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HANSARD Business of the HouseResponsibly.03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanWe are so lucky to have my hon. Friend’s scientific expertise on our Benches, and we are also lucky that, despite being elected, she is doing research on behalf of the country in…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I shall make a statement to the House on “Fit for the Future”, the Government’s 10-year health plan for England. There are moments in our…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI thank my hon. Friend for her question and for the leadership she is showing to the Select Committee while the substantive Chair, the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. We want a society where everyone receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to end of life. Palliative and…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI knew exactly where that question was going, because my hon. Friend has been such a strong champion of his constituency since he arrived in this place. I am committed to rolling…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI welcome the Liberal Democrat support for the plan, and the constructive way in which Liberal Democrats have sought to work with us since the general election in pursuit of…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI thank my hon. Friend and his constituents for the feedback from that event, which I received and is reflected in this plan. There is much in the plan about power to the…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI thank my hon. Friend and her constituents. She held—I think—four events across her community to feed into this plan, and we really valued that feedback. I hope people feel that…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI thank my hon. Friend for her support, and her constituents for giving up their time to take part in those events, which fed directly into the plan. I hope they see their input…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI am very grateful to my hon. Friend— I know his constituency well, and he has been a powerful voice for his constituents since he arrived in this place. He is absolutely right…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanNeighbourhood health cannot just be about large towns and cities. It has to meet the needs of every community, and the approach we are taking, with care closer to home or, indeed,…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI am so grateful to my hon. Friend for his support; as he implies, he brings so much expertise to this place. As we embark in this brave new world of devolution of power,…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI am grateful to my hon. Friend and parliamentary neighbour for his question. He is right that I recently had the joy of visiting Jagdeep and the Dopamine Warriors in my…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI can absolutely give my hon. Friend that reassurance. It is about time that we design care around the patient, rather than ask the patient to do the running around on behalf of…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI can certainly give my hon. Friend the assurance that Chris Whitty’s work as chief medical officer had a big bearing on our thinking about how we meet the needs of rural and…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI really welcome that support, and that is an absolutely great question. On the point about connectivity, I will ensure that the Science Secretary receives those representations…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI give the hon. Gentleman the assurance that we will be delivering on type 1 diabetes, as well as type 2 diabetes. He is right about the breakthroughs in science that allow us to…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI can absolutely give my hon. Friend that assurance. The great opportunity for technology is that we can design in accessibility; I had a great meeting here with some of my…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI welcome the hon. Member’s constructive approach. Of course, we are happy to receive representations on HSSIB. I would just like to outline the problem we are trying to solve,…03 Jul 2025