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HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthGiven the state of the Opposition, I bet they would love to see what policy discussion papers we are putting forward in the Department of Health and Social Care. The hon.…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthI would be delighted for either myself or one of my ministerial colleagues to take my hon. Friend up on that offer. What a refreshing change from so many of the contributions that…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthIn the meetings that I asked my right honourable friend to attend—I need to make sure that I get this absolutely right—I tend to think that I saw him on the other side of the…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthI am delighted to see my hon. Friend here representing Bishop Auckland. The people of his constituency will be struck by the fact that this afternoon the Conservative party has…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is because of the way that she champions her constituency and her community that she was sent to this place to stand up for their interests.…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthMy right honourable friend, Alan Milburn, does not have a role in the Department. He does not have a pass to the Department. I am asked whether he has accessed the ministerial…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthFirst, my right honourable friend, Alan Milburn, does not have a role in the Department. Secondly, of course we will publish, in the routine way that we do, details of meetings…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthWith the way that Conservative Members are carrying on, and with the smears and innuendo they are applying, I am surprised that Alan Milburn is not paying them a marketing…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthI wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend. Let the record reflect that, when he was raising the crisis that is leaving people in Hartlepool without access to NHS dentistry,…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthIt is entirely legitimate to ask questions, and it is also entirely legitimate for Government Departments to invite people with a wide range of experience and insight to advise on…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthThis is the extraordinary thing: notwithstanding the public job application of a former Conservative Secretary of State, which did not meet the bar, I have been approached by…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. How fortunate we are to be able to turn to every living former Labour Health Secretary, from Alan Milburn to Andy Burnham, and in every single…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthYes.09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthIt is absolutely right that people appointed to roles in public life declare their conflicts of interest so that they can be assessed when taking decisions or exercising powers to…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthIt is not for me, thankfully, to answer for the shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care; it is just my responsibility to clean up her mess.09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthI strongly agree with the hon. Member. In the short time that I have been in post, I have been delighted to have had virtual meetings with the current Northern Ireland Minister of…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthThe right hon. Lady wants to compare experience. It took me three weeks to agree a deal with junior doctors—she had not even met them since March—and in the two and a half years…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGender Identity Services: Children and Young PeopleI am writing to update the House about the Government and NHS England’s work to improve gender identity services, as well as implement the recommendations of the independent…04 Sept 2024HANSARDCare Quality Commission Section 48 Review of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustOn 30 January 2024, my predecessor as Secretary of State asked the Care Quality Commission to conduct a special review of mental health services in Nottinghamshire in response to…03 Sept 2024HANSARDNHS Pay Review Recommendations: EnglandToday I am accepting the recommendations of the NHS Pay Review Body, the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration and the Senior Salaries Review Body. This means that…29 Jul 2024