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HANSARDAdult Social CareMy hon. Friend has already been a really good champion of collaborative health and social care work. He has made some excellent suggestions, and we have seen how things such as…28 Jan 2020HANSARDAdult Social CareThe Prime Minister has set out his plans. He wants to seek political consensus and bring forward a plan for adult social care this year, and we are looking at a whole range of…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Adult Social Care in Shropshire: Government FundingIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) on securing this…22 Jan 2020HANSARD Adult Social Care in Shropshire: Government FundingThat is absolutely right. It is because of the army of paid and unpaid carers that my hon. Friend mentioned that there are many reasons to be positive about the care people…22 Jan 2020HANSARD Surrogacy: Government PolicyIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I want to start in the same vein as the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson) by heaping…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Surrogacy: Government PolicyI will very much take my hon. Friend’s advice on this. Hers have been particularly large and glamorous shoes to fill in this role. She makes some excellent points—the Law…21 Jan 2020HANSARDLearning Disability and Autism TrainingThe Government have made improving the care and treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities a priority. Society is rightly judged on the way it treats its…05 Nov 2019HANSARDPersonal Health Budgets: Legal RightsToday, and following consultation, I am pleased to announce that I am laying legislation that will extend the legal right to have a personal health budget to a further two groups.…31 Oct 2019HANSARDEnd-of-life CareWe care passionately about the way in which children’s palliative care is delivered. That is why we have increased the children’s hospice grant from £12 million this year to £25…29 Oct 2019HANSARDEnd-of-life CareWe are absolutely committed to supporting end-of-life care, not only through £4.5 billion-worth of investment in primary and community services but through providing an additional…29 Oct 2019HANSARDHearing AidsI don’t know about you, Mr Speaker, but I could listen to the hon. Gentleman talk all day. He is absolutely right to commend the wonderful services provided by the team in Dudley.…29 Oct 2019HANSARDHearing AidsThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise this. As I said in my first answer, it is important that we can work collaboratively with organisations in the private sector and across the…29 Oct 2019HANSARDHearing AidsI certainly could not have put that more articulately than my right hon. Friend did, and he is absolutely right. In 2018, the Government provided contracts worth more than £25…29 Oct 2019HANSARDHearing AidsThe hon. Lady is absolutely to raise that. CCGs are responsible for the commissioning of NHS audiology services, including the provision of hearing aids. We expect all CCGs to…29 Oct 2019HANSARDPrescription Costs: Health OutcomesI suppose I should probably have declared an interest in this issue, because I am severely asthmatic and I do not get free prescriptions, but then again I do not think I should.…29 Oct 2019HANSARDPrescription Costs: Health OutcomesI simply say to the hon. Lady that people over the age of 60 qualify for free prescriptions.29 Oct 2019HANSARDPrescription Costs: Health OutcomesThe right hon. Gentleman plays down his role in this agenda; he has been a great champion for social prescribing. All of us in the Department’s Front-Bench team have met people…29 Oct 2019HANSARDHearing AidsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. She is absolutely right to highlight the fact that any form of disability can cause social isolation and loneliness, but hearing loss and…29 Oct 2019HANSARDHearing AidsYes absolutely; I can give the hon. Gentleman that clear reassurance, and I thank him for his work as chair of the all-party group on deafness.29 Oct 2019HANSARDHearing AidsMy hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. We are absolutely committed to the principle of an NHS that is free at the point of use, but the NHS has, under successive Governments,…29 Oct 2019