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HANSARDJhoots PharmacyMy hon. Friend rightly puts her finger on the Catch-22 situation in which we find ourselves. It is patently absurd that a pharmacy that is not operating, as she just described, is…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI pay tribute to the Boots employees in the hon. Member’s constituency where Jhoots is not providing the service that is required. We appreciate that. I can assure him that…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI know that my colleague the Minister of State for Health is working hard on the drafting process for the Bill. I cannot give the hon. Member the exact date of its introduction,…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI thank the hon. Member for those questions. I would certainly be happy to meet Members who have Jhoots in their constituency and are affected. I will update the House. We are…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyThat is an excellent suggestion; I will do that. We are hearing colleague after colleague say that staff are not being paid, and if there is clear evidence of a breach of…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI do not think that is an accurate characterisation of what I am saying. I am saying that we are taking action against Jhoots from the regulatory point of view, and there is…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s work on the Select Committee. NHS England is assessing the situation and preparing contingency plans in case Jhoots becomes insolvent. Such plans…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI agree with absolutely every word that my hon. Friend has just said. It is completely unacceptable that people are coming into work, doing an honest day’s work and then not…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI congratulate the hon. Member on securing this important urgent question. Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system. They are at the heart of our high streets and are…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI agree with everything the hon. Gentleman has said. It is completely and utterly unacceptable if a business such as Jhoots is not paying its staff. If there are indeed these…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s direct professional expertise and experience as a pharmacist. He is right to point to the fact that the regulatory framework is not as strong as…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s constituents, who are clearly going through an extremely difficult and challenging time. I strongly recommend that they contact ACAS and the PDA,…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI thank the hon. Lady and pay tribute to her work as Chair of the Select Committee. I am very proud of the fact that we delivered a £500 million uplift to pharmacy—19% across the…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyMy hon. Friend has put her finger on an issue within all this, which is that if we are looking to bring in other pharmacies to replace Jhoots or, indeed, to take over a Jhoots…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI agree with the hon. Member on the vital role played by community pharmacy now and going into the future. We want that role to continue and, indeed, to be strengthened and…15 Oct 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. Since the Mental Health Act 1983 was passed, and since it was updated in 2007, attitudes towards mental health have…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [Lords]I am really struggling for time. I am sorry, but I cannot take any more interventions, because it is not fair to Members who have tabled amendments. Amendments 41 and 42 would…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [Lords]The code of practice will be statutory. It is better to have these provisions in the code, because clinical practice evolves, and it is much easier to revise a code of practice…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [Lords]I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. One of the core purposes of this Bill is to ensure that we catch such issues, particularly around the identification of children in cases…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [Lords]I will, but I have got little time and a lot of amendments to address, so I will not take any further interventions.14 Oct 2025