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HANSARDDraft Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need medics across the NHS in various functions: consultants, doctors, surgeons, allied health professionals, nurses, nursing…20 Mar 2023HANSARD mRNA Covid-19 BoosterAs the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) says, I am responding on behalf of the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my hon. Friend the…17 Mar 2023HANSARD Brain Tumour Research FundingFirst, let me congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas) on securing this debate on a very important topic and for his personal commitment to making…09 Mar 2023HANSARD Brain Tumour Research FundingThe hon. Lady pre-empts not only that I am coming to a close, but my final response. I have a little more time than I would ordinarily, but in closing such debates, one never…09 Mar 2023HANSARD Brain Tumour Research FundingI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question, and I shall try my best to answer it. It is a question that I listened to very carefully when he posed it in his contribution,…09 Mar 2023HANSARD Brain Tumour Research FundingI will specifically address brain tumour research, but clinical trials are taking place in acute trusts across the country. There are fewer clinical trials in this area than I…09 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Medical Devices and Blood Safety and Quality (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Medical Devices and Blood Safety and Quality (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure to serve under your…06 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Medical Devices and Blood Safety and Quality (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank the hon. Member for Enfield North for her broad support and for her comments regarding the fees. The fee updates are important to ensure that the MHRA has the resources it…06 Mar 2023HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) on securing the debate. He campaigns tirelessly for his constituents, and I know he…24 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesThe hon. Gentleman got a plug in for his policy there, but I am not entirely sure how relevant it is to this statement. On NHS staffing, we have 10,500 more nurses and 4,800 more…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI thank the hon. Lady for her question, but nothing could be further from the truth. We accepted the independent pay review body’s recommendation of an average of 4.75% in full.…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesDespite what the hon. Lady says, there are 47,100 more nurses this year than there were in 2010 and 10,500 more than last year, and we have 72,000 nurses in training. The…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI completely agree with my hon. Friend. Ensuring that we support the mental health and wellbeing of NHS staff and that working conditions and working environments are the best…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesOf course I am happy to do that, and I think these things are put on the public record in any event. I do not know when the Secretary of State met specifically with the RCN, but I…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI am grateful to the hon. Member for his question, which I am taking on behalf of the Department as the Secretary of State is attending a COBRA meeting focused on minimising the…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI thank my hon. Friend for his question. We accepted in full the independent pay review body’s recommendation this year of 4.75%, which was over and above last year’s figure of 3%…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesFirst, let me agree entirely with what the hon. Gentleman said about NHS staff and how we all owe them a debt of gratitude for the service they have given, not just to us but to…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI am not going to engage in the playing of party politics on this. The hon. Gentleman already knows that the Secretary of State is due to attend a Cobra meeting, which he and I…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for his question. He is right that we are committed to the independent PRB process, which is the right way to set public sector pay and…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesOpposition Members keep saying, “Get round the table and negotiate.” I encourage the next one who says that to tell me exactly where each block of 1%, each £700 million, will come…06 Feb 2023