not bring him back. There are faults lie

within the National Health Service, some of which they have accounted

for here. But it is built on compassion, to employ those who want

to do good. They want to medt patients better and make thd lives

of those around them better. I have had plenty of negative experiences,

but if it was not for the N`tional Health Service I would not be here.

I twice and life-saving surgery Those who have the ability to

implement change, like the Health Secretary, we have found th`t with a

willingness to be open and transparent and constructivd,

everyone can work together to achieve each year and objective For

us, I am really pleased that the recent proof of that was thd public

campaign for sepsis, which we all fought to introduce. Thank xou very

much for listening to me. Thank you Melissa, for sharhng your

experience and thoughts with us It's very difficult at this time,

but also joyous for her and is her new family. Now, I want to hntroduce

James Titcomb. Thank you. Thank you. I'm really grateful for

the opportunity to talk to xou all today, and to share my experience as

a father, and as someone who has been working to try and enstre that

the needs of ordinary familhes like ours are always the number on

priority for the NHS. I lost my baby son Joshua as a consequence of the

failures of the Morecambe B`y NHS Trust, he was born a perfect baby

boy but shortly after his bhrth my wife collapsed from an infection,

and she was treated with antibiotics and fluids, but soon made a full

recovery. Over the next 24 hours, my wife and I raised many concdrns

about Joshua but despite thhs, the midwives looking after him just

reassured us that he was fine, and he wasn't referred to a doctor until

he collapsed at 24 hours of age Joshua had collapsed from

overwhelming sepsis, transfdrred to Manchester for intensive care, but

his condition got worse full stop he was then flown by helicopter to the

freedom Hospital in Newcastle, where he received world-class card. He was

put on a treatment a heart `nd lung machine for babies without we hope

the treatment will allow his lungs to heal and his prognosis w`s

reported good. Tragically, on the 5th of November 2008 Joshua passed

away. When staff at the Fredman Hospital tried to take Joshta of the

system, his left lung began to bleed and there was no choice but to turn

the machine off. After eight days battling for his life, Joshta had

gone. It's hard to put into words the pain and grief of losing Joshua.

By far hardest part is coming to terms with his last, is the way the

NHS Trust and the wider system responded. The coroner in Ndwcastle

where Joshua died refused to open an inquest on the grounds that Joshua

had died from natural causes. We were advised to make a complaint to

the trust, in order to have our concerns are addressed. Howdver a

few weeks after his death, the trust advised us that critical medical

records, its observation ch`rts had gone missing. The trust carry out an

investigation, but we were left with many unanswered questions as to what

happened, and why, and around this time we started to make contact with

other families, who had lost their loved ones through care at the same

maternity unit. It began to get me that Joshua Black Death was not lost

a one off and that similar failures in Dare had affected many other

families. In 2013, following a campaign by myself and others, the

government agreed to set up an independent investigation, chaired

by Doctor Bill Kirkman. This investigation reported in M`rch last

year. The report found a lethal mix of failures at Furness General

Hospital, in total leading to the preventable death of ten babies and

one mother. Mistakes by othdrs and midwives, lack of honesty whth

patients and families, and ` failure to learn, meaning similar mhstakes

were repeated again and agahn. Babies died due to failures into

care after Joshua died. Joshua's death was a tragedy beyond words for

our family but the second tragedy was the failure to learn from what

happened. When Joshua died from in 2008, I was working as a Project

managing in the new killer hnjury history, where mistakes and failure

were regarded as vital opportunities to learn and improve. The NHS eyeing

encounters at the time we lost Joshua felt like it was mord

interested in keeping bad ndws quiet, than learning from what

happened. More preoccupied with protecting its own instituthons and

staff than the families who depend on it. And, in the past, former

health ministers have asserted the need to maintain public confidence

in the NHS, and the Departmdnt of Health was accused of acting like a

denial machine will stop bad news swept under the carpet, and the

concerns of families swept `side. Over the past few years, thd

direction of travel has shifted markedly, a drive to improvd culture

and transparency, the regul`tory system that missed opportunhties has

fundamentally changed. Information in the old days which might have

been suppressed or ignored hs now not only acted on by a systdm but

also made available to the public. Since the Morecambe Bay

investigation report was published in a number of major public

initiatives been announced to move the NHS to what a truly learning

organisation, and I was privileged enough to be a member of thd

advisory group set up to make recommendations for the new health

care safety investigations Branch. I think this is a huge opporttnity to

ensure that major investigations like Morecambe Bay are needdd in the

future, because the necessary learning will have taken pl`ce much

sooner. -- the investigation will not be needed in the future. On the

day of Joshua's funeral, I went to local flower shop to buy flowers for

the grave, and a kind lady hn the shop asked me are they for somebody

special? When I explained, she burst into tears was she had lost a baby

at the same hospital in 2004, but in her case it was one of thosd things

that there was nothing diffdrent anybody could have done. Well, the

Kirk report referred to the very case as the best missed opportunity

for the trust to put right serious problems the building in thd

maternity unit. Add the trust responded to that first tragedy

with openness and honesty and a true learning culture, I am sure that

Joshua would now be a seven,year-old boy, and that the course of my life

and many other families' wotld be completely different. Over the next

two years, the damage for the NHS must be to ensure that opportunity

to learn are never missed a game. I just want to finish with a personal

reflection, as somebody who's been involved in health care for several

years, now. In all honesty, I think it would be hard for any secretary

of state to have done more to push for positive changes that I know

will help stories like mine, become much less likely in the futtre.

Thank you very much. APPLAUSE Thank you very much, James, for

sharing your experiences with us, today. We will shortly be hdaring

from the secretary of state of health, Jeremy Hunt. But prhor to

that, we will show you a short film. I can I'm Jeremy

Good afternoon. Conference, I believe totally and utterly in our

NHS. I want it to offer the safest, highest quality care of any country

in the world for you and yotr family. When I took on this role

four years ago, I said it w`s the biggest privilege of my lifd, and

now some say it's the hardest job in government. Others say it's the

safest because there's not ` long line of other ministers who it. But

for me it's the chance to sdrve our country by guiding our most precious

public services through difficult times. And that's why I'm proud to

be back in front of you wearing my NHS badge, and why today I want to

talk to you frankly about the state of our national health servhce.

Successes, its challenges, our plans for the future... And I want to

explain to you why despite the headlines we can all be protd of our

NHS, and all be confident its future. Now, take cancer. There

isn't a family in our country, including my own family, th`t hasn't

lost a loved one to cancer. But the truth is for many years we have had

the lowest, or one of the lowest cancer survival rates in Europe But

we haven't been doing nothing. We know with cancer the key is to catch

it early, so every day, compared to 2010, we are doing 16,000 more

diagnostic tests. As a result of that we are starting cancer

treatment for 130 more people every day, and we now have our highest

ever cancer survival rates. That's good progress. But still not good

enough. So, now, our new cotncil plan will introduce a maximtm four

week wait from GP referral to diagnosis, bring Ofsted style cancer

ratings for local areas, do more molecular diagnostics,

immunotherapy, and save an dstimated 30,000 lives a year. I'm publishing

those Ofsted ratings today, and although they don't make colfortable

reading, everyone will see our commitment to build a safer NHS

doing more than ever to fight cancer for you and your families, so let's

thank the thousands of brilliant cancer doctors, cancer nursds,

scientists, carers, charitids, volunteers, families and survivors,

for their work in fighting this horrible disease. APPLAUSE

Or take mental health. A personal priority for our new Prime Linister.

For decades, frankly, it's been a second-class citizen in the NHS But

if your daughter has an eathng disorder, if your dad is losing his

memory, it's not your second priority, it's your first. So, since

2010, we've increased by five times the number of people getting

treatment for depression, anxiety, we've raised our dementia dhagnosis

rates do one of the highest in the world, we've legislated for parity

of esteem with physical health, we've reduced waiting times targets

-- introduced waiting time targets, and now treat 1400 more people every

thing all day for mental he`lth conditions compared to six xears

ago. But again come we still need to do better. So, on our new plan, we

will see a translation of children' services, more help for mums with

postnatal depression, more help for those looking for work, and 1

million more people treated every year by the end of the parlhament, a

safer NHS, delivering better mental health treatment, than ever, for you

and your family, and we know that working in mental health can be

really stressful, so let's thank the remarkable mental health nurses the

psychiatrists, chartists like the Samaritans, mind, many others..

Volunteers, and the patients who fight stigma by speaking out about

their conditions, they are changing things for the better, and we must

recognise its today. APPLAUSE More on mental health later, but

look now at A departments. The pressures are rarely far from the

headlines. Everyone needs to know that they can get care quickly in an

emergency. And although we `re seeing record numbers, it isn't good

enough, that currently we are missing for our target, but what

have we done? this we have set taller units. We

have 1200 more doctors. And we treat around 2500 more people every few

hours than we used to, so that is easy for National Health Service for

you and your family. As you put this all together, you have the National

Health Service doing every day 400 more operations than when this

government came into power, broke cutting hospital infections by one

side. Despite the pressures of an ageing population, we are ghving

more treatment to more people than ever before. So, let us thank all

the hospital workers -- doctors nurses, porters, cleaners, caterers

and volunteers. The jobs ard tougher than I'll ever but they do ht

brilliantly. And while we are thanking pdople,

can a housekeeper personal one. I want to thank all the peopld in my

department. The altered extdnding outstanding work before thex moved

on in the summer. I am really lucky that I have such a talented new

team. I am particularly thrhlled to Nicola, who took a brief brdak to

get married. Many congratul`tions! That is much to be proud of in our

National Health Service. We just heard James is heartbreaking story

about the death of his baby son Do you know how many letters hd had to

rate in six weeks to get thd two the bottom of what happened? 300 letters

and 3000 e-mails. He should not have had to rate one of them let alone

that many. But faced with the grieving father, instead of

supporting him, the system pulled up the drawbridge is. Anyone of us

could have been the same father the same period, so let us be clear

closing ranks against peopld who want to know the truth about their

loved ones has no place in the National Health Service. Thd lesser,

her battle to save her son from sepsis, was not powerful? Whlliam

lost his life. Melissa 's work has seized the lives of thousands of

other babies. And how amazing was it of her to period just after having

her warned new BB. Yes, we will launch the campaign. Her new BB

I always give apologies on behalf of the government and the National

Health Service. Even as the words leave my lips, I know the not

enough. We want action, not words. In a democracy, no citizen should be

rendered powerless by a powdrful organisation. That is why wd have

changed the law to bring in candour in all hospitals, to be hondst with

patients and brought in rathngs for hospitals, surgeries and hole

doctors. All national health organisations are no published data

with regard to how many people would recommend the key they recehved two

friends. It all represents ` more caring National Health Servhce for

you and your family. But if you really believe in it, you w`nted to

be the best. Many will be shocked to know that according to independent

research, every week in our hospitals, we have around 140

avoidable deaths. That is the equivalent of the plane crashing

every week. Then the harm that leaves people scoured for lhfe.

Twice a week, each child is born with severe neurological injuries

which could have been avoiddd and been disabled for life. Twice a week

we operate in the wrong part of somebody's body. Last June, a major

teaching hospital removed F`llopian tubes instead of an appendix. Other

countries have the same isstes, often worse than others, actually.

But why do we accept those kind of statistics as inevitable as we would

never accept other industrids. This is not something which we are

reading for science to Dewar. This is something we can sort out rate

no. And that is what we are going to do. As James talked about, the

legacy of mistakes. In this country, we have brilliant doctors. We have

doctors learning from hard data out to save lives. Too often today, if

something goes wrong, peopld are worried about litigation. Or perhaps

the reputation of the hospital. The shutters come down and we dhd not do

the real one thing which we do not have which we need to, which is

having a frank and open discussion so that lessons are learned across

the National Health Service so that we can eat blame culture but he ll

lemming culture. We know th`t no one ever wants to make a mistakd. It

shows that provision becausd they want to help people. We want to help

them by dismantling the culture which prevents them talking openly

and replace it with one which talks openly. We have set up the

investigation Branch to makd sure we learn from mistakes. We are

consulting on legislation to give doctors a safe place to spe`k freely

and we will publish hospital 's own estimates of the overall st`tistics.

Taking a changing culture t`kes time. But it is the only wax to

build the transparent National Health Service to learn frol

mistakes and build a better National Health Service for you and xour

family. As I mentioned before, we need to do better on mental health.

Most days, I try to reply pdrsonally to members of the public about the

key and treatment. I got ond letter I will never forget from a file in

Cumbria whose daughter was revealed after rating suicide notes.

Fortunately, the -- unfortunately, the origins of her problem was not

picked up quickly enough and the next day, she killed herself. There

are 15 suicides every day. Dven worse, newly three quarters of them

have not had any contact with the National Health Service mental

health side for the previous year. No it is time to deal of it in

improved suicide prevention strategy and a safe place which gives mental

health the same priority as physical health for you and your famhly.

Part of raising standards mdans improving the key on at weekends.

Everyone should be confidently get the same high care every dax of the

week. It is not acceptable that we have mortality rates up to 05%

higher around weekends. Our seven-day hospital are simple. The

Academy of Royal medical colleges meets for key standards. Ond says

that whatever day of the wedk, highly vulnerable patients should be

checked by a consultant twice a day because it is vital to spot quickly

as someone deteriorates. But when we last checked, that happens hn just

one in 20 hospitals. Another standard says that every dax of the

week, patients should be chdcked by a senior doctor within 14 awards are

being admitted to hospital. Again, when we checked in just one

hospital, the standards are not being met. These are primarhly about

consultants, but junior doctors especially more experienced ones,

must play their part. Where will we are all pleased at this week 's

strike has been called off, I see to the BMA untold junior doctors, let

us not argue about statistics, the National Health Service you believe

in is the same one we believe in. Start calling off the strikds and

start working with us, so wd can deliver key seven days a wedk for

everyone. Of course, for the National Health

Service, money matters. For some reason, there is another quhck

enough to go around. In our manifesto to reduce the defhcit we

give it the most generous increase of the last year. More than doubled

which Labour promised that the last election. But just rating a chick

does not raise standards. L`bour tried it. America spends three times

more per head than others. They have more avoidable harm in studhes.

Affordable care does not cost more, it costs less. Every time a patient

has a fall or an infection or develops a bit sore, they end up

seeing in hospital longer, costing the National Health Service more.

Serious errors cost us ?1.5 million in litigation fees every ye`r. That

is not money spent on medichnes or doctors or nurses, but lawydrs and

picking up the pieces when things go wrong. When you look at our safest

hospitals or our best schools or police services, it is not `bout the

level of funding by the quality of leadership. Leadership that supports

doctors and nurses to learn from mistakes, leadership that m`kes a

complex system seamless for patients, like joining up the health

and social care system, leadership that says the key I want for my

mother or father is the one I will give to my patients today. . That

will do a very high quality national Health Service for you and xour

family. My job is to prepard the NHS four that. That means to be doing

something we have never dond properly before and that is training

enough doctors. Currently, one quarter of our doctors are from

overseas. They do a fantasthc job and the service would fall over

without them. When it comes to those who are European Union nationals, we

want them to stay. But lookhng forward, is it right to carry on

importing doctors from cooldr countries that need them whhle we

cannot wait undergraduates desperate to succeed. Even if we wantdd to

carry on importing doctors, the supply is drying up. The world

health organisation is seeing there is no a shortage of 2 million

doctors worldwide. We are the fifth largest economy in the world. We

should be training all of the doctors we need. Today, thex can

tell you that is exactly wh`t we are going to do.

From September 2018, we will train up to 1500 each year more doctors,

increasing the number of medical school places by up to a qu`rter,

but the biggest annual incrdase in medical school training in the

history of the NHS. Of course, it will take a number of years before

these students qualify but by the end of the next Parliament, we will

make the NHS is self-suffichent in doctors. APPLAUSE

Training a doctor costs over ?200,000. So in return, we'll ask

the all-new doctors to work for the NHS for four years, just as army

recruits are asked to come their training. The result will bd more

home doctors, fewer roads are gaps, in a sector NHS looking aftdr you

and your family for years to come. Bucks, conference... APPLAUSE

Conference, a country that works for everyone takes special care of the

public service closes to evdryone in 's heart, and that is our NHS.

Today, I want the British pdople to know that nothing matters more to

this government than protecting our NHS, and preparing it for the

future. Yes, we are the country that discovered DNA, gave the world MRI

scans, and thanks to our brhlliant universities, made soon discover a

cure for dementia and HIV. Xes, we were the first in the world to say

it doesn't matter if you're rich or poor, young or old, your falily s

there should never depend on your family's money. But, for thd

grandfather with a stroke, the giving birth, the child with sepsis,

those are about quality as well as equity, standards as well as speed,

dignity as well as delivery. And that's a big ask for those `lready

working so hard on the front line. But a big ask based on one simple

truth. The NHS they want is the NHS we all want, a safer, more

responsive, more open, seven-day NHS, offering the highest standards

of care for you, your familx, and every family in the country. That's

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

you. We now to need to move onto the next

education section, but before hearing from Justine Greening, our

secretary of State, we will hear from Jeff Shaw. Thank you. Back Lee

Mack -- Jess Shaw. Hello, I'm just sure, a marketing executive at the

ditzy, one of the leading IT companies in the UK but I dhd not

know what I wanted to do at college and I did not want to go to

university. I am so happy to have chosen to do an apprentice ship in

marketing and that discoverdd this is the definite career for le.

Recently Fujitsu attended a trade show. I thought we should t`rget

audience are directly and I thought therefore it would be a gre`t idea

to sponsor Twitter. We were received lots of tweets and this helped us

build relationships with our customers. Being an apprenthce and

given so fantastic opportunhties I am proud of, and standing in front

of you all is one of them. This is why I believe apprenticeships are

such a fantastic opportunitx for a lots of young people. That hs me.

first of all I'd like to th`nk Jess for that great introduction. Our

opportunity and agenda is all about fantastic young people like Jess

getting fantastic experiencds. As a Conservative, when I looked out at

where we have had the biggest impact in government, there is one area

that really stands out. And that is education. Through a lot of hard

work, not least of it from teachers, we have come a very, very long way.

Thanks to the reforms carridd out by Michael Gove and Nicky Morg`n, we

have seen standards raised, and 1.4 million more children in good, or

outstanding schools. In higher education, the global rankings now

show our universities right at the very top with record numbers of

young people applying. Cruchally, over the last six and a half years,

we have seen a real renaiss`nce in apprenticeships. Well over two and a

half million of them, since 201 . So, we've much to be proud of, and

that is why as Secretary of State for Education, I am very cldar that

these reforms must continue. And I'm working with a great team of

ministers. Nick Gibb, Edward Timpson, Robert Halfon. Caroline

dying age, Joe Johnson, and in the Lords, Lord Nash. And there are

still an awful lot more work to do. As Opera Minister set out, our

party's mission is to make our country one that works for dveryone,

not just the privileged few. To give people control over the things that

matter most, in their lives. And education is at the heart of our

ambition, it's how we make Britain. A true aristocracy. To me, ht's not

just about the most disadvantaged families, it's more than th`t.

Because all parents have thdir hopes and dreams for their childrdn, but

in practice for most they c`n never really take their eye off the

day-to-day realities of everyday life. And what is it like for the

children in those families? Well, I was one of them. Growing up in

Rotherham, in the 80s. And when I look back to my childhood, `ll I

wanted was a level playing field. I didn't expect any more, but I didn't

think I should expect any ldss, either, and neither did my parents.

And nowhere was that more ilportant to me than in my education. I

absolutely love going to school Kerry Thorpe primary, Oakwood

comprehensive, the Thomas Rotherham College, the first commented school

-- spate educated minister for education, I want to thank the

system. We all remember our great teachers, and no other profdssion

has the power to transform future is so much. My job, our job now is to

make sure that today's children whatever their background, get the

best start, and to me that leans three things. Knowledge and skills,

the right advice at the right time, and thirdly, great, challenging

like stripping experiences. These are the building blocks to help

young people be successful hn their years ahead. And that is whx we have

put responsibility for earlx years and schools further and higher

education, adult schools and apprenticeships or under ond roof.

In one department. I think we have never had a better chance to make a

difference for our children and young people come and look `t what

we are already doing! Doublhng childcare. Doubling free chhldcare

for parents of three and four-year-olds, creating 3 lillion

new apprenticeships for young people. And for those who w`nt to go

to university, for the very first time, we have removed the hhstoric

caprine university places. Now, if university wants to offer a place,

to a student, and if they gdt the grades, they can go. And we are also

opening up 500 brand-new frde schools by the end of 2020. Because

having more good schools and more good school places for children is

absolutely vital, and espechally disadvantaged children. The Academy

reforms of the last 15 years the ones. But now we need to crdate more

capacity in the system. We talk about pretend lotteries, but unless

you can afford to move to the right area, education has been thd

ultimate postcode lottery. That is why our green paper is asking how we

can create more great school places in more parts of the countrx,

including selective places. I talked about a level playing field. Grammar

schools have a track record of closing the attainment gap between

children on free school meals, and they're better off classmatds, that

is because in grammars thosd driven on free school meals progress twice

as fast as the other childrdn. So the gap disappears. And 99% of

grammars are rated good or outstanding. But in spite of this,

Labour's approach to grammars is to close the school down. And

conference it's rank hypocrhsy. Because Labour ministers send their

children to grammars, too. @nd it's classic labour. Do as I say not as I

do. Conservatives believe that we should

support parental choice, not ignore it. Local areas who want more

grammar places should be able to have them, and similarly, local

areas you want to stick with their existing schools, they are happy

with, they will be able to do that too, and unlike at present, we will

challenge grammars and selective schools to work much harder at

getting more disadvantaged pupils through their doors. We will

challenge them to show that they can also improve the schools around

them, and we all know that's children develop at different

speeds, so let's be flexibld on which age children can go to

grammars. So let's be clear. This is not about a return to the 10 plus,

and our universities, our independent schools, and our faith

schools will have their part to play too, working with other schools in

the system. All of this is `bout more and better choices for parents,

but I want us to improve choices for students, too. We have got lore

young people going into higher education than ever before, and

critically, more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. H was the

first person in my family to go to university, and I know how luch it

transformed my own prospects full stop but, for many young people in

our country, university won't be the path that they will necessarily want

to take, like Jess. They might not want a purely academic routd, they

might prefer a technical ond. Last year 48% of our young peopld went to

university, but 50% didn't. And for too long the technical educ`tion

they want hasn't been good dnough. We've already set about changing

this, with our skills plan, and this will be a big focus for me, as

secretary of state, because I'm really determined to put thd quality

of technical education on a par with the quality of our academic

education. APPLAUSE The parts we really need to pull

together are the work of thd further education colleges up and down the

country. University technic`l colleges...

They are doing so much work on skills, and also the huge extra

investment in a apprenticeships now from our biggest companies was up

yes it is about knowledge and reformed, stretching, rigorous,

academic curriculum. It is now matching the best in the world, but

it is also about skills, crdative skills, problem solving, te`m

working, the skills that employers, that British is this needs. --

British business. We are transforming academic, and we must

do so for technical education, because we need a world-class

education system working for everyone and for all of our young

people. And all of this has at its heart a mission, a mission to make

ours the country where we rdmove the barriers stopping people from being

the best that they can be. The great meritocracy, opportunity Brhtain, a

levelled up Britain. It doesn't matter what you call it. Thhs

country's greatest asset is its people. So unlocking potenthal, and

levelling up opportunity in our country is Britain's greatest

generational challenge. When everyone does even a bit better our

country does a lot better. So the final part of what I want to say is

focused on the children and the young people who are the very

furthest away from having that level playing field and opportunity.

Knowledge and skills, the r`te advice and great life experhences.

I will work with great organisations and with help we are going to make

sure that young people in opportunities are plugged in to an

amazing experience. I want to see businesses polishing

up the talents of a new gendration. The rough diamonds, to make sure we

unlock the talent of everyone in the country. Especially the children in

these opportunity areas where it is most likely to be messed. That is

why we are about to hear from Caroline. Business has such a strong

role to play. Setting the s`fe side of young people it is very hard to

infer an opportunity if you do not know it is there. That is why the

CBI have agreed to get behind these and I want to see more local

enterprise partnerships involved in this in the years and months ahead.

I want them to work with local councils and local communithes. What

I have talked about is very hard to do. Generational issues do not get

fixed overnight. But we havd got to make a start and that is wh`t these

first opportunity areas are all about. As Conservatives, we know

that the most precious opportunity and commodity is opportunitx. These

1 million children who are locked out have just as much talent as any

other children in our country. We all it to them and to ourselves to

unlock it. In our country, driving social mobility is not just the

right thing to do, it is absolutely essential if we are to be stccessful

in today's world. A river mtch uncertainty that is unclear, one

thing is certain, that is that Britain is going to have to be at

the top of its game if we are going to succeed. We will only re`ch the

potential of the country whdn these children reach the ears. Just

because it is complicated it does not mean it is beyond us as a

country. It is not. Our party has always run towards these big

generational issues, never `way from them. That is what we stand for A

country where anyone can succeed. It is the Conservative Party that is

going to lead that. Thank you. Thank you. I would like to know give

give a warm welcome to Caroline from the CBI.

Thank you so much for joining me on stage today. And thank you for

getting involved in our working opportunities area. Why do xou think

it is so important that we get these opportunities and what Brithsh

business can bring to them? Firstly, I would like to see how good it is

to be here today to give our support from CBI the on focusing on pack

practical ideas at the ground level. In my first year at the CBI I have

talked so much to business who have said raising standards in education

are the most important factor to them. It is about the prospdrity and

productivity of our country. We have done work over the last year about

the differences in productivity between regions. There are too many

parts of the country which `re fallen behind. One of the strongest

drivers of productivity differences as attainment at 16. It is the

ability of schools to work with young people to drive that. The

reason I am so excited to bd here today is that you are talking about

practical opportunities for businesses to work with govdrnment.

There is a lot going on alrdady I talked to the Dyson foundathon and

many other groups. The is so much more that can be done. What business

can do is help inspire and help link information, so that everyone knows

what skills are needed. At the end of the day, we want to create great

opportunities for young people. What sort of skills to young people need

to be coming out of the education system with? Especially with regard

to the Brexit Britain we ard facing. It is all about leaving school and

being ready to work. Employdrs say it has as much about attitude and

understanding what working hn collaboration and working in

teamwork are all about. The other side of it is the set of skhlls that

young people will need for ` new world. Brexit Or not, the economy is

changing. We know that talkhng to our members, they need highdr skills

for the future. We need enghneering skills, problem solving skills. That

is really what we're talking about doing, preparing a new genddr

generation for a new world of work. Policies for getting out into the

work environment but also tdchnical skills for the New World. Over time,

due think the attitude of British business towards working with the

education sector is changing? A sense of how we can make thhs to the

top of the week race? You t`lked about the country is doing fantastic

work with apprenticeships. We want to make that the norm rather than

the exception? Absolutely. H am very struck by the businesses seding what

more can we do? That is why it is so welcome. That is why it is so

important there are things going on in local regions. Many businesses

are trying things out. Thesd are working with local enterprise is a

very important part of the picture. But it is rather piecemeal, so I

think we need to create new models in these areas we have identified,

we can bring to the ground very exciting opportunities so it's

useless as if it is a bit more of a framework around it. One of the

questions I wanted to ask w`s what you are looking for from business in

this new environment? How c`n we help to bring our members in on this

in a week which really works with what you are trying to do? Part of

it is allowing young people to get a sense of the world though the and

the huge opportunities that business the huge opportunities that business

presents. I remember when I was doing my exams, never thought about

doing anything to do with the legal business. But when children are

looking at what they want to do in the future life, that is very

important, but the other important thing is getting new experidnces and

getting young people getting in early experiences of being hn the

workplace. An experience of the world of work that the appe`rance

great to every day. It is all about mentoring. It is important to me

that they get encouragement. They get that in the classroom, but it

would be very powerful for them to get that from the business sector,

to tell them to set their shghts high. That is what I am hearing and

seeing. One of our members has been working with schools for a long time

and has started moving into primary schools. They are having

conversations with children who are beginning to think about thd

interests in science and other subjects. What we are able to talk

about is these amazing systdms they are developing, the likes of drawn

technology, which actually hnspired a severely young age and I think

that is a big part of it. Btsiness will do that govern the right

opportunity. As you start sdeing young people taking an interest in

these new areas? We have sedn a huge interest in the likes of guhlt doing

mathematics. Do you think there are more career choices? Definitely We

have just been doing work whth the RSA about the whole scheme `genda.

It is very exciting. Again, it is about the excitement of 3-D

printing, the excitement of new digital technology. And the more

that we can sure rather than tell, the more the better. My mother was a

teacher, so I know the challenges of managing a curriculum when xou are

having to teach to a certain set of rules. I think it would be really

worth thinking about is how it can be made easy to create a sp`ce in

the curriculum for a lot of showing, a lot of inspiration, to make it

easier for schools to adapt to this. From the perspective of the CBI how

do you go about evaluating what they are all doing? With regard to how we

try and skill this up across the country? A lot of our members are

leading the lawn work experhence, leading to internships. We can help

to bring the information to them. One thing we could be better at in

the future is giving more a sense of the demand side, we have spdnt time

talking about the supplied side and schools, but I am not sure that we

have always been as good as we could be about communicating back what

these skill needs of businesses going forward, and I think one of

the exciting things is now industrial strategy is firmly on the

agenda, and this idea of actually thinking forward and having a

strategic plan for a sector, how that can then come back and give a

clearer idea of what kind of skills would be needed in the VJ, `nd how

some of that might actually be really local, so I would like to

think with you as part of this opportunity areas how we can get

better, talking about what we need in the future for different kinds of

skills. So, we need to look ahead, plan ahead, and start Sedlex sort of

changing what we are talking to children about in terms of

opportunity, so they are re`dy for the ones they will be compotnded

within the future, rather than. . Yes, I think that's exactly right.

So many of the things we ard going to be good at in the future are

happening today, they are h`ppening today, and if we can take them into

our schools, we can show thdm that you know, the high-tech of the

feature that actually manuf`cturing is an exciting career to go into.

Digital technology is everywhere, and we show it, I believe wd can

inspire a new direct -- gendration, and if we can do that together, if

our members who are so keen to be involved in this handy that, we

would really be delighted to do it. Thank you very much for comhng on

stage, it's been brilliant. The and I think that the end of the

education session. Thank yot very much, everybody, for coming to it.

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