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HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekI can certainly commit to the hon. Lady that mental health spending in real terms will go up every single year. It went up by £688 million in real terms this year. [ Official…26 Feb 2026HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekAs always, the hon. Lady reads too much into my words. I am a Scot, so for me, spring and summer sometimes mean the same thing—and indeed winter. I can reassure her that there was…26 Feb 2026HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekIt is an honour and a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on securing today’s debate and raising this…26 Feb 2026HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekI wholeheartedly agree. The Government are committed to ending the revolving door for many conditions—this is an exemplar, in many ways—by joining up care and the streams of…26 Feb 2026HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekThe hon. Lady makes a really valid point. She will know, as I do, that the regulation of these platforms in relation to children’s access is a live issue at the heart of…26 Feb 2026HANSARDDisabled Women: Maternity CareI welcome the hon. Gentleman to his place. I am informed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State that it has not met yet, but we are establishing it and it will be meeting…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAccess to Mental Health ServicesI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s invitation. She is right: we need to think of innovative ways of attacking the mental health issues that face our country, and particularly our…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAccess to Mental Health ServicesThe right hon. Gentleman is right to highlight this very live issue. As a doctor, a parent and a Minister, it is live in my mind, as it is in the minds of hon. Members across the…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAccess to Mental Health ServicesAbsolutely; it is unacceptable that there is still a disparity between mental and physical health when it comes to investigation, diagnosis and treatment. That is why this…24 Feb 2026HANSARDDisabled Women: Maternity CareI see that the brass neck of the hon. Gentlemen’s predecessor has been transplanted to him. He talks about seven months, but what about the last 14 years, through which the…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMental health support teams provide innovative early support for children and young people in schools and colleges, and I am pleased that these are working well in Bracknell…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAccess to Mental Health ServicesI think we are all distressed to hear stories like that. It is what motivates us to keep going and ensure that the NHS becomes a match-fit service for the 21st century. To…24 Feb 2026HANSARDPeople with Down’s Syndrome: Sport and HealthEvery child with a disability should have the opportunity to reap the health and wellbeing benefits of being active. We are working across health, education and sports to break…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis UK Labour Government, at least, are spending billions of pounds upgrading the digital architecture of the NHS in England. That means that over 90% of GPs now offer…24 Feb 2026HANSARDPeople with Down’s Syndrome: Sport and HealthThe hon. Member is not the first colleague to raise that issue. Clearly, the safety of patients and children is paramount, but it must be proportionate and led by evidence. I…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsGlasgow is a great place to get medical care—I can attest to that—but people should not have to travel 200 miles to get medical care. My hon. Friend and I have had many…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend and I have had discussions regarding this matter before. Patient safety is of paramount importance, especially when it comes to surgery, including breast surgery. I…24 Feb 2026HANSARDDisabled Women: Maternity CareI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her work on raising the profile of this underserved area. It is simply unacceptable that disabled women are at higher risk of neonatal and…24 Feb 2026HANSARDDisabled Women: Maternity CareWe are so lucky to have my hon. Friend in this place, challenging us to be better—and we can be better. We need to be bolder, and we need to take decisive action to close the gap…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAccess to Mental Health ServicesMental health issues affect all ages, and the support is not always there. We are determined to change that. We have hired almost 8,000 extra mental health workers since we came…24 Feb 2026