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HANSARD Princess Royal Hospital, TelfordI am grateful. It would be a brave Minister who ignored either Telford or my hon. Friend, and I am not sure that I am quite that brave. I believe that this is welcome news,…05 Nov 2019HANSARD Princess Royal Hospital, TelfordMay I crave your indulgence, Mr Betts? My hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy) is retiring from Parliament at this election, so it would be wrong of me not to take…05 Nov 2019HANSARDEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustThe Government’s commitment is clear. While no Government can bind a future Government, our commitment is very clear, so my advice to the right hon. Gentleman’s constituents is to…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs Members will know, my hon. Friend spoke only last week about his local hospital in Blackpool and the challenges it faces. It is absolutely clear that we need not only to get…29 Oct 2019HANSARDEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustIn addition to business-as-usual capital budgets, I am delighted that, as the right hon. Gentleman will be aware, his hospital trust will benefit from a significant part of the…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a strong local champion for his constituents in Stevenage, particularly on that issue, in which he is joined by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for…29 Oct 2019HANSARDEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion for his constituents and his trust, and he is absolutely right.29 Oct 2019HANSARDEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustThe hon. Lady will know that the plans that will be brought forward will be clinically led and delivered and constructed by the trust itself, so I would encourage her to engage…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will be pleased to hear that that is exactly what we have done with the health infrastructure plan, which involves multi-year capital funding settlements and…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOn the final point made by the hon. Member for Blackpool South (Gordon Marsden), I would be cautious about that quote because the next line is: “But when we’ve practiced but a…24 Oct 2019HANSARD The National Health ServiceIt is a privilege to wind up this important debate on behalf of the Government, especially in the light of the many excellent and measured contributions by Members on both sides…23 Oct 2019HANSARD Health and Social Care (Kettering)I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kettering (Mr Hollobone) on securing this debate on health and social care in Kettering. It is testament to his strong commitment to…23 Oct 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanWhat is one more invitation to a meeting and a visit? I am of course very happy to accept my hon. Friend’s hospitality in his constituency and to meet him. He makes a very…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI am grateful to the hon. Lady, who I know has campaigned on this. My hon. Friend the Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (David Morris) has taken a real lead in fighting for…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the need for access to facilities in his county, given its geography. I have been clear today, the Secretary of State has been…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanThe hon. Lady refers to piecemeal announcements. I have to say that the reason we are now coming up with an approach—a new approach—that delivers rolling capital investment to a…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanAgain, I am happy to welcome the positivity from my hon. Friend and the welcome for this money; the welcome for this massive additional investment into our NHS has been clear on…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI always think it a little unfair in this House to name or attack individuals where they do not have the ability to answer back. The Government have made it clear that the…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanIf it is any reassurance to the hon. Gentleman, I can say that I was enjoying Manchester yesterday and this morning, and then came down here to enjoy being at the Dispatch Box.…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI know the Horton well from my time as the parliamentary candidate for Oxford East, which I fought in 2010 and which, sadly, fought back. I also know of the work that my hon.…30 Sept 2019