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HANSARDCommunity HospitalsThe Government have set out a great ambition, but the Minister is talking about neighbourhood health centres and we are talking about community hospitals. Where do they dovetail…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCommunity HospitalsI am sorry to hammer this home, but every single point that the Minister has made has been about community services. She is spot on, but the question is where community hospitals…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCommunity HospitalsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) on securing the debate. It is fantastic to have the…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDDefence Investment PlanThe Business Secretary said on the weekend that a lot of time and effort had gone into the defence investment plan, but when pushed he said that he had not read it. The former…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDWaiting Lists: Unreported RemovalsIt is not just the Conservatives who are raising this issue; it is patients and the Health Service Journal . The answer is that 350,000 people—a city the size of Coventry—were…09 Jun 2026HANSARDWaiting Lists: Unreported RemovalsLast month, the Health Service Journal reported that the elective waiting list target was met largely—largely—because a record number of patients were removed from waiting lists…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseCould we have a debate in Government time on performance and image-enhancing drugs? Last month, UK Anti-Doping released a survey that looked at 1,000 young people between the ages…04 Jun 2026HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine, and I thank the hon. Member for Tiverton and Minehead (Rachel Gilmour) for securing this important debate. It is…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMurder of Henry Nowak“I’ve been stabbed” versus “He racially abused me.” How are the Government going to rebuild public confidence in our culture and in institutions that have attempted to rank people…02 Jun 2026HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesThe Minister points to the important partnership between community pharmacies and dispensing GPs. There are concerns about the change in the EMIS module and the future for…02 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillThe Secretary of State is making himself the data controller of all the data that will be in place. What impact does that have on the sections he has just talked about?01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseOn page 243 of volume II part III, the Minister’s predecessor, talking about Labour MPs, states: “Every meeting I have is ‘who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others’.” Is…01 Jun 2026HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Code of PracticeI am going to try to get some clarity, because my hon. Friend the Member for East Grinstead and Uckfield (Mims Davies) asked when there will be written explanations of the draft…01 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence ReadinessTo be charitable to the Government, there is actually £34 billion that could be spent in defence, given that they had another U-turn on the Chagos deal. Maybe there is a delay in…20 May 2026HANSARDDefence ReadinessI posed this question to the Minister’s colleague, the Minister for the Armed Forces, when he was last at the Dispatch Box: where is the DIP stuck? He seemed to point the finger…20 May 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble AddressThe Government stand accused by not one but two of the most august Committees in this House of not playing fair in giving across the information. The Minister’s argument is simply…19 May 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ10. Please could the Prime Minister explain to the House why, if he has done nothing wrong and process has been followed, he needed to force his MPs to vote against an…29 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI usually come to this House to represent the people of Hinckley and Bosworth, and occasionally other people across the nation, by raising and debating pertinent issues. Today,…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesWhen the Prime Minister came in, he said that he wanted to do things differently. He has had not one, but two, opportunities—one in an emergency debate tabled by the Opposition—to…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI also took part in that debate. The hon. Gentleman will remember and the record will show that the decision was suddenly made during the debate. The Government were going to vote…28 Apr 2026