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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. The Home Secretary is boasting about the fact that hotel asylum seekers’ numbers are being reduced, but of course, they are being moved into houses in multiple occupation and…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the new Defence Secretary to Question Time, and simply pose a quick question to him, because we need some clarity about the Chagos deal. Will he confirm that it has been…06 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.06 Jul 2026HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareOr guesstimates day, for want of a better pun. That is part of the problem. If the Government are so confident, why do they not produce the impact report so that they can justify…30 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.30 Jun 2026HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareI will dispense with the formalities to jump straight in. The hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) asked whether the Government have a clear, funded and…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareThe Minister would save a lot of time simply by publishing the impact assessment, which would answer every one of the questions that she is trying to find the answers to in her…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareWill the Minister give way?30 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Fuller inquiry called for a strengthening of the safeguards and the law in relation to looking after the deceased, but last week’s mortuary report on Nottingham hospital…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareWhat is the policy’s true cost? How will it be paid for? What will be displaced in the NHS to make it happen?30 Jun 2026HANSARDNational Lung Cancer Screening ProgrammeI appreciate that this is not part of the Minister’s brief. The speed of the programme’s roll-out is fantastic, but there remains a concern that if 60% of people have taken it up,…25 Jun 2026HANSARDNational Lung Cancer Screening ProgrammeIt is a pleasure to be here in an air-conditioned room while we continue this debate. It is poignant that it is so hot today, because we know how that can impact people with…25 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsDid you meet Andy?24 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Will the Chancellor explain why she is now clawing back VAT on the compassionate medicines scheme, which means that this Labour Government are taxing free cancer drugs given…23 Jun 2026HANSARDCommunity 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 2026HANSARDCommunity 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 2026HANSARDCommunity 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 2026HANSARDDefence 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 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 2026HANSARDWaiting 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 2026