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HANSARDCounter-terrorism9. What steps her Department is taking with international partners to counter the threat of terrorism.24 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Well, the Minister’s mother-in-law might not be. I do not think it is such a leap of the imagination to let everybody access their medical information in this way. As we heard…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to follow my medical colleague, the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Dr Johnson), in this debate. This is a wide-ranging Bill, but I would like to talk…12 Feb 2025HANSARDClosure of High Street Services: Rural AreasI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Alison Hume) for that. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. Stowmarket’s high street is…05 Feb 2025HANSARDClean Power by 2030Energy projects in East Anglia will be crucial for generating the clean, cheap power that this country needs to grow, from wind and solar farms to nuclear power stations,…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Cancer PlanDoes the Minister agree that the move from analogue to digital will be key to cancer research, especially in the field of rare cancers such as the brain tumours that we have been…04 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Looking around the car park in Parliament, I noticed that we had only two charging ports, both occupied. By supporting the installation of more charging ports in Parliament…04 Feb 2025HANSARDClean Power by 20305. What progress he has made on achieving clean power by 2030.04 Feb 2025HANSARD Rural Housing TargetsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I am an MP from rural Suffolk, and I hope we can create affordable rural housing. Why did our predecessors not try to…29 Jan 2025HANSARDRoad Safety: Young DriversOnce a person has passed their driving test in this country, they are simply released on to the roads. This new Parliament must act to change that. On Boxing day 2017, a…28 Jan 2025HANSARDClinical Academics5. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help retain clinical academics in universities.27 Jan 2025HANSARDClinical AcademicsThe number of clinical academics is in worrying decline. These are the people who teach our doctors in universities and are conducting groundbreaking research. Consultant clinical…27 Jan 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMay I say how moved I have been by all the speeches that I have heard this afternoon? On Monday I will stand in Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, at a steel teardrop erected as a…23 Jan 2025HANSARDWelfare of DoctorsI agree that we must put resources into general practices to deal with the Government’s plan to move care from the hospital out into the community. I am sure that needs to be…21 Jan 2025HANSARDWelfare of DoctorsI was not aware that the practitioner health service was not available in Northern Ireland; I certainly agree that it ought to be. The practitioner health service was designed to…21 Jan 2025HANSARDWelfare of DoctorsI beg to move, That this House has considered the welfare of doctors. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. Our NHS is described as “broken”. Gigantic…21 Jan 2025HANSARDWelfare of DoctorsI will speak of general practice shortly. My son is an A&E doctor here in London, and I am therefore one of three generations of doctors who have served the NHS continuously since…21 Jan 2025HANSARDWelfare of DoctorsI agree with my hon. Friend, as he will see. There are odd shifts, night duties without hot food, and days and weeks that go by without an opportunity to meet supervising…21 Jan 2025HANSARDWelfare of DoctorsI agree with exactly what the hon. Gentleman said. In a recent survey, 29% of hospital doctors said they were unable to take any breaks at all during the working day; for GPs, the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDWelfare of DoctorsI agree completely with the hon. Member, which will be no surprise. The training of doctors is under threat. I spoke in the House about how cash-strapped universities are issuing…21 Jan 2025