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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that the hon. Gentleman’s constituents will have noted, through his representations as a constituency MP, that he could not have fought harder to save that service. We…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am really grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. She is right to highlight the importance of funding following inequalities to redress that imbalance. I think she will be…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat has been a running theme this morning, which will not be lost on Ministers. We will ensure, as we deliver neighbourhood health services, that people can receive care closer…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was in the Chamber to hear the hon. Member’s question. Obviously we are led by clinical advice when it comes to decisions on screening programmes, but I understand the case she…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe do want to put GPs at the heart of neighbourhood health services, and we want people to have care close to home. There are benefits to primary care working at scale, so I would…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I respectfully say that that was part of the problem with Conservative thinking? They thought that the answer to the NHS crisis was more quangos, and they measured success in…17 Jun 2025HANSARDAccess to GPsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Just as this Government are delivering record home building with a huge target to build the homes that Britain needs, we also need to ensure…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAbsolutely: the NHS always does better under a Labour Government.17 Jun 2025HANSARDNHS: Wasteful SpendingFiscal decisions and spending are matters for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor, but let me reassure the hon. Gentleman of two things. First, the way in which the taxpayers of…17 Jun 2025HANSARDAccess to GPsProbably because being that prescriptive about every housing development is not sensible, even if the thrust of what the hon. Member describes—that as new housing development is…17 Jun 2025HANSARDNHS Buildings: Maintenance BacklogsI thank my hon. Friend for the work that he and my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) are leading in partnership with the trust and…17 Jun 2025HANSARDNHS Buildings: Maintenance BacklogsI absolutely appreciate the challenges that the hon. Member describes, having met with the trust myself. The Minister for Secondary Care, my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Ashley Dalton), who is the Minister responsible for cancer, would be delighted to meet…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, on behalf of the NHS I apologise to my hon. Friend’s constituent. That is an intolerable situation, but sadly not rare or exceptional. There is too much of that happening,…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I will make sure that my hon. Friend gets that meeting.17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMaking sure that women are giving birth safely is the ultimate priority and the least that women deserve. I understand my hon. Friend’s anxiety about this reconfiguration, and she…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI should just say for the record that it is thanks to my friends at the Treasury that we are able to do so much to invest in our health service. It is important to put that on…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsCan I first thank my hon. Friend the Minister for Care for the considerable amount of work he has done to support the House as it makes its deliberations on this important issue?…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the shadow Secretary of State for his question and, even more importantly, I thank the amazing campaigners for what they are doing. This is probably the easiest question…17 Jun 2025HANSARDAccess to GPsI can well understand the hon. Member’s concern and her constituents’ concern. Practice closures are hard on communities wherever they are, but they disproportionately hit rural…17 Jun 2025