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HANSARDMaternity CommissionerI agree. That is an important point about the culture in clinical roles and clinical leadership within the secondary care setting and across the entire pathway of supporting…20 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyThe hon. Member is referring to a meeting as part of my ministerial surgery, which is for Members. I will be happy to see him next week.16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for highlighting the case of her constituent Jodie and many others—such cases will be familiar to many people, and they are of course unacceptable. I am…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyAgain, my hon. Friend raises a shocking case on behalf of her constituents, and I agree with her and her constituent. Access to diagnostics is a key part of our 10-year health…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for her question. The document contains a long list of actions, with clear dates alongside them, so that she and others—including her constituents—can see…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyAs we know, and as is documented in the strategy, there is sadly a long list of issues that particularly affect women that have been ignored, and it has taken far too long for…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyAgain, I put on record my respect and thanks to Sir David Amess and my right hon. Friend the Member for Redcar for the work that they started. I could not remember the exact…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He should not apologise for not knowing before; my generation of women, and many before us, were told not to talk about this. We were told…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for his expertise, and I agree that the programme will do that. When I was first told about menstrual cycles as a young girl, I was told to hide what…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyMy hon. Friend again raises younger women’s voices; we want to continue to hear from them. Part of this strategy is about working with the Department for Education to ensure that…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyAs I said, part of this strategy is about educating girls and boys on health and bringing together all parts of education. We are keen to work in new ways with new media, and with…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyBelinda’s story is shocking, and I hope that she is doing better. This strategy is, as I said, a total game changer. In particular, the renewal of this strategy, based on the…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyWith permission, I will make a statement on the Government’s renewed women’s health strategy. The NHS was founded on the principle of equality and the right care for everyone,…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyIt is hard to know where to start. I heard the word “welcome” somewhere in the hon. Lady’s remarks, so thanks for that. In launching what we call a “renewed strategy” we have…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyI thank the hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Dr Gardner), who I know cannot be here today. She has used her expertise to drive forward…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyMy hon. Friend is a fantastic champion in this area. We are so pleased to have her clinical experience and no day goes past without her representing her own speciality of…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyI thank the Liberal Democrat representative for his comments—frankly, that is the way it is done. Let me turn to some of the issues that the hon. Gentleman raised. May I take the…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is unusual to receive emails saying good things. There will be challenges in this work, but it speaks to a wider issue. Many of us as women…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyI really thank the hon. Gentleman for raising the sometimes taboo subject of stoma and stoma care and for highlighting the complexity of that for women. I send my best wishes to…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyYes, of course. The retirement age is a constant issue that we need to look at across a number of professions, and I am happy to come back to my hon. Friend on that. As part of…16 Apr 2026