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HANSARD NHS Winter ReadinessThere has been no mention of increasing social care packages. Today, I spoke to the CEO of Hampshire hospitals trust, which runs Winchester hospital, and she said the single…30 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Winter ReadinessI thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) for securing this timely debate. In Winchester, the NHS is the No. 1 issue for nearly everyone, and it will…30 Oct 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesThank you for calling me to speak, Ms Vaz. I also thank the hon. Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos Charalambous) for securing this debate on a hugely important subject.…29 Oct 2024HANSARDMinisterial StandardsAs a veterinary surgeon, I am expected to maintain the highest professional and behavioural standards at all times, as are those in many other regulated professions such as…24 Oct 2024HANSARDMinisterial Standards8. What steps he is taking to ensure high ministerial standards in government.24 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker, but I withdraw my question.24 Oct 2024HANSARD Water Companies: Regulation and Financial StabilityWe have talked about how disgusting, and what a public health issue it is to have sewage and other pollution pouring into our rivers, but I want to touch on the ecological damage.…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Water Companies: Regulation and Financial StabilityThe right hon. Gentleman makes a very important point: it is not simply pollution, but the over-extraction of those environments that is horrendously damaging to chalk streams.…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Water Companies: Regulation and Financial StabilityOn the water-stress levels in Southern Water—our constituencies share the same water provider—it is worth acknowledging that a fifth of water is lost to leaks. We have just heard…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 16 October.16 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsIn last week’s maternity services debate, we heard of the devastating impact of the removal of consultant-led maternity services from hospitals. Under the previous Government’s…16 Oct 2024HANSARD Access to Primary HealthcareWill my hon. Friend give way?16 Oct 2024HANSARD Access to Primary HealthcareEvery Member who has spoken, from whichever side of the House, has spoken eloquently about their constituents’ difficulties accessing primary care. As the Lib Dem mental health…16 Oct 2024HANSARDMental Health SupportThank you, Mr Dowd, for calling me to speak. As a veterinary surgeon, I come from a profession that has a suicide rate four times the national average. Like many people in this…10 Oct 2024HANSARDMental Health SupportThat is a good and important point. We also need to acknowledge that people with certain issues—neurodiversity, undiagnosed ADHD or autism—who do not get the support they need are…10 Oct 2024HANSARDMaternity Services: GloucestershireAs the Liberal Democrat spokesperson on mental health, I believe we should acknowledge and pay tribute to NHS staff in general and specifically midwives because we know that one…09 Oct 2024HANSARDMaternity Services: GloucestershireOne of the biggest problems that has come up time and again in every maternity inquiry is that women are not being listened to, and too many times their concerns about their care…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeOn the earlier point about nature restoration around chalk streams, in Winchester we have the River Itchen going right through the heart of the city. A lot of farming clusters…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeWill the Minister give way?08 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationAs the newly appointed Liberal Democrat spokesperson on mental health, I was really concerned to see in the report that mental health is about 20% of the NHS’s burden yet receives…07 Oct 2024