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HANSARDAsthma OutcomesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Mr McCabe, after our many hours in Committee. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) and…07 Dec 2021HANSARDAsthma OutcomesAs ever, the hon. Gentleman tempts me to be more ambitious. We have set 2023 as a realistic and achievable target. If it were possible to achieve it sooner, that would of course…07 Dec 2021HANSARDAsthma OutcomesI always give way to the hon. Lady, occasionally with a little trepidation, because I know she will ask a measured and difficult question. That is a very important question.…07 Dec 2021HANSARDAsthma OutcomesThat is one of the easier things to do, given that this policy area belongs to the Minister for Care and Mental Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Gillian Keegan),…07 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThe hon. Gentleman showed admirable brevity in making his point very clearly, as ever— [ Interruption. ] I suspect he faces a bit of competition from his hon. Friend the Member…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMadam Deputy Speaker, with permission, I would like to make a statement on the work we are doing to keep our country safe this winter. Today, we have published our health and…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that ambulance trusts across the country are under pressure, which is why they have already been given an additional £55 million, well…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am grateful to my hon. Friend for highlighting both the investment and the need for us, as the custodians of the taxpayer’s pound, to make sure that the money is well spent by…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI have never found the hon. Gentleman to be irritating in any way, and I have always enjoyed my interactions with him on a range of issues. On a serious point, I pay tribute to…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am not right hon., but I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the promotion. Of course I pay tribute to the staff at Watford General Hospital and, indeed, to him for his…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am grateful to the hon. Lady; I had the pleasure some months ago of visiting one of her local hospitals, where I had the opportunity to speak to staff. They do an amazing job.…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who rightly highlights the hugely important contribution of GPs to our health system. We continue to look at the best ways to support them, not…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI can reassure the hon. Gentleman that it is not him who is looking a little old or worn around the edges. I understand the point he makes, and he and I have met about this…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI can confirm that my hon. Friend is absolutely right in her assessment of the progress that we are making.03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareCharming as ever. We are the party of our NHS. We are backing it with the resources and support that it needs to get through this winter.03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI will certainly join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to all the volunteers and all those who have come forward for their jabs. For a brief moment, I thought that that was where…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareIt would be easy to commit the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my hon. Friend the Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield), to a visit because she is not here.…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy hon. Friend, along with many right hon. and hon. Members, is doing his bit to push the cause of his local hospital investment bid. As I said to the hon. Member for Weaver Vale…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy hon. Friend highlights the hugely important point that over winter we face challenges not just in physical health but in mental health, particularly as we come through the…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThe latest statistic I have on the number of cases in this country is, I believe, 42. That work is still being done. We have seen various news reports today on things that might…03 Dec 2021