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HANSARDNHS: Winter Preparedness(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care if he will make a statement on winter preparedness in the NHS.15 Dec 2025HANSARD Resident Doctors: Industrial ActionI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement, and sincerely thank him for making me aware last night of his intention to come to the House today and make a…10 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWe will see what happens. It would be interesting to know exactly where the money will come from. [ Interruption. ] The Secretary of State just said that if the prices go up,…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWell, we did not spend tens of billions of pounds in pay rises just for the same old problem to come back. There should have been proper reform, and conditions for those pay…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThis Government are trying to tell the public that this Budget was all about taking tough decisions to deliver change, about raising taxes to support the NHS and about pursuing…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am asking the question of who is going to pay for it. There is no detail in anything this Government do. They are full of plans and no delivery. The sectors I have been meeting…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI understood from the Secretary of State’s 10-year plan that he wants more involvement from the private sector. Perhaps the hon. Member needs to have a conversation with the…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Let me tell the House, from 16 years of working in the hospice movement, primarily as the head of fundraising, that if you are suddenly…02 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsBut, Mr Speaker: “The power to stop these strikes is in the Government’s hands.” —[ Official Report , 6 February 2023; Vol. 727, c. 660.] “They need to sit down and negotiate to…25 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. Can I ask the Secretary of State why he has not sorted out the strikes and disputes?25 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I know that you have been incensed by the unprecedented briefings we have seen by the Government in the run-up to the Budget. It beggars belief…25 Nov 2025HANSARDUnpaid Carers: InequalitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Ms Vaz. I am pleased to respond to this important debate on behalf of the Opposition, and I thank the hon. Member…20 Nov 2025HANSARDUnpaid Carers: InequalitiesIt just shows how, when Parliament works well, it works exceptionally well. I want to repeat some of the comments that have been made. The Government have launched a review of the…20 Nov 2025HANSARDUnpaid Carers: InequalitiesThis has been a really good debate so far, and I do not want to get into party politics, but the rise in national insurance contributions is having an impact on charities—it…20 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I am sure it will delight the Committee to know that I do not intend to detain us for too long. [ Interruption. ] I…19 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, it is great to be in this new role. I genuinely want to be part of a constructive Opposition, but equally I want to do my role in holding this Government to account. I note…21 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAgain, the Secretary of State cannot answer. His answers are too vague. He is very good at making promises, but the facts are that he is presiding over a reorganisation that has…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Before beginning my questions, I meant to pay tribute to our former colleague Oliver Colvile, who sadly passed away last night. He served as the…21 Oct 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [Lords]I want first to recognise and thank everyone for the constructive debates we have heard here and in the other place throughout the Bill’s passage. In particular, I thank the…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]Marking its 150th anniversary in 2021, the Royal Albert Hall continues not only to host world-class performances but, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Maldon (Sir John…14 Jul 2025