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HANSARDPathways Study: Puberty SuppressionI welcome the fact that the hon. Lady agrees with the Government that we should base our decisions about whether and how to provide support for children, particularly in the case…22 Jun 2026HANSARDPathways Study: Puberty SuppressionThe hon. Lady refers, apparently with some certainty, to what she considers to be the clinical outcomes of these puberty blockers on young people. I have to say, with all due…22 Jun 2026HANSARDPathways Study: Puberty SuppressionThis trial has been paused since earlier this year while the MHRA worked to strengthen the safeguards. Those stronger safeguards are now in place, which gives greater protection…22 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member for Surrey Heath can rest assured that this Government are focused on the new hospitals programme, which is now credible and deliverable after what we inherited…09 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth InequalitiesThank you, Mr Speaker. This Labour Government were elected to build an NHS fit for the future. As Secretary of State, I am accelerating modernisation, but health inequalities…09 Jun 2026HANSARDCare in the CommunityThis may not be the first project initiated under the last Government that has not exactly run ahead at the fastest pace possible. We need to ensure that neighbourhood health…09 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth InequalitiesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Funding must not be held up; it must get to the frontline to help patients, his constituents and people across the country. We are supporting…09 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth InequalitiesThe renewed women’s health strategy was a really important achievement under the previous Secretary of State, which updated the approach of this Government and reflected the…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am aware of the issues at Eastbourne district general hospital. Patients, staff and visitors deserve better than power cuts and electrical failures, which is why this Government…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me be clear that corridor care is unacceptable and undignified and we are committed to eradicating it. We have begun by getting specialist teams to go into the worst offending…09 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth InequalitiesI look forward to working constructively with the hon. Lady in her role as the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee. She is absolutely right to point to the importance of…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have explained the position about decisions on tax. More broadly, it is critical that we have the medicines of the future that we need. One of my very first visits as Secretary…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is persistent in raising this issue—he has also raised it with me in the lunch queue. It clearly matters to him, and indeed to hon. Friends on my side of the…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsOne thing I learned when I was in the Treasury is that decisions about tax are taken by the Chancellor at fiscal events, so I am certainly not going to start taking decisions…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that incredibly sensitive and important issue. As a Government, we want to ensure that, through the NHS, we are supporting women who suffer…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to work with my hon. Friend to tackle health inequalities in his area. As he rightly highlights, our investment in the NHS and in the wider health of the nation is…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsUnder this Government, we have increased capital investment in our NHS estates, including hospitals. Under the previous Government, that was sorely lacking, which stored up the…09 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Services for MenLet me be really clear in my advice to any man who is worried about prostate cancer, whether he has symptoms or not: go and discuss it with your GP. Testing is available when GPs…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can reassure my hon. Friend that the Government respect the Supreme Court decision. We are considering it carefully, and will set out updated guidance shortly.09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI definitely agree that my hon. Friend is a formidable champion for her constituency. She is absolutely right to raise the importance of easily accessible healthcare in places…09 Jun 2026