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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be delighted to. Let us arrange a date.14 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 is making a difference. It has reduced competition from four to one to less than two to one, a fact that the British Medical…14 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAbsolutely. I join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to Phil Woolas, who was an outstanding Member of this House and is dearly missed. I know the whole House will join her in…14 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe strongly support the aims of the Moon Shot Project; the challenge has been getting the proposal to a suitable standard for funding. The moment we overcome that obstacle, the…14 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes; as part of our national cancer plan, we absolutely want to see survival rates improve in the way the hon. Gentleman describes. I welcome the new Minister working on this—the…14 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate the units on their work. I appreciate concerns about sickle cell services, which we must maintain. I am aware of some of the other challenges we have had to address…14 Apr 2026HANSARDResident Doctors: Industrial ActionWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on the proposed industrial action by resident doctors. Yesterday evening, the British Medical Association called its…26 Mar 2026HANSARDResident Doctors: Industrial ActionI thank the shadow Secretary of State for his response and questions. Beneath some of the criticism of the Government was a consistent message about the unreasonable and…26 Mar 2026HANSARDResident Doctors: Industrial ActionI thank my hon. Friend for his support in trying to influence a more constructive approach, for the advice that he has given me and members of the resident doctors committee, and…26 Mar 2026HANSARDResident Doctors: Industrial ActionI thank the Liberal Democrats for their support. I really hope that resident doctors appreciate that this is a party with a spokesperson who supports the NHS and wants to see it…26 Mar 2026HANSARDResident Doctors: Industrial ActionIt is frankly breathtaking hypocrisy. It rather looks like doctors in their ivory tower saying one thing, and lecturing us about what is and is not affordable, but when it comes…26 Mar 2026HANSARDResident Doctors: Industrial ActionThe Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee is absolutely spot on. I am relieved to report that I was doing exactly what she mentions only last Friday; I was walking the…26 Mar 2026HANSARDResident Doctors: Industrial ActionIf the committee had ever taken me up on my offer to meet the entire committee, I might be able to answer the question, but since it has never done so, I do not know. It is for…26 Mar 2026HANSARDResident Doctors: Industrial ActionPay structure reform and future pay are linked to the DDRB, which is an independent pay review body; its recommendations are one of the things that the BMA wanted the deal to be…26 Mar 2026HANSARDReview Body on Doctors and Dentists Remuneration: Pay RecommendationI hugely appreciate the incredible work of talented staff across our NHS. That is why I am formally accepting the headline pay recommendation from the Review Body on Doctors and…25 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningococcal Disease OutbreakI am updating the House on the ongoing outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease in Kent. My heartfelt condolences go to the families of the two young people who have sadly died,…23 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the outbreak of meningococcal disease in Canterbury and east Kent. My thoughts, and I am sure the thoughts of the…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI thank the shadow Secretary of State for his constructive response and support as we respond to this incident, and I welcome the way in which he has rightly brought scrutiny to…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question, which raises an important point—the shadow Secretary of State also raised it—about public health information. There are exams…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI thank the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for her response, and I strongly endorse what she said about the importance of vaccination. When it comes to determining which vaccines…17 Mar 2026