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HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)My wife is an educational psychologist, so I have lived this, in a vicarious fashion, for the last 30 years or more. I understand how the system for special educational needs has…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Much of the conversation around those trade deals relates to pharmaceuticals from the United States. Our patients should be able to access the best available treatments, whatever…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I sit on the Home Affairs Committee, and we have lately been discussing the matter of serious organised crime, and vape shops in particular. It turns out that many of the vape…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Public health used to be clearly under the aegis of the national health service. Some years ago, public health officers became employees of the local authorities, and the thing…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)When I was a young doctor—a registrar—in the 1980s, we had 300,000 beds in our health service. By the time I was a senior doctor in the 2020s, we had 140,00 beds—less than half…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Since I have been an MP, I have visited a number of schools in my constituency, and I have always been struck by the number of children who are carers. [Hon. Members: “Hear,…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Would the hon. Member comment on what I consider to be almost the most successful and important Bill that our new Government have passed, on the effective abolition of cigarette…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Although it is true that hospital management could concentrate on dealing with the waits in A&E, surely it needs to concentrate on the flow through the entire hospital. Every…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Will the Minister acknowledge that the uplift in the carer’s earnings allowance is a very significant measure that this Government did introduce?09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I wonder whether the hon. Member remembers that in 2010, when I believe there was an election— [ Interruption. ] Yes. The point I wish to make is that at the end of the previous…09 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS Corridor CareIt is true: I am another doctor. I qualified in 1982, probably long before my distinguished colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Dr Allin-Khan), was even born. I…08 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Is it the hon. Member’s belief that that is something that Healthwatch would have been able to deal with, support and prevent?07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. The question is what will make patients more safe. Does incorporating the department that looks at safety into the…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I rise to speak to new clause 74 on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (John Slinger), who is in the Gallery, and also to some extent on behalf of my predecessor, Jo…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)rose —07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for taking my intervention and I am sorry that it is late in the afternoon. The question we are faced with is this: what is the best system to…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I listened carefully to what the Minister said about a change of culture. A change of culture can certainly happen. In the surgical world, we used to bring patients into the…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Twelfth sitting)What we are talking about is not so much the safety of staff when they come forward, but the safety of patients, and whether we genuinely believe that the proposed modification to…07 Jul 2026HANSARDRemotely Piloted Aircraft SystemsIn 1914 we were producing 12 Vickers machine guns a week; by 1918, we were producing 1,200. Warfighting depends not only on the bravery of our armed forces, but on the technical…06 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)I am very interested in the increase in the number of people waiting for mental health care, particularly mental health assessments. Does the hon. Member think that that is…02 Jul 2026