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HANSARD Historical Stillbirth Burials and CremationsI would like to begin by paying tribute to everybody who has spoken in the debate. The hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) is right: there are issues we discuss in this…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Historical Stillbirth Burials and CremationsI certainly hope so. In fact, those parents and women who are coming forward now are enabling us to move along the pathway to women being given the full, correct information about…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Historical Stillbirth Burials and CremationsThat is an entirely different question but, yes, I completely agree with the substance of my hon. Friend’s point. I am sure he contributed to the Government’s consultation on the…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Historical Stillbirth Burials and CremationsThe hon. Member is quite right that this is a devolved matter. However, this is an issue that affects all women in the United Kingdom. He is quite right, so I will ask my…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Historical Stillbirth Burials and CremationsThe hon. Lady is right; the NHS trust has the ability and the jurisdiction to conduct its own inquiry. I believe that NHS Improvement would have a similar responsibility. As a…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Historical Stillbirth Burials and CremationsI will. If my hon. Friend drops me an email at my departmental address, we will look into that, and the officials will take it away. I am grateful to him for raising that, because…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekIt is a pleasure to respond to the excellent speech by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Preet Kaur Gill), and I thank her for securing this important debate. I also…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekThe hon. Member is absolutely right, and I will come on to the workforce in a moment. Making sure that people recognise this issue was part of the Every Mind Matters campaign. I…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekIndeed; I will go on to address access and waiting times. The money that has been given to CCGs to spend on children and young people’s mental health is ring-fenced, and the hon.…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekI am not sure which service the hon. Lady is talking about. If she is talking about an in-patient unit, perhaps she would like to speak to me afterwards so that I can obtain some…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekAs I explained, we have the trailblazer schemes—we are putting fully qualified, dedicated mental health workers into schools. I imagine that some of the schools in the hon.…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryThis day is about the victims of Paterson and the women he treated, and I do not want to detract from that by going down another road and talking about another inquiry. My hon.…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryThe Government are currently undertaking a review of the clinical negligence indemnity cover market, to determine whether wider regulation is an appropriate means of addressing…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryThis morning the independent inquiry into the issues raised by the disgraced surgeon, Ian Paterson, published its report. The inquiry was tasked with reviewing the circumstances…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryThe hon. Gentleman raises many issues that we can agree on. I am not here to defend the private sector, but I would like to reiterate that women were affected both in the national…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryMy hon. Friend is right; Rahman has been suspended. He is not practising at the Spire group. However, he is still in a non-patient facing role at the trust, and we are querying…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryThe hon. Lady raises a wide range of issues, which I will try to go through. First, I reassure her that, at the time Paterson was practising, the CQC was not investigating or…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryI would like to make an apology. I mentioned the CQC in response to the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Dr Whitford)—the acronyms!—but it was the GMC. My right hon. and learned…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryI hope the Bill will be brought before the House in the autumn. As I have said, we got the report only this morning, and we need to look at the recommendations. I am sure her…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryI thank my hon. Friend, and if I did not do so in my opening statement I would like to thank the patients, the survivors and the groups that have helped those survivors. I also…04 Feb 2020