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HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformIt is the case that there has not been a fundamental review of PIP on the basis that that has subsequently led to a change in that benefit. Therefore, it is the case that that…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformThe Prime Minister shares my view, which is that it is really important that we achieve the best possible outcomes for the people whom we are discussing in this statement. He…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformIf I may say so, first, I am very pleased that the hon. Gentleman is now fit and well and I am sorry he went through the difficult time that he describes. We are doing a huge…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformMy hon. Friend raises important points that are core to the consultation that is being carried out. The corollary to my hon. Friend’s argument is that we should not do anything…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformFirst, may I apologise profusely to the House that a copy of my statement was not provided to Mr Speaker and indeed those on the Opposition Front Benches sufficiently in advance…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformThe hon. Lady raises an extremely important point: the prevalence of mental health conditions in our country has grown. There are many reasons for that—I know the Labour Party…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformI wish to inform the House that my Department has today published a Command Paper launching the public consultation entitled “Modernising support for independent living: the…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformI am afraid I simply do not subscribe to the theories that the hon. Gentleman promotes. I think it is probably best to leave it at that.29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformI am at pains to say this: every time I have come to the Dispatch Box this afternoon, I think I have made it extremely clear that serious mental health conditions are very real. I…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformI know the Prime Minister shares the view that we owe a huge debt of gratitude to our GPs, right up and down the country. They have a highly pressurised job, and they do it…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformI thank my hon. Friend for a sensible set of questions. He refers to the importance of bringing GPs together with advice and support to get people into work. That is very much the…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformThe hon. Gentleman raises a very important point about mental health, and I can reassure him, as I reassured my right hon. Friend the Member for Norwich North (Chloe Smith), that…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformI thank my right hon. Friend for her very astute comments, which are built on her great experience of the exact issues that we are discussing, both as Secretary of State and,…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformOn the hon. Lady’s political points, I should point out that economic inactivity is lower today than in every single year of the last Labour Government—that is our record,…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformI am absolutely determined that we are not going to be seeing more bureaucracy. Indeed, I set out that one question we are exploring in the consultation relates to those who,…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformWe are considering the issue of parity that my hon. Friend has raised. He is absolutely right to raise the issue of mental health support—occupational health support—within…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformThe consultation will be very thorough. It is available in accessible formats to ensure we cater to the greatest extent that we can, and that we get the best possible and most…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformThat is probably fair. As the hon. Gentleman points out, he has known me for a very long time, and I recall that when we were at university together he was a young Conservative,…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformI thank my hon. Friend; he has done a great deal in the important area that this statement and consultation are addressing. As he knows, my door is always open to him, at every…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformI simply do not recognise the comments the hon. Gentleman has made about our national health service. There are more people working in the national health service than at any time…29 Apr 2024