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HANSARD NHS England UpdateThis is a bold change indeed. The job of my Committee is to help the Secretary of State to do it, so let me start by asking him to come in front of the Committee as quickly as…13 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI thank the hon. Member very much; these people are indeed incredibly brave. What we are trying to show is that it happens to men and women, it is discrimination, it is sexual…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI rise to speak to new clause 74, which appears in the name of the right hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley (Louise Haigh). I pay tribute to her and say that the Back Benches are…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillAbsolutely. This is exactly the kind of behaviour that we need to put a stop to. The young woman eventually reached a settlement, but it was extremely one-sided. She panicked,…11 Mar 2025HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareI echo the hon. Gentleman’s thanks to Amanda Pritchard for her time at the head of NHS England. While I also welcome the appointment of Dr Penny Dash as its new chair, the hon.…05 Mar 2025HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareWe should be celebrating examples of where this works well, not shutting them down. In Oxford, the Hospital at Home programme, run by Oxford University hospital ambulatory team,…05 Mar 2025HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareThe Minister will have noted, on page 53 of the estimates, a £1 billion decrease in capital spending in the departmental accounts. Will that be explained, and can the Minister…05 Mar 2025HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareWill the Minister give way?05 Mar 2025HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareIn our Committee hearing just this morning, we heard that all parts of the system want this. Acute care trusts recognise that they have the bulk of the investment, but they…05 Mar 2025HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareI will make progress, if I may, because the clock is ticking down. As for that £1.7 billion, once we add in national insurance contribution increases and inflationary costs, the…05 Mar 2025HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareI share my hon. Friend’s frustration that we are not doing more faster. Indeed, the first inquiry that our Committee has launched is on social care and the cost of inaction,…05 Mar 2025HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareWe are proving that estimates are not dull, although they have a terrible reputation for being so. Everything comes from the money, and if we do not follow the money, we do our…05 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaI pay tribute to the former Development Minister, my constituency neighbour the right hon. Member for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds), for her work in this area, and also for the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineFollowing on from the previous question, the opportunities are not just for defence but for the NHS. In January, in the week of Trump’s inauguration, I went cross-party to visit…03 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesI welcome the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for West Lancashire (Ashley Dalton), to her place. I look forward to working with her, as I do…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyAs the MP for the dreaming spires, may I thank the Government for their vote of confidence in my constituents’ ability to deliver the growth that this country, and arguably the…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]Thames Water has had an increase in the number of pollution incidents, which went up 40% in six months last year. It has been issued with fines, but that has not changed anything.…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateMay I press the Secretary of State on that data point? It is not just the Liberal Democrats making these representations; the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of…15 Jan 2025HANSARDAccess to Primary CareFollowing the theme raised by my hon. Friend and neighbour, the hon. Member for Bicester and Woodstock (Calum Miller), may I make a plea for Summertown health centre? They are my…07 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern Gaza(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on the situation in northern Gaza.07 Jan 2025