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HANSARD Resident Doctors: Industrial ActionFirst, I thank the shadow Health Secretary for the constructive terms on which he has agreed to work with the Government. That should give resident doctors across the country who…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Resident Doctors: Industrial ActionI will say to the right hon. Gentleman that we are doing everything we can to mitigate against harm during the proposed strike dates, but I cannot in all honesty and integrity…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Resident Doctors: Industrial ActionThat is the only thing I have been thinking about in recent days, and it is why I have offered to extend a strike mandate for the first time, even though the BMA has asked me to…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Resident Doctors: Industrial ActionOf course, my concern is always patients, first and foremost, but it has been playing on my mind and my conscience that, going into this December, a lot of consultants, nurses,…10 Dec 2025HANSARDNational Maternity and Neonatal Investigation: Progress UpdateThis statement updates Members on the national maternity and neonatal investigation. In June 2025, I launched a rapid national investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal…09 Dec 2025HANSARDMental Health Conditions, Autism and ADHDI am announcing today the launch of an independent review into the prevalence of, and support for, mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism.…04 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsLet me say two things in response. I am almost certain that my hon. Friends will be delighted that he has intervened in defence of their plight at the hands of the Labour Whips,…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Of course, we want to ensure that investment is deprivation linked. We want to reverse the damage the Conservatives did when they pursued what…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThat is a good question, and I give the hon. Gentleman the assurance that my Department is working closely with the Secretary of State for Education and colleagues right across…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am grateful to the shadow Health Secretary for giving way. We should be clear that the deal struck with the United States is the first and only deal with the United States that…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsGladly. Please do defend keeping children in poverty.02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI begin by addressing the British Medical Association’s reckless call for resident doctors to strike in the run-up to Christmas. That is a cynical choice, coming as flu cases…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI can certainly give my hon. Friend that assurance, and I absolutely endorse what she says about our local hospital, which I know very well. I genuinely thank frontline NHS staff,…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have to confess a sin. Earlier today, in the debate on the Budget, I referenced the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) and did not…02 Dec 2025HANSARDHealth InequalitiesI thank my hon. Friend for describing Rachel’s experience. We have introduced Jess’s rule and we are rolling out Martha’s rule, so that, whether in primary or acute care,…25 Nov 2025HANSARDHealth InequalitiesWomen’s health is a priority for me, for my Department and for the Government. Since I last answered questions in the House we have extended the NHS health check to include the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDHealth InequalitiesI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for raising that extremely serious issue. I am glad that she has drawn it to the House’s attention. I have apologised, on behalf of the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDMen’s Health ServicesWe are expecting the draft recommendations, and then a three-month consultation period will follow, but I want to act quickly on the evidence and what the recommendations contain,…25 Nov 2025HANSARDHealth InequalitiesI thank the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for her question. She is right to raise the inequalities at the heart of poor maternity care, as well as failures in services overall. We…25 Nov 2025HANSARDNHS Waiting ListsI honestly cannot believe the brass neck of Conservative Members; their time in government led to the longest waiting times and lowest patient satisfaction in the history of the…25 Nov 2025