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HANSARD Covid-19: Government ResponseLast week, the Health and Social Care Committee and the Science and Technology Committee published a report saying that the vaccine roll-out was one of the biggest and most…21 Oct 2021HANSARDCOP26: Limiting Global Temperature RisesNo one questions the hon. Lady’s commitment on these issues, but is it not a bit unfair to criticise the Government for a lack of concrete action when, for example, the proportion…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would like to ask the Secretary of State about pressures in emergency care and comments that the new chief executive of NHS England made to the Health Committee this morning…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBaby Loss Awareness WeekI thank the hon. Lady for giving me a moment to recover. She makes a very powerful argument. Without committing to supporting her proposal, I would hope that all employers would…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBaby Loss Awareness WeekIt really is an honour to follow two such extremely powerful and persuasive speeches. I particularly thank my hon. Friend the Member for Truro and Falmouth (Cherilyn Mackrory) for…23 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillAs it happens, we are currently conducting an inquiry into how to deal with the covid backlog, so I commit to my hon. Friend, with whom I so enjoyed working at the Department of…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI am going to make some progress, if I may. Finally, let me say this. We, as Conservatives, criticised the Labour party in the 2000s for pouring money into the NHS without a…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI will make some progress, if I may. The second trap is that we must not inadvertently sleepwalk into another Mid Staffs. People forget that when Mid Staffs happened, NHS budgets…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillFirst, we passed the Care Act 2014, which put in place the legislative foundations for the proposals that we are now going to fund. Secondly, I happen to agree with the hon.…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI will give way and then make some progress.14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillSelect Committee Chairs have to hold the Government to account, but just occasionally they also have to hold the other parties to account. I am afraid that today is one of those…14 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI welcome this announcement, particularly on boosters. Yesterday, I asked the Minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment, when we would hear about boosters. Just 15 hours later, the…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-oldsThis is an incredibly sensitive decision but, in an open society, the Government have done exactly the right thing, which is to be open. The narrow health benefits to children are…13 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Chancellor for his willingness to make extremely difficult decisions to fix the crisis in waiting lists in the NHS and the problems in the social care system. The…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareRaising taxes is an incredibly difficult thing for any Conservative Government to do, so I thank the Prime Minister for biting the bullet on this intractable issue that I and many…07 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI have great respect for the excellent job that my right hon. Friend is doing. He will know that Israel shows that even a good vaccination programme does not stop the Delta…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that. It is not sustainable to ask America to spend 4% of its GDP on defence when the entirety of Europe spends no more than just over…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI am just coming to my conclusion. We cannot reverse what happened this week, but we can limit the damage and learn from what went wrong. That means not just grieving silently at…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanIt is a privilege to follow so many distinguished hon. Members who themselves fought on the frontline in Afghanistan. President Biden said this week that his “only vital national…18 Aug 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMay I start by wishing you and your family a ping-free summer, Mr Speaker? Thank you for upholding the values of this House over the past few months. The Minister of State will…22 Jul 2021