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HANSARDNHS WorkforceMy hon. Friend is making a compelling case. I think I know where we could get some of the money from for training places, and perhaps he will agree. We forgo about £3.2 billion in…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.24 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the team to their places. National Highways is planning to plough a road through the much-loved and used Rimrose valley, the only substantial green space in my very…24 Nov 2022HANSARDNHS Staffing LevelsIt is a pleasure to speak under your stewardship, Mr Hollobone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood) for initiating the debate. Where do I begin…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNHS Staffing LevelsMy hon. Friend is right: it is crucial that we do that. A whole range of issues are beginning to affect staffing. For example, there is a £9 billion maintenance backlog in the…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNHS Staffing LevelsThe Royal College of Physicians produced a short, medium and long-term plan for the NHS, specifically in relation to staffing. I was shocked to read that the measures to increase…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNHS Staffing LevelsYes, we must. When these professionals come into the NHS and work their socks off, for all the hours that God sends, they do not even get a decent pay rise. They have had to pay…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyGiven that the Government since 2012 have broken virtually every fiscal rule they have set themselves, why should we pay a blind bit of attention to this new fiscal rule? Why…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyWhen the Tories came to power in 2010, national debt was just under £1 trillion, yet I remind Conservative Members that it is now £2.4 trillion—so much for the party of sound…22 Nov 2022HANSARDShark Fins BillThat point about conservation has to be put into the context that as many as 273 million sharks are killed every year; on a figure of just 100 million, which is the lower…16 Nov 2022HANSARD Fertility Treatment and Employment RightsAs the hon. Member said, more than one third of employees undergoing fertility treatment consider leaving their job because of the problems she has described. Does she agree that…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Online HarmsAbout eight to 10.26 Oct 2022HANSARD Pension Credit and Cost of Living Support GrantOrder. This is an intervention, not a speech. Would you bring it to a conclusion?26 Oct 2022HANSARD Pension Credit and Cost of Living Support GrantOrder. You are bordering on making another speech, rather than an intervention.26 Oct 2022HANSARD Kettering General Hospital RedevelopmentOrder. Can people kindly leave the Chamber, please? I will call Philip Hollobone to move the motion, and then the Minister to respond.26 Oct 2022HANSARD Pension Credit and Cost of Living Support GrantI appreciate that. Will you respond, Minister?26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsThe right hon. Member for East Hampshire has indicated that he recuses himself from his closing remarks. I call Kirsty Blackman.26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsOrder. I call Luke Evans.26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsOrder. Regrettably, I now have to impose a formal three-minute limit on speeches.26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsI would not have dreamed of interfering in your largesse, but I am pleased that you interfered in your own. Thank you very much.26 Oct 2022