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HANSARDHealth and Care BillI rise to speak to amendment 10 in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Jeremy Hunt). I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI would ask the hon. Member to listen a bit more carefully, because nowhere have I said admin should be carried out by the private sector. I said that it should not be carried out…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI agree with the hon. Lady that surgeons work incredibly hard. What I am talking about is operating at the top of the licence and for our consultants to be able to do the things…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy hon. Friend speaks with much experience and makes a powerful point. I think he would agree that that core admin function is not what he went into medicine to do. He went into…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillDoes the Minister agree that we have been on a journey? The context of this needs to be considered. We are starting a conversation, but other things will come. There will be bumps…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillWill my hon. Friend give way?22 Nov 2021HANSARDNew Nuclear PowerI welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment to increasing the generation of renewable energy in the UK and attracting investment in our renewable energy sector, especially the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNew Nuclear Power12. What steps his Department is taking to increase nuclear power generation.16 Nov 2021HANSARD School-based Counselling ServicesI congratulate the right hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East (Mr Brown) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) on securing this really important…09 Nov 2021HANSARD NHS EfficiencyThat is a characteristically well-made point by my hon. Friend. In the current system, NHS chief executives spend 18 months in one trust, then travel to another, spend 18 months…02 Nov 2021HANSARD NHS EfficiencyI am impressed by the Minister’s response. She talked a lot about how the NHS will improve efficiency and productivity post pandemic. I remind her of the plea that I made at the…02 Nov 2021HANSARD NHS EfficiencyMy hon. Friend is a champion of efficiency in the NHS and in his profession, and he makes such points regularly in the meetings of the Select Committee on Health and Social Care.…02 Nov 2021HANSARD NHS EfficiencyI beg to move, That this House has considered NHS efficiency. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsLast week was significant for me: I got married—[Hon. Members: “Hooray!”]—and the Chancellor gave Peterborough £20 million in his Budget. As wedding presents go, it was a pretty…01 Nov 2021HANSARDNHS England Funding: Announcement to MediaMy constituents in Peterborough will be thrilled with the £5.9 billion to clear the backlog and the extra cash for diagnostic services, but they will also be keen that that money…25 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)Hear, hear!19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)I absolutely do. The evidence comes from Peterborough, Tower Hamlets and many other parts of the country. It is not isolated to a handful of local authorities; it is much more…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)In response to some of the points made by the hon. Member for Putney, I would argue that this change is perfectly reasonable. If someone is trying to renew something as precious…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)Does the hon. Lady recognise, like me, that one of the most common experiences on the doorstep is someone saying that they have lost the polling card itself and have seen that as…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)Because we have to start somewhere. As a start, considering the evidence and arguments we have had, renewing every three years is a perfectly reasonable thing to ask someone to…19 Oct 2021