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ISIL in Syria — House of Commons, 2015-12-02
Topic: Defense
Clive Stanley Efford (Labour, Centre-left): I will not vote with the Government tonight, but I want to get it on the record that I unequivocally condemn those people who have been intimidating Members of this House over tonight’s vote. I know that hon. Members weigh these issues up very heavily, and whatever side of the argument they come from, I give them my full respect. I have not been convinced by the Government about the presence of 70,000 moderate Free Syrian Army forces on the ground; the Government have failed to make the case that they exist. Those forces are made up of a number of very disparate groups, some of several thousand soldiers, and some of just a few hundred Unfortunately, the Government have also failed to make the political case. One issue that they did not address was the treatment of the Sunni minority in Iraq, and that must be done. That will fundamentally undermine the future of Daesh more than any bombing campaign. A bombing campaign without troops on the ground will not be effective. The Government have completely failed to make the case, which is why I cannot support them tonight.
Children’s Creative and Cultural Experiences — House of Commons, 2015-07-09
Topic: Culture
Questions: What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on children’s access to creative and cultural experiences; and if he will make a statement.
Fiona Margaret Mactaggart (Labour, Centre-left): The problem is that that investment has not increased children’s cultural and creative experiences. The Warwick commission revealed a drastic decline in music education and that only one in 12 British people are, as it put it, culturally active. Will we continue to see this decline under the Conservative Government so that only those people who can afford to send their children to expensive public schools will be able to ensure that their children get the chance to learn music and to experience live theatre
Children’s Creative and Cultural Experiences — House of Commons, 2015-07-09
Topic: Culture
Questions: What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on children’s access to creative and cultural experiences; and if he will make a statement.
John Mann (Labour, Centre-left): Bassetlaw parliamentary summer school is having a wonderful week, not least—as shown by the incredible feedback I received last night—in respect of the session featuring you, Mr Speaker. Does the Minister not agree that there is a problem for children living way away from the big cities such as London, in that they do not have the same cultural opportunities as those who are living in the big cities, meaning that the Government need to intervene to ensure that resources go there to provide those opportunities?
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — House of Commons, 2015-07-09
Topic: Health
Catherine Elizabeth West (Labour, Centre-left): I support the hon. Gentleman’s comments about mental health. I hope that some of the extra funding could go towards reducing the long waiting lists for IAPT, particularly where people are on benefits such as employment and support allowance and want to get off them and back into work. I hope we can work at a cross-party level to reduce the waiting lists for those crucial counselling therapies.
Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill — House of Commons, 2015-10-16
Topic: Health
Heidi Alexander (Labour, Centre-left): I asked the House of Commons Library whether the Secretary of State has this power already, and it suggested to me that section 254 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 does give the Secretary of State the power to direct the Health and Social Care Information Centre to establish such a database. Does the hon. Gentleman accept that?
Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill — House of Commons, 2015-10-16
Topic: Health
Heidi Alexander (Labour, Centre-left): I think that is broadly the point, but it also goes back to what the hon. Member for Totnes said about the impact on participation in clinical research trials. It seems entirely possible to me that a doctor might choose to prescribe an innovative treatment, or a patient decide to take an innovative treatment, rather than enter a clinical trial. If a patient is faced with the choice of guaranteed access to a treatment or participation in a trial in which there is a 50-50 chance that they will not be part of the group receiving the innovative treatment, why would they choose to be part of the trial? I would be grateful for the Minister’s comments on that. Does he not accept that the arrangements for clinical trials, including as they do monitoring and ongoing data collection, provide a much better mechanism for evaluating new treatments and advancing medical progress than a situation that could become more pervasive as a result of the Bill If the concerns I have set out so far are not enough, let me now turn to my main concern about the Bill, which, if passed, could undermine a patient’s ability to hold doctors to account when things go wrong.
Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill — House of Commons, 2015-10-16
Topic: Health
Dennis Edward Skinner (Labour, Centre-left): It is on this very subject that I am interested. I have had treatment for cancer and a heart bypass and countless other things, which is why I am still here. I have had to give permission to countless doctors for them to take action. What I can see here is that the doctor’s permission, which lists a lot of things they might or might not do, would also have to include a list of innovative treatments before I signed the document. It says on the document, say, that there is a 50% chance of having a stroke or a 5% chance that you might die. I remember saying to one of the doctors in Brompton hospital, after I had signed one for the fourth time, that I was down to even money. I would not even be even money if a list of innovative treatments was added to the ones I am already required to attend to. I cannot see, for the life of me, how the doctors could avoid having to put that on the document before a patient signed it. Believe me, it would frighten people to death.
Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill — House of Commons, 2015-10-16
Topic: Health
Heidi Alexander (Labour, Centre-left): I am keen to find a way for doctors to innovate, but to do so using safe and effective treatments I was saying that the problem with the Bill is that it undermines a patient’s ability to hold doctors to account when things go wrong. The hon. Member for Daventry claimed that this is not Lord Saatchi’s Bill, but the wording of clause 3 is very similar to clause 1 of the previous Bill. Clause 3(2)(a) in today’s Bill requires a doctor to "obtain the views of one or more...doctors"— which, in practice, could mean just one doctor— "with a view to ascertaining whether the treatment would have the support of a reasonable body of medical opinion." Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that that relies on someone’s interpretation of a "reasonable body", as opposed to seeking a view from a responsible body directly? Does the Bill not boil down to one doctor who wishes to deviate from accepted medical treatments asking another doctor whether he or she thinks there is a reasonable body of medical opinion that would support such a treatment? As long as that second doctor perceives such an opinion to exist about support for the proposed treatment, this provides cover for the patient’s doctor to proceed. I cannot say that I am particularly convinced by that.
Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill — House of Commons, 2015-10-16
Topic: Health
Heidi Alexander (Labour, Centre-left): The Bill would just confuse matters. The alternative approach outlined in the Bill would create uncertainty and undermine the mechanisms already in place to safeguard patients. Could this not lead to doctors being absolved from any liability for an experimental treatment if they follow the Bill’s standards, making it much harder for patients to redress malpractice? Sir Robert Francis QC has said it would "deprive patients of remedies when mistreated by those who have no acceptable justification for what they have done." In conclusion, we are faced with deep and broad concerns, as expressed by patient groups, medical research charities and royal colleges, and I do not think we can ignore those voices. They include Action against Medical Accidents, which says the Bill is a threat to patient safety; the Association of Medical Research Charities, which says it "may adversely impact on patients and medical research"; and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the president of which simply says the Bill endangers the safety of infants and children. It would be irresponsible to support the Bill, which is why I will be opposing it, and I encourage other hon. Members to join me.
Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill — House of Commons, 2015-10-16
Topic: Health
Heidi Alexander (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister and the hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) have referred to anecdotal remarks about fear of litigation being a barrier to medical innovation. Can the Minister set out his evidence that that is a widespread concern and genuinely prevents doctors from innovating and prescribing new treatments?
General Practice/Primary Care — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Health
Helen Mary Jones (Labour, Centre-left): Many people in my constituency are struggling to see a GP from Monday to Friday. Warrington has fewer GPs than it had in 2010, despite a rise in population. The number of unfilled GP vacancies quadrupled under the previous Government. How does the Secretary of State expect to produce a seven-day service when he cannot properly staff the service from Monday to Friday?
General Practice/Primary Care — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Health
John Robert Cryer (Labour, Centre-left): It is widely known that there is a serious lack of doctors who want to go into general practice. At the same time, the Secretary of State is guilty of an abject failure to engage with the British Medical Association in negotiations on junior doctors’ practices. On that basis, how the hell can he promise to increase general practice?
Mental Health Services (Children and Young People) — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Health
Ruth Margaret Cadbury (Labour, Centre-left): The Government explicitly promised £250 million for children’s mental health in 2015-16, yet the Department of Health has admitted it will be spending only £143 million by next April. Is this £170 million shortfall not further evidence that while Ministers might talk a good talk on mental health, we should judge them by their actions?
Mental Health Services (Children and Young People) — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Health
Rushanara Ali (Labour, Centre-left): The organisation YoungMinds found that one in five mental health trusts had had to freeze or cut budgets every year in the last Parliament, and at the moment 40,000 young people are being refused mental health treatment. What guarantees can the Minister give that the money promised by the Chancellor recently will actually be made available and that trusts will not continue to cut mental health budgets?
Mental Health Services (Children and Young People) — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Health
William Roffen Esterson (Labour, Centre-left): Some 23% of the adult prison population were in care as children and many of them have poor mental health. Will the Minister ensure that mental health services are in place for children in care to make the greatest contribution possible to improving their life chances, and not least to ensure we reduce the numbers ending up in prison?
Seven-day NHS Services — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Health
Alison McGovern (Labour, Centre-left): I met a large group of junior doctors in my constituency on Friday, and we talked a lot about seven-day working. They asked me to put two things straight with the Health Secretary: first, the vast majority of junior doctors are already working seven days a week; and, secondly, on their contract, it was not terms and conditions that they were worried about, as I thought they were, but safety. In respect of those new contracts for junior doctors, what assessment has the Secretary of State’s Government made about patient safety?
Seven-day NHS Services — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Health
Heidi Alexander (Labour, Centre-left): It is good of the Secretary of State to join us today. If he had been here yesterday to discuss the small issue of the £2 billion NHS deficit, he would have heard me say that I hoped we could have a mature and constructive relationship As has already been said, junior doctors are key to the delivery of a seven-day NHS. The Secretary of State said recently: "I don’t want to see any junior doctor have their pay cut." Can he now guarantee that no junior doctor will be paid less as a result of his proposed new contract? Yes or no?
Seven-day NHS Services — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Health
Heidi Alexander (Labour, Centre-left): I think it is fair to say that junior doctors will make up their own minds about that response Last week I received an e-mail about a seriously ill woman who had needed to be admitted to hospital over the weekend, but had stayed at home for two days because of recent interviews given by the Department of Health that had made her think "that the NHS was not staffed at weekends." Her doctor went on to say: "This delayed her operation, put her life in danger and ultimately will have cost the NHS more" Does the Secretary of State feel any responsibility for that?
NHS: Winter Pressures — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Health
Tulip Rizwana Siddiq (Labour, Centre-left): The Royal Free hospital in my constituency is at the cutting edge of medical research and is currently treating Ebola patient Pauline Cafferkey. I am sure the Secretary of State will join me in wishing her a speedy recovery, yet the hospital faced considerable winter pressures last year. Will the Secretary of State work with the fantastic nurses and doctors at the Royal Free to ensure these winter pressures do not happen again this year?
Medical Exemption Certificates — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Health
Keith Anthony Vaz (Labour, Centre-left): There are 3.3 million diabetics in this country, including myself, who are entitled to these certificates. This is not special pleading, but the issue is that when they come to renew they do need help. As the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard) has said, it is difficult for them to fill in some of these forms. Will the Minister ensure that local GP practices are able to help people if they need assistance in filling in these forms?
Carers: Support — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Health
Margaret Olivia Hillier (Labour, Centre-left): Yesterday, the Public Accounts Committee heard from officials at the Department of Health about the implementation of the Care Act, which is a bold piece of legislation. They admitted that they were very concerned about the unidentified carers, who need to be found in order to be supported. What is the Minister planning to do to make sure that they are identified and supported?
Finance Bill — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Health
Stella Judith Creasy (Labour, Centre-left): I note with pleasure the hon. Gentleman’s support for the idea that tampons, as they are called, and sanitary towels are an essential. I am an avid follower of many of his debates in Parliament, and I know that he has raised concerns before about the European Union. Having discovered his support for this proposal, I wonder whether he can update us on when he last raised in this House the issue of VAT on tampons.
Nuisance Calls — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Health
Rachael Helen Maskell (Labour, Centre-left): Although a lot of work is being done within the Department, the reality is that victims are still receiving numerous calls every night, which is having an impact on their wellbeing. A constituent wrote to me only last night, having received nuisance calls from half-past 8 in the evening right through to 11 o’clock at night. Should calls not be restricted, as my constituent suggests, to a limited window in the evening so that people are not interrupted for the rest of the evening?
Helicopter Fleets — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister will know that it is not only what we buy that is important, but where it is manufactured. What percentage of our helicopters are made in the UK, and what about the other defence industries that seem to be declining? We are relying too much on imported defence equipment.
Cadet Units: Schools — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
Madeleine Moon (Labour, Centre-left): Community-based cadet forces heard with great envy about the £50 million of additional funds for school-based cadet units, but what will be the impact of that funding on community-based units? There is great concern that students will be seduced into staying in school, rather than attending community-based units. Some instructors in community-based units are extremely anxious that they will be wound down and lose their important role within their communities.
Reserve Forces: Recruitment — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
John Francis Spellar (Labour, Centre-left): I understand that the coroner is due to give his judgment shortly, possibly tomorrow, in the case of the reservists who died in the Brecon Beacons. Will the Minister undertake to come to the House and make a statement following that judgment?
Reserve Forces: Recruitment — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
Kevan David Jones (Labour, Centre-left): Two weeks ago the Secretary of State said that he was confident that the Government’s target for reserve recruitment would be met. He said that the programme was "now back on schedule". However, last month the Major Projects Authority downgraded the Future Reserves 2020 project from "doubtful" to "unachievable". Who is right, the Major Projects Authority or the Secretary of State?
Reserve Forces: Recruitment — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
Kevan David Jones (Labour, Centre-left): Indeed. Last week’s Budget Red Book committed the Government to maintaining a Regular Army of 82,000, but there was no mention of reserve forces. Can the Minister confirm whether the target of 30,000 reservists announced at the beginning of the process will be met?
Armed Forces Covenant — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
David George Hanson (Labour, Centre-left): Last Friday, I attended a military covenant event in Flintshire, organised by the county council, which brought together employers to look at how they could recruit reservists and provide employment to former military personnel. The outputs of that are very successful. Will the Minister give an indication not just of the number of those who have signed the covenant but of the outputs of their involvement with the covenant, through a proper audit?
Armed Forces Covenant — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
Yvonne Helen Fovargue (Labour, Centre-left): The problem with the military covenant is that it is not being properly observed and veterans still remain a disadvantaged group in civilian society. A poll carried out for SSAFA last month makes it clear that seven out of 10 people believe not enough is being done to support ex-armed forces personnel. The same poll found that eight out of 10 people had never heard of the covenant. Many of the veterans who face the biggest problems are under 35 and, although that is not the group people think of when they imagine a veteran, they do struggle greatly. SSAFA says that one in 20 has been forced to take out a payday loan. What in particular are the Government doing to address the problems faced by younger veterans?
ISIL — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
Conor Patrick McGinn (Labour, Centre-left): It is good that the Government have invited the Leader of the Opposition and my hon. Friend the Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker) to tomorrow’s National Security Council meeting to discuss these important issues—and I very much welcome that. In the same spirit of co-operation and in the national interest, will the Secretary of State commit to a comprehensive, transparent strategic defence and security review with full parliamentary scrutiny?
ISIL — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
Vernon Coaker (Labour, Centre-left): Clearly, we all wish to see this country defeating terrorists and terrorism. Let me say again that they must not win and cannot be allowed to win. What assessment has the Defence Secretary made so far of the actions we have taken to defeat and degrade ISIL?
National Security — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
Questions: What recent discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the relationship between the national security strategy and the strategic defence and security review.
Diana Ruth Johnson (Labour, Centre-left): Given the Chancellor’s announcement in the Budget to spend 2% of GDP on defence, can the Secretary of State tell the House whether the single intelligence account and the £800 million-worth of military pensions spending are now to be included as part of the defence budget?
National Security — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
Questions: What recent discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the relationship between the national security strategy and the strategic defence and security review.
Andrew John Gwynne (Labour, Centre-left): The point is that since the Government scrapped Nimrod the UK has been without a maritime patrol aircraft, so may I gently ask the Secretary of State to confirm whether the next strategic defence and security review will contain a commitment to an MPA?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2015-07-13
Topic: Defense
Questions: The Gloucestershire-based, UK-led Allied Rapid Reaction Corps is deploying on NATO exercises later this year. I am sure that the Defence Secretary will join me in wishing everyone involved, including my constituents, a successful exercise at this sensitive time. Will he confirm both that the NATO mutual military support clause is sacrosanct and never to be diluted and that this Government take a cautious approach to any suggested proposal of expansion?
Vernon Coaker (Labour, Centre-left): Further to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson), will the Defence Secretary confirm that, according to the NATO definition, only intelligence operations in support of the military can be used to contribute to the 2% figure? Do the Government use that correct definition, and how much is it?
Spending Review and Autumn Statement — House of Commons, 2015-11-25
Topic: Health
Deborah Angela Elspeth Marie Abrahams (Labour, Centre-left): I welcome the Chancellor’s announcement of increased mental health funding, especially as it follows a cut to the mental health tariff in the last Parliament. Given last week’s research findings, which showed a clear link between the Government’s own work capability assessment policy and an increase in suicides and other adverse mental health effects since 2010, how much of the increased funding will be spent on ameliorating the adverse effects of the Government’s own policies?
Spending Review and Autumn Statement — House of Commons, 2015-11-25
Topic: Health
Catherine Jane Smith (Labour, Centre-left): I thank the Chancellor for clarifying that the £15 million raised from the tampon tax will go to domestic violence charities as well as to women’s health charities. Given that women have gone from paying a luxury tax to what is in effect an insurance payment in case they have to flee violence, will he, in the interests of equality, consider a tax on lads mags to fund prostate cancer, or do only women have to pay for the price of their own services?