A Plan for the NHS and Social Care

No. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that his amendment was not selected.

2.41 pm

I beg to move an amendment, at the end of the Question to add:

“but respectfully regret tha...

It is all too tempting to intervene; I have never objected to temptation. On brain injury, I just...

I completely agree. I hope that Ministers on the Treasury Bench have listened carefully. If they ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will certainly give way to my fellow Leicester City fan.

The shadow Minister and I, and many others in this House, shared that wonderful victory on Saturd...

The hon. Gentleman is spot-on. I will come on to cancer in a few moments. He is a great champion ...

Is the hon. Gentleman saying that under no circumstances would he use the independent sector to r...

If the hon. Gentleman thinks that the answer to driving up capacity is just a four-year £10 billi...

Let me repeat the question: is the hon. Gentleman explicitly ruling out using the independent sec...

The independent sector is not the answer to this. The answer is investing in capital in the NHS. ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I want to make a bit of progress. If the hon. Gentleman wanted more beds in the NHS and greater d...

Order. At the beginning of this debate, I fear it was not quite clear which other amendments had ...

I start by thanking the right hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth) for his comrade...

The Secretary of State will know that people with traumatic brain injury might well have been tre...

I will absolutely consider that. The hon. Gentleman raises one example of the sort of backlog tha...

The Secretary of State heard the intervention I made on the right hon. Member for Leicester South...

Yes, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. I thought that his exchanges with the right hon. Member ...

For goodness’ sake, I was not responsible for a single PFI contract. Actually, I remember that it...

Well, it did not actually, because after 2010 we then had to bring waiting lists down, and we bro...

I know that my right hon. Friend shares my passion for legislative reform of the Mental Health Ac...

My hon. Friend has enormous expertise and wisdom in this area. He is right to make the argument t...

I think the Secretary of State just said that we have not had a mental health Act for 40 years, b...

Yes, I am absolutely happy to stress that point. This is a consensual process taking into account...

It might be helpful for the House to know that the initial time limit on Back-Bench speeches will...

I rise to speak to amendment (i), which stands in my name and those of my colleagues. At the star...

Let me start by thanking the NHS and care staff who looked after my constituents in South West Su...

Alison was 68 when she fell down a long flight of stairs and hit her head. She was bright as a bu...

It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant).

Like other Me...

We are in for a treat now: one of two maiden speeches today. I remind everybody that, by conventi...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. It gives me immense pleasure to be making my maiden speech during a...

Congratulations. My maiden speech was shocking. [Interruption.] A bit like my other speeches, I k...

May I start by saying what a pleasure it is to follow the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Anu...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak in this vital debate on the ...

Order. I am sorry, Virendra; you have just run out of time. I do apologise. No offence is intende...

It is a privilege to rise and speak in this debate, and indeed a pleasure to follow the hon. Memb...

Congratulations, Robin, and thank you for the Welsh lesson on “cynefin”. I used to see it outside...

This Government, with their 80-seat majority, are in an enviable position. They could put forward...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aberconwy (Robin Millar) and the hon. Member for Air...

For a few glorious moments at the start of the debate, I thought that I might have five minutes, ...

Mr Deputy Speaker, with your ceiling of three minutes, I am going to focus on one aspect of one B...

Mr Deputy Speaker,

“we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all, and with a clea...

There is time enough today to focus on two things: first, a suggestion about how Members of Parli...

This is a Queen’s Speech that lacks the ambition to deliver the transformative change that our co...

It is a real pleasure to be called in this important debate on the NHS in the Queen’s Speech. I j...

I join the hon. Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge) in thanking the NHS for all the work i...

I welcome the measures set out in the Gracious Address to deliver the national recovery from the ...

As you will be aware, Mr Deputy Speaker, this is Dementia Action Week. I am co-chair of the all-p...

I welcome the Government’s health service proposals in the Queen’s Speech, the unprecedented comm...

Wythenshawe Hospital in my constituency is built on the site of Baguley sanatorium, which opened ...

It is a pleasure to rise in support of the Queen’s Speech today. The past year has highlighted th...

Order. Sorry, James.

5.4 pm

A recovery plan for the NHS and social care is urgently needed. Almost 5 million people in Englan...

I wish to put on the record my support for a robust strategy to tackle obesity, but I question pl...

I want to begin by thanking NHS colleagues from University College London Hospitals and from serv...

I would like to begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Aberconwy (Robin Millar) an...

Thanks, Dehenna. Sadly, we had to cut the video—we had a still of you—and the audio was not brill...

On Monday, the Health Secretary told the House that he was looking at what more he could do to in...

I have spoken to two constituents this week who have both given me permission to share their stor...

It is a privilege to speak in this debate today. I start by congratulating those who have made th...

As a former NHS worker, I warmly welcome this Queen’s Speech, which will not only deliver on our ...

A house without foundations will subside. The decennial reorganisation of the NHS has neither sur...

Order. There have been some withdrawals from colleagues wishing to speak, so I will put the time ...

It is an absolute pleasure to be called to speak in support of the Queen’s Speech today, especial...

As we have heard today, the Government’s continued inaction on social care is failing families ac...

Thank you for calling me, Madam Deputy Speaker. I made my maiden speech in the previous Queen’s S...

I start by thanking the NHS and all the staff at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire fo...

I rise to welcome the measures in the Queen’s Speech, particularly on skills—legislation to back ...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and I refer Members’ attention to my entry in the Regis...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and to be back here in the Chamber.

The condition...

I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Anum Qaisar-Javed) and by sayin...

I would like to correct the record. I heard a number of Conservative Members repeating a statemen...

I start my short remarks by thanking all NHS and care workers in my Broxtowe constituency for the...

Once again, despite big promises, we have a Queen’s Speech that just tinkers around the edges. It...

It is a privilege to be called to speak in today’s debate and to support Her Majesty’s Gracious A...

The legislative programme outlined in the Queen’s Speech lacks the ambition, depth and understand...

May I associate myself with the remarks of Members who have once again reminded us just how much ...

I must admit that I greatly enjoyed the Health Secretary appearing to argue that our health and c...

I pay tribute to all my constituents in Liverpool, West Derby who work in the NHS and social care...

It is a pleasure to close today’s debate and to hear from many hon. Members across the House, inc...

I start by welcoming the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner) to her new post,...