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HANSARDTopical QuestionsIntegrated care boards are responsible for providing mental health services to meet the needs of their local populations. As part of our plan for change, we will reduce delays and…11 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesMy hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner on this issue in her constituency. She is right that the integration of services is crucial to ensuring that we get the best possible…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)The Government choose when to bring forward an impact assessment based on the passage of the Bill through the House. We have had reports today about a very substantial amendment…11 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesWe in this Chamber should, whenever possible, pay tribute to the people providing those frontline services, who every day work heroically in very difficult circumstances. My hon.…11 Feb 2025HANSARDHospicesFrom the roundtable discussions, and from subsequent discussions we have been having with the sector, it is clear that we need to look at the long-term funding issue. We faced a…11 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesAfter 14 years of Tory neglect and incompetence, we inherited a broken NHS, and nowhere is that more apparent than in our mental health services. Too many people are waiting too…11 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesWhat we know about targets is that if we try to overload a system with too many targets, it causes confusion and ends up with, as the hon. Lady rightly says, perverse outcomes. We…11 Feb 2025HANSARDHospicesWe have seen the biggest settlement in many years for our health and care system across the country. It is now up to the SNP Government in Edinburgh to absorb and deliver that…11 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesThe Chair of the Committee will have seen that we have made an explicit commitment to the mental health investment standard—we are absolutely committed to that. In addition, we…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)The amendments relate to the criteria that individuals would need to meet to request assistance to die under the Bill. All the amendments seek to amend the eligibility criteria in…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. My understanding is that it is termed as a treatment under the law. The Government do not take a view on the semantics of the word;…11 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesI am not familiar with the detail of the case that the right hon. Gentleman mentions, but it sounds like a positive and interesting development, and I would be happy to consider…11 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesAfter the disastrous 14 years that we have had, we are facing a very serious situation in terms of mental health provision. It will take some time to get the workforce in place,…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)The fundamental position of the Government is that the Mental Capacity Act as it stands is a known quantity. It provides the legal base for a whole range of measures and…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. As was noted earlier, the Government remain neutral. My role here is not to offer a Government view on the merits of the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs AssessmentsChildren and young people with special educational needs are waiting too long for the NHS services that they need, in large part because local authorities have been hollowed out…11 Feb 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs AssessmentsOur commitment to improving SEND conditions is universal. We are looking at this from the point of view of improving provision right across the country. I am very pleased that the…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Maternal Mental HealthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I am so grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Laura Kyrke-Smith) for securing this debate, for raising a…05 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you very much for that very comprehensive answer. Is there anything that our other guests would like to add? Dr Mewett: As I was on the very first implementation taskforce,…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have a specific question about the period between the legislation passing in your Parliament and the commencement of its provisions and the implementation of voluntary…29 Jan 2025