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HANSARDAmbulance and Emergency Department Waiting TimesThe Minister will be aware that I have expressed extreme concern and tabled written questions about what happens to those people who are discharged under what was known as…06 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance and Emergency Department Waiting Timesrose —06 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance and Emergency Department Waiting TimesWill the Minister give way?06 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance and Emergency Department Waiting TimesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on securing this important debate and on her speech. The…06 Jul 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesThe hon. Gentleman is talking about the Labour party’s delivery of the NHS. Is he not aware that public satisfaction with the NHS was the highest it has ever been when Labour left…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesThe hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time. Surely he must be aware that his Government’s Health and Care Act 2022, which was enacted just a month or so ago, opens up the…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. We know that the Government want to cut 91,000 jobs from the civil service. On 2021 figures, that would mean the loss of almost a…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesThe hon. Lady is talking about the discharge from hospital process that was brought into law through the Health and Care Act 2022. Is she aware that the Government do not even…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesWill the hon. Lady not acknowledge that it was actually the national health service that delivered the vaccine roll-out?28 Jun 2022HANSARDHeart and Circulatory Diseases (Covid-19)The hon. Gentleman is making an excellent speech, and I commend him for securing the debate. He mentioned the waiting times for category 2 emergencies. A constituent of mine lost…23 Jun 2022HANSARDPets: Travelling Abroad6. Whether he is taking steps to make it easier for people to travel abroad with their pets.23 Jun 2022HANSARDPets: Travelling AbroadI thank the Minister for her answer and wonder whether she could elaborate. My constituent, Stephen, who is blind and partially deaf, has an assistance dog called Jodie. Steven…23 Jun 2022HANSARDHeart and Circulatory Diseases (Covid-19)I am pleased to hear the Minister’s commitment. Will she then support an increase in universal credit by £20 a week? Poverty has a huge impact on people’s physical wellbeing.23 Jun 2022HANSARDWet Wipes: PlasticMy constituent Stephen, who is blind and partially deaf, has an assistance dog called Jodie. Stephen has told me that he is required to pay £160 for an animal health certificate…23 Jun 2022HANSARDHeart and Circulatory Diseases (Covid-19)I thank the hon. Gentleman for being so generous with his time. He has talked about shortages, and how we should plan for the future. A number of my constituents have written to…23 Jun 2022HANSARDAccess to GP Services and NHS DentistryPeople are struggling to get GP and dentist appointments, and this is a crisis of the Government’s own making. In their 2019 manifesto, the Conservatives promised 6,000 more GPs…21 Jun 2022HANSARDIndustrial Action on the RailwayThe Secretary of State knows that the Government have cut £4 billion from our transport system, including £2 billion from national rail. As a result, the companies involved have…20 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogThe provision that the hon. Gentleman has just listed is testament to the Government’s failure to sort out the issue. As I am sure every Member in this Chamber does, I have…14 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogI am curious about the hon. Member’s response. The Government have announced that they intend to cut 91,000 civil service posts and have made the explicit comment that they intend…14 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this really important debate; he is making an excellent speech. The United Nations report in 2020 called for a global ban on…13 Jun 2022