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HANSARDEntertainment Venues: Covid-19 SupportWhat steps he is taking to support entertainment venues that are unable to operate as a result of local covid-19 restrictions.05 Nov 2020HANSARDEntertainment Venues: Covid-19 SupportPavilions, a performing arts venue in Teignmouth, in my constituency, did not apply for the original round of funding from the cultural recovery fund, as at that time it was in an…05 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI have a particular concern with regard to those individuals with a health problem that is not covid-related. My hon. Friend the Member for Altrincham and Sale West (Sir Graham…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWill the Secretary of State please explain what formal and detailed assessment his Department has made of the long-term health cost that a second blanket lockdown would have on…15 Oct 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewThe report from Baroness Cumberlege is more than welcome. It demonstrates to me, and to many of us, that the key to getting this right is having the knowledge, because with…09 Jul 2020HANSARD Health InequalitiesMy hon. Friend is totally right. There are some very big consequentials relating to the geography of our area and to the demographic profile. We tend to export young people and…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Health InequalitiesGood health and good healthcare are clearly the basis for happiness and prosperity for individuals and communities. As we have heard, many factors impact on health: some are…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Medicines and Medical Devices BillI welcome this Bill. It is crucial that we have an effective regulatory system in this country, so we should enable the Government to amend existing regulations post Brexit. We…02 Mar 2020HANSARD Environment BillI welcome the Bill. Indeed, I spoke the first time it was debated on 28 October, and the concerns I expressed then are very similar to those I have heard today across the House.…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. Devon is a wonderful place for people to come and retire, and as a consequence we have many older people. According to Age UK, we have…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)The right hon. Gentleman talks about the holistic nature of the system that means it needs to be looked at together. Does he agree that we should take a leaf out of the book of…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Leaseholders and CladdingI am pleased to have an opportunity to speak in the debate. I draw hon. Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I have individuals in my…12 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillThe hon. Lady makes a very good point—I think there are probably two points there. The first is what we should be measuring and when, and the second is about data and the privacy…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Just like physical health checks, which are very much part of the standard GP system, mental health checks should equally be a part of the…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillMy hon. Friend is right in that the things that are relevant to mental health cannot exclude the budgets in other parts of the system. He is absolutely right, as the hon. Member…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. The challenge, as she recognises, is how we change the language in a way that is accepted and becomes the norm. Part of this is having a much…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillThat is one of the best points that I have heard in this debate, and it is extremely well made. However, it is a real challenge trying to help individuals to accept even that they…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillThat point is extremely well made. Let me say, if I may, that there is also a challenge for any Government to be able to properly ascertain what the actual need is. There is a lot…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillI rise to speak to new clause 9, tabled in my name and those of the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Dr Whitford) and my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne (Sir Charles…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillThe hon. Lady makes an apposite and correct point. We cannot talk about mental health just within the health and care bucket, so to speak. What do we do to help young mums? What…04 Feb 2020