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HANSARD Reporting Ministerial Gifts and Hospitality(Urgent Question ): To ask the Minister to make a statement on the reporting and acceptance of ministerial gifts and hospitality.14 Oct 2024HANSARDMental Health SupportOn that point, may I draw my hon. Friend’s attention to the role of care co-ordinators with adolescents, and the problems and challenges of the transition to adult care? That…10 Oct 2024HANSARDMental Health SupportCould I share my experience as a Minister? When we looked at social prescribing when I was in the Treasury, it was always difficult to establish an evidence base to justify the…10 Oct 2024HANSARDMental Health SupportMay I just say how much I agree with that remark? We may disagree about resourcing and what has happened over the past 14 years, but we need the confidence to talk about building…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe A36 is a critical route between Southampton and Bath/Bristol. A study was completed several months ago. Given the decision on the A303 tunnel just north of Salisbury, will the…10 Oct 2024HANSARDSEND ProvisionI welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to improve the provision of SEND services in schools, but does she recognise that many ordinary, hard-working families make…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the Paymaster General not only for early sight of the statement, but for his communications with me over the recess, when he kindly updated me and gave me advance notice…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Food SecurityDoes my right hon. Friend agree that in a situation where there are competing priorities between environmental stewardship, food production and house building, there needs to be…30 Jul 2024HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate you on your elevation. I thank the Paymaster General for his statement, and thank him very much for the customarily early sight of…26 Jul 2024HANSARDPeople Affected by Contaminated Blood Products: CompensationWhen the right hon. Gentleman was sat here, he described my commitment to set out a clear timetable as “another important victory” for the victims in delivering the compensation…25 Jul 2024HANSARDPeople Affected by Contaminated Blood Products: CompensationMay I start by offering my warmest congratulations to the Paymaster General? I offer him my sincerest good wishes in these opening weeks of a new Government. I start with deep…25 Jul 2024HANSARDEuropean Political CommunityThere can be no doubt of the high regard in which the right hon. Gentleman is held by the Prime Minister given that within his responsibilities he is tasked with resetting EU…25 Jul 2024HANSARDEuropean Political CommunityI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that answer, but many in the House and in the public at large will be curious as to what plans he will develop in terms of trade-offs between…25 Jul 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeWe will be having a review after three years to look at what the lifespan of the arm’s length body should be. I acknowledge the challenge for people with multiple conditions, and…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeMy hon. Friend makes wise and sensible points, built on a lot of experience of Government and as a constituency MP. I endorse all that he has asked. There will be a “Dear…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the hon. Lady for her powerful representation on that matter. I cannot give her a categorical assurance, but by setting out the clear opportunity to discuss the report in…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeMy hon. Friend puts it very well, and I agree with her assessment. We need to come to terms with the fact that there are flaws in the way we operate. They have been powerfully and…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeThe right hon. Lady makes a sensible point. I, too, was struck by the reference to Professor Bloom and the role he played in different ways over the years. Doing justice to the…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her sensitive portrayal of the individual circumstances of her constituent. The financial vulnerability that impacts so many of the affected…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the right hon. Lady for her observations and for her ongoing engagement since my appointment. I take seriously her point about having no decisions without full engagement.…21 May 2024