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HANSARDHealth and Care BillThe hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Dr Whitford) is absolutely right about acute safety; I speak from personal experience. My right hon. Friend is right about general practice,…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI declare an interest similar to that of my hon. Friend the Member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (Dr Poulter). Does the Secretary of State agree that there is an…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsMy right hon. Friend is right to say that not every city, town and village will benefit from this plan, but one thing is for sure, which is that they will all be paying for it and…18 Nov 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: EU NegotiationsWill my right hon. and learned Friend reaffirm that the priority for Her Majesty’s Government remains upholding the Belfast agreement, even if the European Union appears to hold…18 Nov 2021HANSARDTobacco Control PlanI warmly congratulate my hon. Friend on bringing forward this debate. On the point about the 70,000 deaths, is it not important to understand that that is year after year after…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdatePandemics are by definition international, and the UK—along with France, Germany and the World Health Organisation—has rightly called for an international pandemic treaty. Can my…15 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP26I congratulate the Prime Minister on his Glasgow achievements. Can he say what is being done to remedy the international shortage of critical minerals to make semiconductors,…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI declare my interest as a vaccinator. I support the Government’s position, but will my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State tell us what assessment he has made of the risk of…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Government ResponseWill the Minister ensure that an obsession with non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as mask wearing, does not obscure the central message that the way out of this is through…21 Oct 2021HANSARD Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: IranMy right hon. Friend is being very generous and is right to say that technical understanding and knowledge cannot be unpicked. That, in a sense, is more important than the quantum…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)Would my right hon. Friend go a little further? As a medical support worker, I can tell him that there has been very little effort to follow through on a programme begun last year…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)I always listen to the right hon. Gentleman’s comments with the greatest of interest. He is concerned that there is not sufficient scrutiny. Will he compare and contrast the…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)When the hon. Gentleman says vaccination, I hope he also means vaccination against seasonal flu, which is currently at the front of my mind as this morning I had my jab in the…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)Will my hon. Friend also scrutinise the Bill, as a number of colleagues have mentioned this afternoon, to find those bits that were inserted as expedients but probably need to be…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: IranI congratulate my right hon. Friend on sponsoring this important debate. Does he agree with me that if our colleague’s concerns were correct then—they certainly were—they would be…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNet Zero Emissions by 2050In addressing the energy trilemma of cost, security and decarbonisation, what account is my right hon. Friend taking of the 10,000 MW, 4,500 km power link between Australia and…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeIt is obviously right that we crack through this casework as soon as possible, particularly in relation to UK nationals and those who come under the scope of the ARAP scheme. That…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy Billrose—14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillMy right hon. Friend is being very generous in giving way. May I just clarify my intent? It would be reasonable to have an indicative cost. After all, in the case of most of our…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI am listening carefully to my right hon. Friend. Does he share my concern that there may be an element of gaming by the social care sector, in so far as hotel costs are clearly…14 Sept 2021