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HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareAs my hon. Friend said, this is a health area that I know well, and he has been the most amazing campaigner for Gloucester and the health service there since he became the Member…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Duchenne Muscular DystrophyI will not; I want to finish in the time available, and I think Members want to hear the full response. Outside of company-led EAPs, there are established routes for patients to…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI agree that this issue absolutely needs to be resolved. There was agreement previously, under the coalition, and it is so disappointing that it was so unceremoniously dumped when…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareYes.12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareMy hon. Friend is right to highlight end of life care. We know it has been neglected. I worked on it during my time in the health service, over 15 years ago, and I feel very…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareWith permission, I would like to make a statement on the outcome of the spending review for the Department of Health and Social Care. This Government were elected on a manifesto…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI thank my hon. Friend for his support for the Chancellor’s statement and our commitment to the NHS. I know he has been working so hard on this issue on behalf of RAAC hospitals…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI have a slight “get out of jail free” card, because I think that letter might be with one of my colleagues, not with me. Obviously, though, I look forward to the summary. The…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI thank my hon. Friend for her question and for the work she does to support NHS dentistry as part of the all-party group. As I have said, this issue is of huge importance to our…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI thank the hon. Gentleman for welcoming, on behalf of his party, the commitment that the Chancellor has made and the extra funding that she has identified, but I think his party…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI was expecting the right hon. Gentleman to talk about the funding model, and I am disappointed that he did not; it is something that he has talked about for many years. I do not…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareMy hon. Friend has been such a strong advocate for Watford since he came into this Chamber, and in particular for ensuring that that hospital is in the new hospital programme. I…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. His invitation has been a long-running one, and sometimes his diary has been busier than mine, but I think we finally have a date to…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point on mental health, which is of great concern to all Members. He is right that elective care and mental health are measured in different…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI always shudder a little when I am invited to do any running, jogging, boxing or whatever else people get up to—we all have our own things we like doing. Although my hon.…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point about bringing down waiting lists for his constituents, and we are so pleased to see that that is continuing, as we were able to announce…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI am entirely unclear, after that run-through of a number of different issues, whether the Conservatives welcome the extra investment in the NHS or oppose it. We know they oppose…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI thank my hon. Friend for welcoming the Government’s investment in the health service. She has been such a strong campaigner for Shotley Bridge, and it has been a pleasure to…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareThe economics of the Green party are even more fantastical than the economics of the Conservatives and Reform; we all dread to think what things might be like under that party. We…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI have already given a history lesson about some of those 14 years. When the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats were in the coalition together, we had a commitment, a promise…12 Jun 2025