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HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am very aware of the challenges in East Kent and the challenges of providing good-quality care and the facilities that people need. I am sure that Ministers will be happy to…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his representation and for his outstanding work for the people of Leeds since his election. I can reassure his constituents that this is a…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewWe keep a regular eye on the capital needs of the NHS across the board. Subject to the usual constraints on resources, supply chain construction industry capacity and so on, we…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am always open to constructive representations. As I said in my statement, the capital envelope that the Chancellor has given my Department—the biggest since Labour was last in…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend for highlighting the extent to which Leeds general infirmary was let down over 14 years of Conservative Government, with initial under-investment…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful for the way in which the hon. Gentleman poses his question. I can confirm that pre-construction work is ongoing, with construction due to start between 2027 and…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI will be getting to 42 slightly earlier than the hon. Gentleman, as it is my 42nd birthday tomorrow—I look forward to the cards in the post. More seriously, on the phasing of the…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewWith that track record, my hon. Friend might want to tell us this week’s lottery numbers while he is here. In all seriousness, he makes a good point. Although today’s statement is…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. We are very fortunate to have in the House someone with her experience of social care and health issues. She has already done an…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 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has raised this issue consistently and persistently with me since she was elected. I can reassure her and her constituents that…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewIf the hon. Gentleman is disappointed with this Government, he will be absolutely furious when he finds out who was in power before. In fact, he is a dead ringer for the guy 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 2025