I commend the resilience of my hon. Friend. Before Christmas, I spoke at a report launch with the charity Working with Cancer, which focuses on exactly the issue she has raised. She is right: employers have a key role in supporting people with cancer to continue to thrive in work, and the “Keep Britain Working” review will engage with people with lived experience as well as employers.

This is such an important point. If resilience is to mean anything, it has to be for us all, not just for some. My hon. Friend is right to say that one of the lessons of past tragedies, whether it is covid-19, Grenfell Tower or others, is that it is often the most vulnerable in our society who are hardest hit. That is why it is so important that we learn the lessons of the past and have support for the most vulnerable at the heart of our work. The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Erith and Thamesmead, recently met senior representatives from a range of organisations that support people who are disproportionately impacted by emergencies and crises to make sure that resilience is, indeed, for all, and not just for some.

The Government's first responsibility is to keep the public safe, which is why national resilience is a top priority for us. In July, I announced that I would lead a review of resilience, and work has been progressing across Government. We have engaged at all levels with the public, private and voluntary sectors, and this work is overseen by the dedicated resilience sub-committee of the National Security Council, which I chair. It is also closely linked to our consideration of the covid inquiry module 1 report, to which the Government will respond next month—within the six-month timeframe set out by the chair of the inquiry.

The Budget committed significant funding both for mayoral areas and those not covered by mayoral combined authorities through the local transport fund. Crucially, new powers will be delivered to those areas to ensure they can take back control of their local public transport services. Of course I would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend to discuss this further.

The Government are committed to enhancing stalking protection orders, implementing automatic suspensions for officers under investigation for domestic abuse and sexual offences, introducing mandatory professional standards for individual officers, and examining police responses to stalking as part of efforts to protect victims. I encourage reaching out to the Home Office Minister responsible for safeguarding but am willing to meet Dr Gerval.

We will implement the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which lays a good foundation for ensuring that victims know their rights under the code and that agencies are held accountable. We will consult on revising the victims' code early next year and increase the Victims' Commissioner's powers to enhance accountability.

The Minister acknowledges the challenges faced by families waiting for EHCPs and commits to reforming the system to recognize children's needs at an earlier stage. She emphasizes the need to improve the process despite recognizing current demand on EHCPs.

It is incredibly important that the relevant infrastructure, amenities and services are in place. We have taken a number of steps to better support that in the short period we have been in office, not least through the national planning policy framework, but there is more to be done in that area. I will keep it under very close review.

This issue is important to Members in all parts of the country, but I recognise my hon. Friend's particular point about prosperous rural economies. Access to banking and financial services is a prime example of the fact that the Government will work across every Department to make sure we are giving businesses what they need. We will see at least an additional 350 banking hubs in this Parliament.

small businesses are the beating heart of our high streets and communities, and they are essential to economic success and our growth mission. We want growth in every part of the UK, and small businesses have an enormous role to play in that.