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HANSARDHealth and Social Care… NHS figures show that almost 3.5 million children under the age of 16 are unprotected and at risk of catching this serious and preventable disease. —[ Official Report , 22…24 May 2024HANSARDHealth and Social Care… NHS figures show that around 3.4 million children under the age of 16 are not fully vaccinated and may be at risk of catching this serious and preventable disease.24 May 2024HANSARDContingencies Fund AdvanceI hereby give notice of the Department of Health and Social Care’s intention to seek a Contingencies Fund advance to make the recently announced interim infected blood payments.…23 May 2024HANSARD Crisis HousesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I thank the hon. Member for Enfield, Southgate (Bambos Charalambous) for bringing forward the issue. I offer my…22 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am very grateful to you for allowing me to raise a point of order from the Front Bench. It relates to comments that the shadow Leader…16 May 2024HANSARDInequalities in Dementia ServicesI think it is ambitious for two thirds of people living with dementia to receive a formal diagnosis, because we are not there yet. We are putting some building blocks in place to…16 May 2024HANSARDInequalities in Dementia ServicesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I thank the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) for securing this debate and for her…16 May 2024HANSARDInequalities in Dementia ServicesICBs should be looking at care in their local population. If there is an issue between regions and across borders, they should have informal conversations, even with a…16 May 2024HANSARDInequalities in Dementia ServicesI absolutely recognise that. I will take away my hon. Friend’s suggestion, but I would say that integrated care boards can commission those sorts of services because, despite not…16 May 2024HANSARDInequalities in Dementia ServicesAbsolutely. I am very happy to take my hon. Friend up on his offer. It is important to remind people of the funding avenues available, which are not always used. For example,…16 May 2024HANSARDInequalities in Dementia ServicesAbsolutely. I am very happy to take that away as an action point. I thank everyone for taking part in this debate. We recognise how difficult it can be for people diagnosed with…16 May 2024HANSARD Mental Health and Long-term ConditionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) for securing this debate about mental health for those with…16 May 2024HANSARDMenopause: Workplace SupportThe shadow Minister fails to mention the Help to Grow portal, which has a menopause resource hub that enables employers to use that information to better support women in the…15 May 2024HANSARDMenopause: Workplace SupportIn March last year we appointed Helen Tomlinson as the Government’s first ever menopause employment champion. She has been working up and down the country, visiting businesses…15 May 2024HANSARDMenopause: Workplace SupportAs usual, this Government have already done all of that work. In England we have the Wellbeing of Women pledge, which the NHS, the civil service and this Parliament have signed.…15 May 2024HANSARDMenopause: Workplace SupportThe Equality Act 2010 already protects women on the basis of sex, age and disability. It is this Government who are changing the experience of menopause by rolling out women’s…15 May 2024HANSARDSex-based Data: Health and Social CareNHS England plans to make further changes to reporting on sex and gender in national datasets once the unified information standard for protected characteristics has been approved…15 May 2024HANSARDSex-based Data: Health and Social CareThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. We are currently consulting on the NHS constitution, which will give women not just the right to same-sex accommodation in hospitals, but the…15 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is this Conservative Government who have commissioned the patient safety commissioner to do a report on what redress would look like. It is important that we take those…15 May 2024HANSARDGamete Donation RegulationsIn a parliamentary debate on 23 October 2023, I announced the Government’s intention to update the UK’s gamete donation regulations. The first change would allow people living…15 May 2024