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HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her comments and for their tone. She is absolutely right to highlight the importance of the workforce. Investment in new, first-class buildings…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI am happy to tell the hon. Gentleman that the announcements we are making today are for new money.30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the huge contribution that that new medical school will make to delivering a highly trained, highly motivated local workforce.…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that note of deep positivity, which has not necessarily been universally heard from Opposition Members. Again, I would be happy to meet him.30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy hon. Friend was a distinguished predecessor of mine in this post. He is very much missed by the Department and, I am sure, by all those working in the NHS who came into contact…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 PlanWhile I recognise and pay tribute to the hon. Lady for her championing, as one would expect, of her constituents and local hospital, I am sure she will none the less welcome this…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI am pleased that two of the trio who have fought so hard for my hon. Friend’s local hospitals and services have had the opportunity to contribute. He is absolutely right to say…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanThe right hon. Gentleman will know from his time in government that the approvals process conducted by the Treasury and, indeed, the NHS is not always the simplest. We are looking…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Capital improvements in hospitals are hugely important, but it is also important for them to be set within the broader context of car parking…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy hon. Friend is quite right to highlight that in certain parts of the country, including his constituency, geography can present a challenge for the delivery of services. I look…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI pay tribute to my hon. Friend and to my right hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Amber Rudd) for their campaigning work on behalf of their local hospital trust, East…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanAs the hon. Lady will recall, many years ago, when I had more hair and it was not so grey, I sat on Westminster City Council, and St Mary’s was an issue back then that we…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 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI know that, since my hon. Friend was first elected to this House, he has made health and the NHS his No. 1 priority. He served with distinction as a Minister in the Department…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanThe hon. Gentleman makes his point forcefully but courteously. I will take away what he said and I will write to him.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 PlanMy hon. Friend is right that persistence does pay off, and it certainly has done so in his case on behalf of his constituents. He is right to highlight the importance of the…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanIt was one of his better ones. I will happily take up the hon. Gentleman’s invitation to visit his local hospital, which, as I recall, he told me was opened by Lord Patrick…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question, asked in his inimitable style.30 Sept 2019