Regional Pay (NHS)

I am not prepared to reveal the identities of those people without their permission. I have alrea...

Will the right hon. Gentleman congratulate the trusts in my area—the Torbay and Southern Devon He...

Yes, indeed I do congratulate the trusts in Torbay, which have held out against the pressure to j...

I thank my right hon. Friend for bringing this issue before us; we have another debate on regiona...

Yes, I absolutely agree: the whole thing has been handled extremely badly by the trusts involved....

The right hon. Gentleman is making a powerful case, but I am curious about one thing. There is a ...

Order. Interventions should be short.

The tariff is a separate issue, but that was an interesting intervention, because, for the first ...

I would be grateful if the right hon. Gentleman clarified whether he supported the previous Gover...

I am afraid the hon. Gentleman is wrong: the FT legislation allows FTs to pay wages that are as g...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby. I congratulate the right hon. Memb...

The Minister is quoting me inaccurately.

I am so sorry.

I said I have never received so many e-mails of such strength of feeling, individually written, t...

I am extremely grateful for that clarification and I take note. My offer remains: if the right ho...

When did the Department of Health first find out about the formation of the consortium? When I ha...

I believe we were not, but I will make further inquiries of my officials, and we will write to th...

It is my understanding that the cartel is not entirely engaging with the unions in the way that t...

I hope to answer those points in my speech, in the time available to me. If I do not, I will of c...

The Minister sounds, from what she is saying, and what she said a little earlier, as if she suppo...

I absolutely support anyone who takes a mature and sensible approach to the matters. I also under...

Having been contacted by many concerned constituents about the matter, I took the trouble to meet...

I agree with my hon. Friend. Monolithic structures would not be welcome. What is welcome is when ...

Following my intervention on the right hon. Member for Exeter, he responded that the only flexibi...

My understanding is that foundation trusts—the hospitals—have powers and a great deal of autonomy...