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HANSARD Hospice FundingThe hon. Member makes an excellent point about carers and their support. We made announcements about that in the Budget, and we will make more general announcements about…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingI am happy to support my hon. Friend, who makes an excellent point, in his work with local providers. He congratulates me, but the work has been done mainly by the Minister for…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingThe commissioning of those services is the responsibility of the ICBs, and we expect them to do that. They are responsible from diagnosis to end of life. In the past few months, I…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingThat is absolutely what we want to do, and today’s announcement is a step towards it. As my hon. Friend highlights, hospices are very special places, but most people want to die…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingI have scribbled my own note—the right hon. Gentleman says that he “agrees”— but the issue is that his Government did nothing over 14 years to support or make a change. That is…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight that need. As I said earlier, end of life care and its stability as part of the wider system, which is a commissioning role for…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point —one that was raised earlier. It is vital that ICBs work with all providers to understand the needs and how they are best met. I know he…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingI thank the hon. Gentleman for welcoming the announcement. As I said, we will be working with the sector in the new year and then we will make allocations accordingly.19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingI admire the hon. Gentleman for keeping on the same wicket. In the Budget, this Government made the greatest allocation to the health sector. What the Scottish Government do with…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingI thank my hon. Friend for his contribution and, indeed, for his singing. Those events bring joy to people at a particularly difficult point in their life, and they are very…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingThe hon. Lady makes an excellent point about the stability of the workforce across the piece, from diagnosis to the end of life. We absolutely need to consider support for all…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingWhat beggars belief is that person after person—man after man—on the Opposition Benches still feels able to get up and defend their record in government. Not once have we heard…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingI thank my hon. Friend for making that point, and wish the volunteers well in their weekend activities. She is right to highlight not only staff but the hundreds of thousands of…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingThe hon. Gentleman was a Government Minister, so he had plenty of opportunities to change the system, had he wanted to do so at the time.19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingI have to say that dancing is more my style than marathon running, so I wish the hon. Lady luck with that. At least she did not ask me for any money. I refer her to my earlier…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingI am delighted to support my hon. Friend in the work that she has been doing with St Michael’s and Demelza hospices. She is absolutely right to highlight that, and I hope that she…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingAs my hon. Friend highlights, this is a devolved issue for the Scottish Government. We hope that they match our ambition, as she rightly puts it. I wish her well with her local…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingAll hon. Members support their local hospices, which I know is important, but I have to remind the House of the parlous state of the sector that we inherited after 14 years of the…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingYes, stability and understanding longer-term planning is important for this sector as well as for many others. Certainly, we want to make sure that we work with the sector and the…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingIt is good to hear the hon. Gentleman supporting his local hospice with his neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Pam Cox). We will announce allocations for the…19 Dec 2024