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HANSARDAmbulance PressuresI know from conversations in recent days that there has been significant work around dispatch, the assessment of calls and the role of clinicians, particularly in 111. There is…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresThis Government are investing in our NHS. That is why the resource departmental expenditure limit, which in 2010 was £99 billion, went up last year to £150 billion. It is why we…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresI do not know the specific circumstances of the case my hon. Friend highlights, but in general good consultation and engagement with stakeholders will of course lead to better and…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresI know the hon. Gentleman is co-chairing, with the Minister for Care and Mental Health, a strategy board looking at these issues, and I would be very keen to explore that with him…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresFollowing the announcement by the Met Office on Friday of a red warning for extreme heat, I would like to update the House on the impact of extreme weather on health and care, the…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresLet me start with the area on which the hon. Lady was correct, which is that I recognise the increased pressure on ambulances and hospitals. That is why we put in place the…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that warm welcome. I was Minister of State when he was Secretary of State, and hugely valued the expertise, diligence and insight that he…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresI am happy to look at any specific issues that flow from the hon. Gentleman’s constituency case. The more we can use tech and innovation better to address those issues at pace,…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresThat specific point about where risk best sits within the system was addressed in the letter from the NHS medical director on Friday. Of course, the best way of addressing that…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresThe hon. Lady brings great practical insight on these issues from her profession as a nurse. The point she raises, as did my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresI am happy to look at that, and I thank my hon. Friend for his service locally. I am keen to follow up on his point, because it is absolutely right. From the feedback from…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresMy hon. Friend is absolutely right on mental health and where a patient is violent, as I saw for myself on my visit to Bedford, for example, that can be unsettling for A&E. I am…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresThe principle of subsidiarity is that, as part of the extreme heat plans, local trusts make decisions locally on targeting resource, whether that has an impact on outpatients or…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresFirst, I am happy to join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to the work of the local staff in her ambulance trust. She raises an important point about the fleet, and I was very…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresThe hon. Gentleman is right that the west midlands in particular has been under significant pressure, and 111 ambulance service response times are significantly challenged, which…18 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Resilience Strategy: Food SecurityThe hon. Gentleman raises an extremely important point. I suggest that he looks first at the approach we took in the autumn, when our supply chains were under pressure. We showed…09 Jun 2022HANSARDNational Resilience Strategy: Food SecurityOne specific area is working with international partners as to how we get the grain out of Ukraine. There is a pressing timescale on that—a four-week window—so the matter is…09 Jun 2022HANSARDNational Resilience Strategy: Food SecurityWe are working in partnership with the food industry—indeed, only yesterday I chaired a roundtable with industry representatives—and also working in partnership across the United…09 Jun 2022HANSARDNational Resilience Strategy: Food SecurityThe Government are working closely with the food industry to ensure that the UK’s food security is resilient to shocks. The resilience strategy will be published this summer and…09 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe scope of the single sign-on programme has already been set in terms of the 75 services within the scope of how we make doing business easier. This is about looking at where…09 Jun 2022