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HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)As I am sure the Minister knows, I have been a trade unionist since I started my teaching career some years ago. I have been involved in a number of industrial actions over that…16 Jul 2026HANSARDFarm Business Sustainability1. What steps she is taking to support the long-term financial sustainability of farm businesses.09 Jul 2026HANSARDFarm Business SustainabilityFarmers across Lichfield, Burntwood and the villages know that one of the most important things for them to make their businesses work is access to fertiliser at a price that…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)It is always a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. I will speak briefly on new clauses 79 and 80. I really like the intent of these new clauses, and the idea of…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)My hon. Friend makes an important point about the centrality of public health to the founding of the NHS. Earlier in Committee, I said that the NHS was the greatest gift the…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I absolutely join the hon. Member in thanking those service personnel who do so much good around the world, but I wonder whether it is appropriate to ask the Secretary of State…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I very much appreciate that intervention, and I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on getting published in a very important journal. I am not in any way saying that the Secretary of…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)To quote the Precision Health Technologies Accelerator at the University of Birmingham, very close to my Lichfield constituency, its leadership has been supportive of the removal…09 Jul 2026HANSARD British Industry Supercharger: CeramicsWill the Secretary of State give way?09 Jul 2026HANSARD British Industry Supercharger: CeramicsI thank the Secretary of State for giving way, and I apologise to my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) for not quite being able to get here for the…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is, as ever, a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. Healthwatch was established, at least in part, as a response to the Mid Staffs scandal. Mid Staffs came up three…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Funding Healthwatch is really important, but to address the issue properly, we must make sure that Healthwatch is in the rooms it needs to be in. Funding needs to be part of the…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)In isolation, that criticism would be legitimate, but, alongside other changes being introduced, there are ways to mitigate that problem. I am concerned that local healthwatch…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will make some progress. There are concerns that if we roll some responsibilities into ICBs or councils, the Department needs to make sure that the issue does not get pushed to…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am just about to conclude, so I will allow the hon. Lady to come back when she makes her speech shortly. The final point I want to make is about local government. I hope the…07 Jul 2026HANSARD Ceramics IndustryIt is a pleasure to sum up this debate, although my thanks will be a bit out of order, because I want to start with my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Linsey Farnsworth).…06 Jul 2026HANSARD Ceramics IndustryI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 764785 relating to support for the ceramics industry. It is a pleasure, as ever, to see you in the Chair, Dr Murrison.…06 Jul 2026HANSARD Ceramics IndustryMy good and hon. Friend is right to raise the importance of energy costs to industry across the United Kingdom. Ceramics, though, is the hardest industry to decarbonise. It is…06 Jul 2026HANSARD Ceramics IndustryIt seems like Cornwall has come mob-handed today; I am getting it from both sides. My hon. Friend is right, and that goes back to the point about reindustrialising the nation. We…06 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eleventh sitting)As ever, it is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. I have listened very carefully to people’s speeches, and it is important to say that we are debating that clause 47…02 Jul 2026