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HANSARDWaiting List Times: Non-consultant Led ServicesI thank the hon. Lady for her question. She raises an incredibly important point. As a Government, we are determined to tackle long autism diagnosis waiting times. We are…01 Mar 2022HANSARDWaiting List Times: Non-consultant Led ServicesNHS England and NHS Improvement have been field testing waiting time standards across 35 different local pilot initiatives. Through that clinically led review, we hope to…01 Mar 2022HANSARDChildren with Epilepsy: TreatmentsThe National Institute for Health Research welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including epilepsy, and we would welcome those…01 Mar 2022HANSARDMotor Neurone Disease ResearchI would be happy to meet my hon. Friend. I have also met some of the campaigners and researchers in this area, and the head of our research arm, so that we are clear. The support…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Social Care: NottinghamshireI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley) for securing this debate. I also thank him personally for his sterling work during the pandemic as Leader of…21 Feb 2022HANSARDMental Health StrategyThis week, the UK has marked Children’s Mental Health Week with the theme of “growing together.” I am grateful for the brilliant work of our vibrant voluntary and community…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI regularly meet the Minister for Disabled People and the Minister for Employment—the three of us are often together—to talk about how we can optimise opportunities for many…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI start by congratulating my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox). It has been a pleasure to work with him, the Bill Committee and all the other teams. He has…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillMy hon. Friend makes a very good point, which has been raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge (Suzanne Webb) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillAs one of the Ministers who is a disability champion, I completely agree. It is only when one tries to take a view from the perspective of someone who has some kind of disability…26 Jan 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillIt is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott; I think it is the first time. I am delighted that the Bill has received the same endorsement today from…26 Jan 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillFirst, I will deal with rare genetic disorders other than Down syndrome. We recognise that people with genetic conditions other than Down syndrome may experience problems similar…26 Jan 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillDown syndrome is a condition that has a very wide spectrum of abilities, as many conditions do—and as we all do, as people. Of course, the right support has to be provided for a…26 Jan 2022HANSARD Tourette’s syndromeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins. I thank the hon. Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn) for securing the debate on this important issue. I have…25 Jan 2022HANSARDSkin Conditions and Mental HealthIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I add my thanks to my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh) for securing the debate.…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Mental Health Act 1983: Detention of People with Autism and other Lifelong ConditionsI take this opportunity to genuinely thank my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland) for securing a debate on this vitally important…20 Jan 2022HANSARDDischarge from Hospital: Care PackagesI assure my hon. Friend that this is something we take very seriously and we meet every day to discuss this issue. We are conscious of the pressures caused by omicron, and of the…18 Jan 2022HANSARDDischarge from Hospital: Care PackagesPeople should be discharged from hospital safely and with the appropriate care and support they need. As the Secretary of State outlined, we have provided £3.3 billion via the NHS…18 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member makes a very good point. It is important that people get the right to visit their loved ones in care homes. That is why we have introduced guidance that says that…18 Jan 2022HANSARDAdult Social Care Funding and ReformAs set out in our adult social care reform White Paper, “People at the Heart of Care”, on 1 December 2021, the Government are committed to a wide-ranging and ambitious reform of…16 Dec 2021