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HANSARDDoctors and Dentists in Training: Pay OfferI am pleased to be able to inform the House that today I have made a formal offer on pay for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 financial years to the British Medical Association’s Junior…29 Jul 2024HANSARDCare Quality CommissionToday I wish to update the House on the publication of the interim findings of the review into the operational effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission that is being conducted…26 Jul 2024HANSARDNHS Dental Contracting FrameworkI could not have picked a better example of the previous Government’s desperately low ceiling of ambition than the fact that, after 14 years, they laud their triumph of dental…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to see my hon. Friend back in the House. She campaigns relentlessly on this vital issue, and it would be very risky for me to do anything other than agree to meet…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsOur NHS is broken. This Government have been honest about the problems we face because we are serious about fixing them, and we have not wasted a moment. We have appointed Lord…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I welcome the shadow Secretary of State to her new position? She has behaved in her typically graceful and decent way. I enjoyed working with her on that basis, and will…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be delighted to do that. As my hon. Friend knows, we visited Specsavers during the election campaign. There are lots of high street opticians, and they can make a real…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe World Health Organisation is an intergovernmental arrangement. It is of vital importance that, first and foremost, we agree only to things that are in our national interest,…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome my hon. Friend to his place. Better late than never, as they say. I have been to Hillingdon hospital, which has amazing staff and appalling buildings. That is why the…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsDespite my best efforts, the hon. Gentleman is back. I congratulate him through gritted teeth. I was very impressed by what I saw at King’s Mill hospital, and I am proud of the…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to welcome my hon. Friend to his place. I am personally grateful to the Royal Free hospital for saving my life when I went through kidney cancer. NHS waiting lists…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would not rely on anything the former Prime Minister said— [ Interruption. ] Oh, our Prime Minister? I thought the right hon. Gentleman was talking about the former Prime…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf all the issues that keep me awake at night, maternity safety is top of the list. We have already heard about the staffing shortages and the actions we will take to address…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI warmly welcome the hon. Member to her place. She is absolutely right to raise the plight of unpaid family carers. They are part of the team, as far as this Government are…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am proud that the Deputy Prime Minister will be delivering the commitment to build 1.5 million new homes. It is absolutely vital that the infrastructure needed is delivered…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsObviously, there is a judicial review of the former Secretary of State’s decision, which I am defending. The matter is sub judice, so I will steer clear of it. To go back to first…23 Jul 2024HANSARDNew Hospital ProgrammeI welcome the hon. Lady back to her place. We worked constructively on the Opposition Benches together and, regardless of the size of the Government’s majority, we intend to work…23 Jul 2024HANSARDNew Hospital ProgrammeFirst, I welcome the hon. Lady to her new post. I must say I preferred her much more as a Back-Bench rebel than a Front-Bench spokesperson, but I have enormous respect for her…23 Jul 2024HANSARDNew Hospital ProgrammeHospitals with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete are at the top of my list of priorities. I am extremely concerned about the dire state of the NHS estate. Once again, I think…23 Jul 2024HANSARDNew Hospital ProgrammeI was about to say, Mr Speaker, that the good people of Lancaster and Wyre will be delighted to have sent my hon. Friend to Parliament, because she is second only to you in…23 Jul 2024