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HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023I want to find out the Minister’s thinking on the extent to which the Government will push these regulations when they are in place. What would the Minister’s view be on an NHS…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023My hon. Friend raises a really important concern, because we have massive numbers of vacancies across the health and care system in England. We need to do all we can, not just to…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023My hon. Friend makes a really important point. It is a tragedy that the Minister saw fit not to give way to Opposition Members, who would have asked, as I am sure my hon. Friend…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023I absolutely do. Who would have thought it? Good dialogue works. Talking from one side of an argument to another works. Trying to bring people together to understand a position,…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023My hon. Friend is absolutely right and comes to the same conclusion as our hon. Friend the Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell). The regulations are not just unnecessary;…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It begs the question why, other than for political expediency, we are wasting our time here debating the regulations, which are needless for…27 Nov 2023HANSARDMinisters without Portfolio: ResponsibilitiesI welcome the Minister to her post. If her Front Bench is full of common sense, which will she tackle first: a Home Secretary who thinks that Stockton North is a proverbial…23 Nov 2023HANSARDMinisters without Portfolio: Responsibilities8. What the responsibilities of the Ministers without Portfolio are.23 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI listened very carefully to the Paymaster General’s replies to my colleagues about the contaminated blood scandal. Can he guarantee that we will have a statement to the House…23 Nov 2023HANSARD World Stroke DayMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Some of the discussions that I have had, including this week, with professionals in the care sector have been about how we upskill care…23 Nov 2023HANSARD World Stroke DayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. Like others, I begin by thanking my hon. Friend—I will call him that, because we are friends—the Member for…23 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House is a stickler for detail, yet there was scant mention in her replies to my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell), or indeed by the…23 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe reality is that neither the long-term security of Israel nor justice for the Palestinians will be found through bombs and bullets. As an international community, we need to be…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Labour Party research on waste in the Ministry of Defence shows that over £15 billion has been squandered since 2010, so when are the Government going to get a grip on defence…20 Nov 2023HANSARDLevelling UpI can be one of this Government’s sharpest critics, often justifiably, but today I thank the Minister and his predecessor, the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Dehenna Davison),…20 Nov 2023HANSARDHealthcare Students: Pay and Financial SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I welcome the Minister to his latest position on the Government Front Bench. I hope he enjoys what remaining time…20 Nov 2023HANSARDHealthcare Students: Pay and Financial SupportMy hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. We are talking about student nurses and student midwives, who do not have any spare time to dedicate to other forms of paid employment:…20 Nov 2023HANSARDYouth UnemploymentBut the number of young people unemployed in Denton and Reddish is still far too high—the latest figures show a 7% youth unemployment claimant count, which is not good enough.…13 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationI abhor the loss of all innocent civilian life. Dead innocent Israeli men, women and children and dead innocent Palestinian men, women and children have this in common: they are…08 Nov 2023HANSARDDisabled People: Additional Costs6. What recent estimate she has made of the level of additional costs affecting households with disabled people.25 Oct 2023