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HANSARDMental Health: Government Responses to ReportsToday the Government have laid before Parliament their response to the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill. The Government would like to thank the Joint Committee on…21 Mar 2024HANSARDGender Pay GapWe absolutely are taking action. We are planning to introduce the pay transparency pilot, because in high-paid jobs, salaries are often not advertised, and women end up being paid…20 Mar 2024HANSARDGender Pay GapActually, the results from our gender pay gap reporting are slightly different: it is in higher-paid professions that the gender pay gap seems to exist, but that is because women…20 Mar 2024HANSARDGender Pay GapIt was this Conservative Government who introduced mandatory gender pay gap reporting for large employers, to shine a light on the gender pay gap and promote action to close it.…20 Mar 2024HANSARDClinical Indemnities ReformIn December 2022, I reported on the steps we are taking to respond to the findings of the inquiry into the issues raised by disgraced surgeon, Ian Paterson. Today, I am reporting…07 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillAs I have said, we have published our draft Bill, it has undergone pre-legislative scrutiny and I shall respond to the Committee’s recommendations shortly, but this is not just…05 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillI put on record my thanks to the members of the pre-legislative scrutiny Committee, which scrutinised our draft Mental Health Bill. We are looking at the recommendations and will…05 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillI absolutely entirely agree. That is why the Government published the draft Bill in January last year, and why it underwent pre-legislative scrutiny. I gave evidence to the…05 Mar 2024HANSARDMaternity Services: North LondonImproving maternity care is a year 2 priority in our women’s health strategy for this year. Any decisions around maternity services need to be focusing on improving outcomes for…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have a news flash for the hon. Lady: we are already doing all that work. Mental health support teams are being rolled out in schools—44% of pupils now have access to a mental…05 Mar 2024HANSARDMaternity Services: North LondonI am very sorry to hear about the experience of my hon. Friend’s constituent. That level of care is absolutely unacceptable. I know he has raised this particular issue with the…05 Mar 2024HANSARDMaternity Services: North LondonI thank the hon. Lady for raising her concerns, but as I said, this is a public consultation. It runs for 14 weeks and will close on 17 March. I urge her to raise her concerns as…05 Mar 2024HANSARDSuicide Prevention Grant FundOn 25 August 2023, my Department launched a £10 million suicide prevention grant fund to support voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in delivering suicide…04 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillWe have set out our four concerns, which include the territorial extent of the Bill. I have set out why the Government will not support the Bill today. I want the hon. Member for…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI am sorry that the hon. Gentleman feels that way, but we have to be clear about the territorial extent of the Bill. We have concerns about that, because the Bill should relate…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillThe point I was making is that parents have a right and that we, when legislating in this area, must be careful to ensure that we do not criminalise legitimate conversations in…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillMy right hon. Friend makes a valid point. Some of the fears are about the unintended consequences of this legislation, and I am sure that amendments to the Bill would allay some…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Lloyd Russell-Moyle) on bringing forward this Bill on such an important issue in an area where the Government are keen to…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI take on board the hon. Member’s point, but the final Bill was published only this week. I take on board his point about future amendments should the Bill get to Committee. I…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI welcome that valid intervention. I direct my hon. Friend to the Cass website, which says in frequently asked questions: “The Cass Review was commissioned as an independent…01 Mar 2024