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HANSARDHealth 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 join the shadow Secretary of State in paying tribute to his predecessor, the right hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth), who is my near neighbour in…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 CareOf course I join my hon. Friend in paying tribute not just to Harwich port but to his local healthcare system, about which he and I have spoken on many occasions. It does an…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 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 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 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 CareMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight that. My hon. Friend the Minister for Care and Mental Health has done a huge amount of work on both investment and working with…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am happy to join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to the work of the staff in his local hospitals. He is absolutely right to highlight the fact that that money will make a huge…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareIt looks as if I might be going on tour again; the same thing happened when I last did one of these statements. I am happy to go to “Bluecar”—or Redcar, to call it by its proper…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareAbsolutely, I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. He rightly alludes to the fact that the inputs are important, but for those of us on the Government Benches, it is the…03 Dec 2021HANSARDNICE-Approved Products: Patient AccessThat is an encouraging start. That is why NICE exists. It plays a vital role in supporting patient access to new treatments. Through its technology appraisal and highly…30 Nov 2021HANSARDNICE-Approved Products: Patient AccessAs ever, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Anne Marie Morris) on securing this debate and I pay tribute to her work in this area. That work has been…30 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI am grateful for the manner in which the hon. Lady puts her points. She is right; we have debated this previously. We have been publicly clear that we do not believe that the…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillYes, of course, although I do so with a degree of trepidation, because the hon. Lady is well versed in these issues.23 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, and likewise to my right hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow (Philip Dunne), who has campaigned vigorously this issue. We now have the outline…23 Nov 2021