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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am a product of the welfare state, and I remember the benefit system putting food in the fridge and money in the electric meter. I also know from lived experience that people…11 Feb 2025HANSARDDementia Diagnosis RatesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question—I know how personal this issue is for him. I was delighted to meet his father on my visit to Hartlepool, and wish him very well. I…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI really welcome the shadow Secretary of State’s raising that important issue. Too often, even when patients with eating disorders are in health settings, they do not receive the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is important that people are able to get the right care in the right place at the right time, and I recognise the challenges, particularly in geographies such as Devon and…11 Feb 2025HANSARDNHS England and NHS Operational Planning Guidance 2025-26I am today laying in Parliament the Government mandate for NHS England, and NHS England is publishing the operational planning guidance for the NHS. This Government won the…30 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI will take those points in turn. With enormous respect for the momentous democratic event taking place in Washington today, I do not think that the new President, last time I…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: I think that will be a unique representation this afternoon. I can already hear the vultures swooping, looking for that capital allocation and…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewThis weekend the Leader of the Opposition said that she will be honest about the mistakes of the Conservative Government. It seems that the shadow Health Secretary did not get the…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the new hospital programme. Of all the damage that the Conservative party did during their time in office—the…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the representations that she has consistently made since before the general election. I think her constituents will particularly welcome the…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful to my parliamentary neighbour for his representation and reassure him and his constituents—and mine, for that matter—that thanks to the capital allocation at the…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI can reassure the hon. Member that the hospital is due to start construction from 2032 to 2034 —although my hon. Friend the Member for Mitcham and Morden (Dame Siobhain McDonagh)…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. I am not surprised that Conservative Members tried to shout him down. They want to silence criticism of their record because they…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful to the hon. Member for his question. I can tell his constituents that, since his arrival, he has been absolutely dogged in pursuit of health and care investment in…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her birthday wishes, even after I announced the timetable that I know she and her constituents wanted. On a serious note, I think people will…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewIt is truly extraordinary that we have a Conservative Member standing up and criticising a Labour Government for delivering the Hillingdon hospital project, which will begin…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend, who has done so much with his parliamentary neighbours in Milton Keynes and Bletchley to get this scheme delivered and going as fast as…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful to the hon. Member for his representations. This Government are on the side of the builders, not the blockers. I can confirm to him that we are determined to start…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question, and for the outstanding work he has done representing his constituents since his election. He makes the really important point…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI thank the hon. Gentleman very much for that question. I think he is going to go far in this place, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I would be delighted to look favourably on his…20 Jan 2025