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HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]The hon. Lady is right. Previous Governments of all parties have not tackled these issues as they should have done—including, of course, the previous Labour Government, under…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyThe hon. Member makes wonderful points, and it is absolutely right that in every corner of the United Kingdom we need to ensure that we have the staffing, the kit and the level of…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyThat is a good point. Early diagnosis is vital. We are getting a bit better at it, but it would be a tragedy if we diagnosed people but then did not treat them early enough to…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyI feel that the hon. Member has a point to make.04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct. Back at the time of the last Labour Government, the national radiotherapy advisory group recommended that it was bad practice for anybody to…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyBecause I did!04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyI would not be doing my job at all well if I did not pursue the Minister on this point. Earlier, he very kindly talked about meeting the all-party group to talk about the national…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyYes, I absolutely do agree with my hon. Friend. Travel times, which I will come on to in a moment, do have an impact on outcomes—in other words, whether people survive—because…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyI beg to move, That this House has considered the accessibility of radiotherapy. It is a great honour to serve under your guidance, Sir John, and it is a great privilege to have…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyI am extraordinarily fond of the hon. Gentleman’s constituency, which he represents well. He makes an important point about travel times. In some parts of my constituency, people…04 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Will the Minister agree to meet the wonderful Cumbria Action for Sustainability and me to address some of the imperfections in the Government home insulation programme? It…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyFirst of all, Sir John, thank you for your oversight of this debate and for keeping us in order. I also thank everybody who has contributed from the Front and Back Benches.…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyYes. By definition, almost all of the radiotherapy deserts—those places that are beyond sensible and safe travelling times—are rural communities. As a result, they have terrible…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyMy hon. Friend makes a great point and does a great service to his community by standing up for those groups who support people after cancer, and their families. I know that…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Cancer PlanMay I invite the Minister, and indeed everyone here, to join us in Room M after these exchanges, when Radiotherapy UK will have a drop-in session with—most important—our patron…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyI completely agree with the hon. Member. Many people watching the debate today, whether physically in the Gallery or on television outside, are part of that outstanding workforce,…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyMy hon. Friend makes a good point. There is a combination of reasons, which I will come on to in a moment, but distance from treatment is undoubtedly the critical point that…04 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsHundreds of farmers and other small business owners in Westmorland who earn less than the minimum wage are not eligible for universal credit because of the failure of that system…03 Feb 2025HANSARD Solar Farms: Agricultural LandMy hon. Friend is being super generous and I am grateful to her. She makes excellent points. We obviously have means by which we can control how those things happen, through the…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]Let me say, without going through all the flowery stuff that we did earlier, that I am grateful to Members in all parts of the House for what has been a broadly collegiate debate.…28 Jan 2025