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HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyI addressed most of those points in my outline statement. I think the shadow Minister wrote her comments when the Opposition thought that we were cancelling things, only to find…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyI thank the hon. Lady for giving me the opportunity to set out our commitment to the women’s health strategy and everything that this Government are doing to fix our broken NHS,…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Doncaster Royal InfirmaryI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster Central (Sally Jameson) on securing a debate on this really important issue for her constituents. Since her election, she…30 Jan 2025HANSARDMedicinal CannabisI cannot answer the question about trials and research directly because, obviously, trials are run by the specialists at NIHR, in the usual way, and I am sure that the request for…30 Jan 2025HANSARDMedicinal CannabisI will take another intervention.30 Jan 2025HANSARDMedicinal CannabisI will come on to the research. As we have heard, and as I recognise, fewer than five patients have accessed these medicines on the NHS, so access is truly exceptional. The…30 Jan 2025HANSARDMedicinal CannabisIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. I congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this debate. As he said, there are many hon.…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I absolutely, unequivocally apologise.30 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyAs I hope the hon. Gentleman knows, I think the health needs of women in Northern Ireland and the waiting lists there are particularly problematic, so finding out anything our…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyI thank the right hon. Gentleman for the work he does in this area. He does an excellent job and makes an excellent point. I do not know the detailed answer to that question—it is…30 Jan 2025HANSARD A&E Services: Solihull BoroughI congratulate the hon. Member for Meriden and Solihull East (Saqib Bhatti) on securing the debate, and congratulate other Members who have taken part in it. Let me start by…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Rare Retinal DiseaseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhan. I start by thanking the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this debate on such an important…23 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Dr Mullan) on securing a debate on this important matter. I commend…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeWe absolutely will. This is one of the advantages of the waves: we recognise, and everybody knows, that there are sometimes unavoidable delays to schemes, perhaps to do with the…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. We learned a lot yesterday from the expert team from the new hospital programme; I thank them for their incredible work in…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeIf the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle, whose timing is superb, wants to make an extra point, I will give him the courtesy of a chance to come back in.22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, which highlights the point that the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle raised about other capital plans and programmes to help his…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. We had a good discussion yesterday about North Devon; I understand the rurality of that location, as it is fairly close to my…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI will pick up that point. Wave 3, which is what the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle has secured this debate on, includes schemes that were always part of a post-2030 plan. We…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI thank my hon. Friend; I am happy to take interventions, but I need to finish by half-past 4, so I am conscious of time. He is absolutely right, and I will come on to his point.…22 Jan 2025