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HANSARD Vaccination: Condition of DeploymentMy right hon. Friend knows that my instinct is to support him in the very difficult decisions he has to take in a pandemic, and I think he is doing an excellent job, but I have…31 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAt the height of the first wave, the Government had the courage to pre-order 400 million doses of vaccines without even knowing whether they worked. That has laid the foundations…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis morning, the Health Secretary is reported in The Times as saying that the NHS can learn from the way in which academy chains are regulated, but he will know that the…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Midwives in the NHSI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate and on the forthcoming addition to her family. On the point made by the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) about…17 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI welcome today’s announcement. We have one of the best vaccine programmes in the world and as a result we can look forward to a time of living with covid with justified…13 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccination StrategyThis country has one of the best vaccination programmes in the world and the very best in Europe. We should remember that the foundations were put in place when, at the height of…12 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagements4. Hospitalisations in London have peaked, so the Prime Minister was absolutely right to hold his nerve on new restrictions in the last few weeks, but does he agree that the NHS…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateOne year and five days ago the UK administered the first properly approved covid vaccine in the world, and the Government are absolutely right to focus on immunisation, but Israel…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateDisappointing though the statement will be for many people, the Secretary of State has my full and unqualified support. This is not a choice between more and fewer restrictions;…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI strongly support the balanced and sensible way in which the Secretary of State is buying time until we find out how dangerous this new variant really is. How is he preparing the…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Adult Social CareI thank the Minister for her work putting the White Paper together in a very short period. I know that she has put a lot of effort into it, but it is hard to see it as more than…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEthiopia: Tigray CrisisMay I congratulate the Minister on the excellent job that she is doing of standing in for the Foreign Secretary? A genocide is happening in Tigray. What work is the Minister doing…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe late Donald Rumsfeld coined the phrase, “known unknowns”, and that is what we face with the new omicron virus. The Secretary of State is therefore absolutely right to take…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. The Secretary of State knows that some in Government are worried about the extra cost of training additional doctors, but does he agree that every…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI thank the hon. Lady, who before entering this place spent her time campaigning to support NHS and care staff. She speaks with great experience, and I think that the fundamental…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy right hon. Friend speaks about these issues with a great deal of knowledge, given his former ministerial and Select Committee roles, and he is absolutely right. I think that…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. Medical school, the foundation years and, as my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison) said, the retention of…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy right hon. Friend is right that there are problems with the GP contract. I do not want to get into too many discussions about doctors’ contracts in this very consensual debate,…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillThe hon. Lady gives a good example, because mental health is an area that we have all recently come to realise can be immensely beneficial to ourselves, our families and our…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI believe it will. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue, because medical training is relevant to the whole United Kingdom, not just one part of it. I hope…23 Nov 2021