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HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)We are talking about investing in mental health services, and we should consider more widely the causes of the mental health disorders that we are having to approach. If we are…02 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionFirst, may I thank the Minister most sincerely for his statement? His is not an easy task. Eileen and Catherine from Bury St Edmunds lobbied me here in Parliament yesterday, for…01 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eighth sitting)I am aware of the role of governors in some of our NHS trusts and the way in which they are appointed, but governors have said to me that they are sometimes disappointed by the…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationI thank my hon. Friend the Member for South West Norfolk (Terry Jermy) for mentioning RAF Barnham, which is in my constituency—it is adjacent to the border of Thetford, and within…29 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixth sitting)I have received representations from rural dispensing practices in my constituency about the provision of vaccination services. I understand that dispensing general practitioners…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)I am listening carefully to what the right hon. Member has to say. I wonder whether he could present us with a concrete example of where precisely elected local government…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)I am not entirely clear why there is a problem with the financial incentive. People coming off lists that they have been on for a long, long time may well have a clinical…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)I am interested to hear what the Minister has to say, but does she agree that this is yet another reason why we must go full speed ahead to get the single patient record sorted…25 Jun 2026HANSARDForest City: West SuffolkI do not wish to declare my support for Forest City, but I wish to declare that there has to be some imagination here. It seems to me that the hon. Gentleman, my constituency…23 Jun 2026HANSARDForest City: West SuffolkI am grateful to the hon. Member, my constituency neighbour, for allowing an intervention. I regard this as quite a bold idea, like the NHS; that was a bold idea just after the…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifth sitting)It is true that the situation in ophthalmology is now quite serious, but is the hon. Lady aware of the problems in radiology and pathology? Some hospitals are unable to recruit…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)Does the shadow Minister accept that, in order to encourage innovation within the health service, we need to do whatever we can to support clinical academics? It is within the…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)Does the hon. Member recognise that there are circumstances in which independent provision within a district has the effect of disabling the NHS service? A pertinent example is…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 4 ordered to stand part of the Bill . Clause 5 Patient involvement and choice23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)I apologise for being a little delayed, Sir Jeremy. I am moving the amendment on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Dr Gardner). It would place a clear…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 33, in clause 7, page 4, line 31, at end insert— “(2) Training under subsection (1)(a) includes training in general health determinants as defined by…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifth sitting)I am happy with those assurances, so I beg to ask leave to withdraw amendment 33. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment proposed : 50, in clause 7, page 4, line 32, at end…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifth sitting)Does the shadow Minister agree that if we doubled the number of medical students, we would simply not be able to accommodate those people as young doctors unless we also doubled…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 4, page 3, line 22, leave out lines 22 to 29 and insert— “1C Health improvement and health inequalities duty (1) In exercising any functions…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)As the Committee knows, my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Dr Cooper) is one of the five medical doctors in the parliamentary Labour party. It is a great pleasure to…23 Jun 2026