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HANSARDApprenticeships: Government SupportI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for apprenticeships. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. Parents always want the best…24 Jan 2023HANSARDApprenticeships: Government SupportI do. The fairs are uplifting experiences, and I am sorry that I missed the hon. Lady’s fair. Young people and businesses are so passionate about them, and I look forward to my…24 Jan 2023HANSARDApprenticeships: Government SupportIt has been an enjoyable debate. As ever, we learn so much from each other’s constituencies: about the variety of land-based apprenticeships, which I do not have many of, about…24 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestThe Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, of which I am a member, is ready to help, and looks forward to meeting the new ethics adviser. The Prime Minister…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillLike many Members of this House, I will be immediately affected, through immediate family, by the Bill’s provisions on education and on health, with the collapse of a care…23 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice Conduct and David CarrickI undertook the police service parliamentary scheme with both the Metropolitan police and the Avon and Somerset police, going into the homes and situations of the country’s most…17 Jan 2023HANSARDScotland Act 1998: Section 35 PowerIn my role on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, I have, with others, been around the UK looking into scrutiny and the operation of devolution, of…17 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyWill the Secretary of State give way?11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyThe root cause of this problem is capacity. In my area of Bristol, north Somerset and south Gloucestershire, we are short of roughly 300 beds. Commitments made in the 2004 plan,…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyThe hon. Gentleman chairs the Select Committee, so it is really important that he is clear about this. The Government ran the health service at 96% capacity well through the…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI speak for the people of Bristol South. Let me talk about social care: can the Secretary of State explain why he will not publish information about the trailblazers on social…11 Jan 2023HANSARDDraft National Health Service (NHS Payment Scheme - Consultation) (No. 2) Regulations 2022To be clear, the two or three trusts in my patch could all object, but the ICB could support this. Do the trusts have to come within the totality, or will the trusts be counted…09 Jan 2023HANSARDDraft National Health Service (NHS Payment Scheme - Consultation) (No. 2) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under you, Sir Graham. I am always concerned when a Minister brings forward something that is seen as an administrative process; indeed, we should all be…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesI asked the Minister in the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee what “soon” meant. There was an offer—given that the previous ethics adviser resigned…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsWhat we have got is a Government who refuse to govern. Retention and sickness rates were reported to the Health and Social Care Committee in June 2019 as higher than average by…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceIn 1948, at the dawn of the NHS, we were around 50,000 nurses short. By the 1960s, 40% of junior doctors were from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Thousands came from…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Workforcerose —06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceGoing beyond the party knockabout, I think that the issue of statistics across the Union is a really important one, and I have raised it in the House many times. Can the Secretary…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceWill the Secretary of State give way?06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceWill the Secretary of State give way?06 Dec 2022