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HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I like the hon. Lady very much, and I will just say two things in response: first, she has been around in this Chamber a long…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that question. He is not too far away from me geographically, but he is miles away from me politically, and I always get nervous when he…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI am delighted to see my hon. Friend in her place, standing up for her communities in Penistone and Stocksbridge. In opposition, it was very frustrating watching successive…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationThe Minister for Secondary Care was whispering in my ear that it was her frustration with exactly the bureaucratic processes that the hon. Gentleman describes that led to her…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationFirst, my hon. Friend is right that we should celebrate and thank staff who are doing an outstanding job against a very difficult set of circumstances. On his second point, we…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI am so grateful for that question, not least because it gives me the chance as a constituency MP to say a huge thank you to St Francis hospice and Haven House children’s hospice…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI am delighted to see my hon. Friend here. His constituents can already see that he is not backwards in coming forwards. He will stand up and champion their interests in this…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI am not sure that is a fair characterisation of Sir John Bell’s position. I have a huge amount of respect for him. I am grateful to Lord Darzi for writing the diagnosis. Given…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI am really grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. She has a huge amount of expertise in health and care, and she is absolutely right about the need for that shift. I have…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationEvery time the right hon. Gentleman praises my zeal for NHS reform, Labour Members get very nervous. Let me reassure him that I have looked at other countries, and I will…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI thank my hon. Friend for her question and congratulate her warmly on her election to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee. I am looking forward to sharing, through the…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI can absolutely reassure the hon. Member that RAAC-impacted hospitals are a priority. We are putting safety first, and it is just a shame that when his residents had a Prime…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need to make sure that we have the right staff in the right place and an equitable distribution of access to NHS services right across the…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationAbsolutely. I thank the hon. Member for the way she put her question. I send my deepest condolences to Sophie’s family on what will inevitably be a difficult day—I suspect just…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI thank the hon. Gentleman for his constructive approach. The tragedy of the Health and Care Act 2022 was that a large part of its focus was on trying to correct the enormous…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationMy hon. Friend, who I am delighted to see representing Bassetlaw, is already showing herself to be an outstanding champion for her community. She raises a really good challenge…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationFiscal policy is a matter for the Chancellor. I know on which side my bread is buttered, so I will not write her Budget or spending review now, but let me reassure the hon.…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationMy hon. Friend makes a great point, and he has given great service to the Public Accounts Committee of this House by drilling into waste, inefficiency and exploitation of the…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationFor all the innovations that modern technology will bring—the revolution in big data AI, machine learning and medical advances that we will see very soon but can scarcely imagine…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationHow refreshing to have constructive opposition in the Chamber. It was clear throughout the election campaign that my party and the Liberal Democrats have much in common, both in…12 Sept 2024