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HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure that the thoughts of the whole House are with my hon. Friend’s constituent Michael during this difficult time. He is absolutely right that cancer patients are waiting…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI am really sorry to hear about the closure of my hon. Friend’s local care home. He is absolutely right. Our commitment to neighbourhood health services is how we will begin to…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises an important matter. The Deputy Prime Minister has already set up and chaired an inter-ministerial group working with mayors and councils to end…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseAs the Member of Parliament whose constituency has the most pubs, I wholeheartedly share my hon. Friend’s support for his local pubs in St Helens North. Every time they are raised…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI pay my respects to Victor, and I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting an important matter of which many of us would not otherwise be aware, but for home artificial nutrition…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseFortuitously, my right hon. Friend the Paymaster General is sitting beside me. As the hon. Gentleman may know, the Government worked apace over the recess to meet our statutory…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseAll of us, and many of our constituents, are familiar with the 8 am scramble for a GP appointment. It is no way to access our primary healthcare system, which is why my right hon.…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseSir Laurie Magnus is very much still the Government’s adviser on such matters. It is not our intention to mess around and make political appointments of that kind. We will take…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend has raised an important issue. We are all familiar with what is happening in our hospitals, including our A&E departments. My husband is an A&E doctor, and I hear…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on the granting of his urgent question. I can assure him that the Government are working apace to secure the future of British steel production,…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises the important matter of BTecs and their future, which has also been raised with me as a constituency MP and, I am sure, with many other Members. If answers…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseSo many people are raising the issue of station accessibility. My hon. Friend raises important points about Sandbach station. If she joins forces with the right hon. Member for…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseAs ever, the hon. Gentleman raises in this House the important issues of the freedom of religion or belief. I share his concern about the arbitrary detention of members of the…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are unashamedly for house building, and we are unashamedly for delivering it through local strategic plans, with infrastructure and services…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Kinship carers play a vital role and special educational needs are vital in our mission to ensure opportunity for all. Special educational…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman. I am happy to put on record that we are granting the Sir David Amess debate next week, and I will ensure that business is amended to reflect that. As…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises another important question, which I know has been raised in these sessions and elsewhere on a number of occasions. E-bikes are fast moving—excuse the pun;…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Member for that question. I am absolutely delighted to point her to the fact that, with the Water (Special Measures) Bill in the other place, we are introducing…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 9 September is as follows: Monday 9 September—Consideration of a motion to approve the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3)…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI, too, welcome everybody back for the new term. I knew that my announcing the recess dates would be the big news of this morning. I am pleased to be able to help everybody with…05 Sept 2024