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HANSARDUnpaid Carers: InequalitiesThere is a consistent message that comes through in my conversations with carers about the importance of respite and regular breaks. We know that they are not a luxury. When…20 Nov 2025HANSARDUnpaid Carers: InequalitiesI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend’s points; I think that neighbourhood health, as a strategy, addresses his points about both the proximity and complexity. By definition,…20 Nov 2025HANSARDUnpaid Carers: InequalitiesI will be very happy to do that. We have launched the 43 sites, so I would be happy to share the documentation on how we launched them and the terms of reference. [ Interruption.…20 Nov 2025HANSARDUnpaid Carers: InequalitiesAs a ballpark figure, we are looking at 50,000 residents, but we will be open to developing multi-neighbourhood infrastructure that would cover closer to something like 250,000…20 Nov 2025HANSARDUnpaid Carers: InequalitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Anna Dixon) for securing this vital debate. I pay tribute to her for her…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaI am very tight on time, but I will give way briefly before wrapping up.19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaI absolutely agree. This is a human challenge, and humans need to take it on. That is what we will do. There is nothing more human that going to a premier league football match,…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I am very grateful to the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) for securing this debate on such a vital…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaAbsolutely—we believe the sky is the limit. As I mentioned to my hon. Friend the Member for Caerphilly, we are clear that we see this as the first step. Clearly, premier league…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaI absolutely join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to Rugby borough council. That sounds like an excellent initiative that we should explore in other parts of the country, if that…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaThere are 11 premier league clubs that have signed up so far. The most visual way in which the partnership will manifest itself is through the advertising hoardings, which will be…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaMy hon. Friend is right. I do not know whether there is a connection, but it is possible that some of the perhaps more macho attitudes in some sporting environments are connected…19 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThrough a £160 million investment in the additional roles reimbursement scheme, we have recruited more than 2,000 new GPs nationwide, but we recognise the inequities in funding…21 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend will know, the consultation closed on 19 August. We are now considering the outcomes, and expect to publish a response very shortly. These reforms will improve…21 Oct 2025HANSARDHospital to Community CareI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. I am not familiar with the details of that case, but if he would not mind writing to me, I would be very happy to take that…21 Oct 2025HANSARDHospital to Community CareI thank my hon. Friend for that question, and congratulate him on his work campaigning on this issue. Regular support and advice from a Parkinson’s disease nurse specialist is…21 Oct 2025HANSARDVirtual WardsThe hon. Lady makes a very valid point: this is about the shift from hospital to community, which we have to drive forward. In September 2025, 12,522 virtual ward beds were…21 Oct 2025HANSARDVirtual WardsI welcome the Chair of the Select Committee back from parental leave and greatly look forward to working with her again. Virtual wards allow patients to get hospital-level care in…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployer’s National Insurance: GPsAgain, I find it extraordinary that Conservative Members have the brass neck to ask those kinds of questions. They created the mess, and now they are criticising us—it is a bit…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployer’s National Insurance: GPsThanks to the decisions taken by the Chancellor at the Budget, we are investing an extra £1.1 billion in general practice—the biggest increase in a decade. That funding has…21 Oct 2025