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800 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.261.4 | Will the Minister update us on the timing of the publication of the Chilcot report? | Adam Holloway | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | Will the Minister update us on the timing of the publication of the Chilcot report? | 0.301895 |
801 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.261.5 | I cannot really add to what Sir John Chilcot has said. That independent inquiry is under the control of the inquiry members. I can say that we have responded to every request for extra resources; none has been turned down. I would just add that if the previous Government had launched the inquiry at the time it was requ... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | I cannot really add to what Sir John Chilcot has said. That independent inquiry is under the control of the inquiry members. I can say that we have responded to every request for extra resources; none has been turned down. I would just add that if the previous Government had launched the inquiry at the time it was requ... | 0.28348 |
802 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.261.6 | In the debate on food banks just before Christmas, the Minister for Civil Society kept saying that the reasons for food bank use were complex and overlapping. He would not go beyond that. Will he join me in condemning the Tory councillor who said that the only people who use food banks are those with drug, alcohol and ... | Kerry McCarthy | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | In the debate on food banks just before Christmas, the Minister for Civil Society kept saying that the reasons for food bank use were complex and overlapping. He would not go beyond that. Will he join me in condemning the Tory councillor who said that the only people who use food banks are those with drug, alcohol and ... | 0.282326 |
803 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.261.7 | I think the thing to say about food banks is that I and Government Members commend Britain’s very strong tradition of volunteering and community action, which sees people coming together to support those in need. Food banks are just one example that I come across on a daily basis. | Rob Wilson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | I think the thing to say about food banks is that I and Government Members commend Britain’s very strong tradition of volunteering and community action, which sees people coming together to support those in need. Food banks are just one example that I come across on a daily basis. | 0.246291 |
804 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.261.9 | The Prime Minister was asked— | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Topical Questions | The Prime Minister was asked— | 0.209696 |
805 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.261.11 | If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7 January. | Martin Horwood | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7 January. | 0.245787 |
806 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.262.0 | I am sure the whole House will want to join me in condemning the barbaric attack this morning on an office of a magazine in Paris, in which it is reported that 10 or more people may have been killed. While details are still unclear, I know that this House and this country stand united with the French people in our oppo... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I am sure the whole House will want to join me in condemning the barbaric attack this morning on an office of a magazine in Paris, in which it is reported that 10 or more people may have been killed. While details are still unclear, I know that this House and this country stand united with the French people in our oppo... | 0.257675 |
807 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.262.1 | I saw the problems at Gloucestershire hospitals last week at first hand after an elderly relative phoned 111 and we ended up waiting more than four hours for her to see a doctor in Cheltenham A and E. Then she was promptly discharged. The local trust seems to be blaming patients for making bad choices, but will the Pri... | Martin Horwood | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I saw the problems at Gloucestershire hospitals last week at first hand after an elderly relative phoned 111 and we ended up waiting more than four hours for her to see a doctor in Cheltenham A and E. Then she was promptly discharged. The local trust seems to be blaming patients for making bad choices, but will the Pri... | 0.24611 |
808 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.262.2 | My hon. Friend makes an important point. In the last quarter, the NHS has faced some unprecedented challenges. There have been more than 5.5 million people going to accident and emergency units, which is an increase of a quarter of a million on the previous year. Gloucestershire has had £3.6 million of the £700 million... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | My hon. Friend makes an important point. In the last quarter, the NHS has faced some unprecedented challenges. There have been more than 5.5 million people going to accident and emergency units, which is an increase of a quarter of a million on the previous year. Gloucestershire has had £3.6 million of the £700 million... | 0.27424 |
809 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.262.3 | I join the Prime Minister in expressing horror and outrage about the unfolding events in Paris. We stand in solidarity with the people of France against this evil terrorist attack by people intent on attacking our democratic way of life and freedom of speech. We are united in our determination to defeat them. Doctors, ... | Edward Miliband | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I join the Prime Minister in expressing horror and outrage about the unfolding events in Paris. We stand in solidarity with the people of France against this evil terrorist attack by people intent on attacking our democratic way of life and freedom of speech. We are united in our determination to defeat them. Doctors, ... | 0.270312 |
810 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.262.4 | Our NHS is facing huge pressure this winter, particularly on its A and E units, but the point that it is important to make is this: the NHS is facing this winter with more doctors, more nurses and more money than it has ever had in its history. What is important is that we recognise the pressures that are there and put... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Our NHS is facing huge pressure this winter, particularly on its A and E units, but the point that it is important to make is this: the NHS is facing this winter with more doctors, more nurses and more money than it has ever had in its history. What is important is that we recognise the pressures that are there and put... | 0.277193 |
811 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.263.0 | In June 2011, this was the Prime Minister’s solemn promise: “I refuse to go back to the days when people had to wait for hours on end to be seen in A&E…So let me be absolutely clear: we won’t.” Will he now apologise to patients across the country for having broken that promise? | Edward Miliband | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | In June 2011, this was the Prime Minister’s solemn promise: “I refuse to go back to the days when people had to wait for hours on end to be seen in A&E…So let me be absolutely clear: we won’t.” Will he now apologise to patients across the country for having broken that promise? | 0.253214 |
812 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.263.1 | I deeply regret it when any patient does not get a good service, but let us be absolutely clear about the numbers of people accessing A and E. Today, compared with four years ago, over 2,500 more patients are seen within four years—within four hours compared with four years ago. That is what is happening. We knew there... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I deeply regret it when any patient does not get a good service, but let us be absolutely clear about the numbers of people accessing A and E. Today, compared with four years ago, over 2,500 more patients are seen within four years—within four hours compared with four years ago. That is what is happening. We knew there... | 0.264211 |
813 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.263.2 | As far as I can see, the Prime Minister is not apologising to patients; he is blaming the patients. The pressures on A and E are not just happening on his watch, but are a direct result of decisions he has taken. When he decided to close almost a quarter of walk-in centres, was it not blindingly obvious that if people ... | Edward Miliband | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | As far as I can see, the Prime Minister is not apologising to patients; he is blaming the patients. The pressures on A and E are not just happening on his watch, but are a direct result of decisions he has taken. When he decided to close almost a quarter of walk-in centres, was it not blindingly obvious that if people ... | 0.24602 |
814 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.263.3 | We have 1,000 more doctors in A and E, and we are spending £13 billion more on the NHS, when four years ago the shadow Health Secretary said that it would be irresponsible to spend more money. What is interesting is that here we are, question No. 3 on the NHS, and the Leader of the Opposition has no solutions to put fo... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | We have 1,000 more doctors in A and E, and we are spending £13 billion more on the NHS, when four years ago the shadow Health Secretary said that it would be irresponsible to spend more money. What is interesting is that here we are, question No. 3 on the NHS, and the Leader of the Opposition has no solutions to put fo... | 0.260608 |
815 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.263.4 | This is about politics—it is the Prime Minister’s politics, and they have failed. No answer on walk-in centres, so let us try him on another decision he has made that has been a cause of the crisis. When he decided to reduce the availability of social care services, so that 300,000 fewer older people are getting the he... | Edward Miliband | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | This is about politics—it is the Prime Minister’s politics, and they have failed. No answer on walk-in centres, so let us try him on another decision he has made that has been a cause of the crisis. When he decided to reduce the availability of social care services, so that 300,000 fewer older people are getting the he... | 0.282044 |
816 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.263.5 | Again, absolutely no solutions—presumably, if the right hon. Gentleman had any solutions, he would have implemented them in Wales. He raises the importance of social care, and I agree. That is why from 1 April we are putting £5 billion more into social care via the better care fund. Up until now, the Labour party has t... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Again, absolutely no solutions—presumably, if the right hon. Gentleman had any solutions, he would have implemented them in Wales. He raises the importance of social care, and I agree. That is why from 1 April we are putting £5 billion more into social care via the better care fund. Up until now, the Labour party has t... | 0.277381 |
817 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.264.0 | There is one very simple solution: get rid of this useless Prime Minister. No answer on care for the elderly, so let us consider the next thing he did. When he decided to ignore the pleas of doctors, nurses and patients, and plough ahead with his damaging top-down reorganisation, was it not blindingly obvious that if £... | Edward Miliband | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | There is one very simple solution: get rid of this useless Prime Minister. No answer on care for the elderly, so let us consider the next thing he did. When he decided to ignore the pleas of doctors, nurses and patients, and plough ahead with his damaging top-down reorganisation, was it not blindingly obvious that if £... | 0.255502 |
818 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.264.1 | Our changes have cut bureaucracy and saved £4.9 billion. That is why there are 9,000 more doctors, 3,000 more nurses, and 6 million more people getting in-patient appointments—[Interruption.] | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Our changes have cut bureaucracy and saved £4.9 billion. That is why there are 9,000 more doctors, 3,000 more nurses, and 6 million more people getting in-patient appointments—[Interruption.] | 0.267869 |
819 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.264.2 | Order. There is too much noise in the Chamber from both sides of the House. The Prime Minister’s answers must be heard. | Mr Speaker | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Order. There is too much noise in the Chamber from both sides of the House. The Prime Minister’s answers must be heard. | 0.214535 |
820 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.264.3 | You can see this as plain as you like: the Leader of the Opposition apparently said to the political editor of the BBC, “I want to weaponise the NHS.” That is what he said, and I think that is disgraceful. The NHS is not a weapon, it is a way we care for our families, it is a way we care for the elderly, it is a way we... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | You can see this as plain as you like: the Leader of the Opposition apparently said to the political editor of the BBC, “I want to weaponise the NHS.” That is what he said, and I think that is disgraceful. The NHS is not a weapon, it is a way we care for our families, it is a way we care for the elderly, it is a way we... | 0.256094 |
821 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.264.4 | I will tell the Prime Minister what is disgusting—[Interruption.] | Edward Miliband | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I will tell the Prime Minister what is disgusting—[Interruption.] | 0.221459 |
822 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.264.5 | Order. I said a moment ago that the Prime Minister’s answers must be heard. The Leader of the Opposition’s questions must be heard as well. It is very simple. | Mr Speaker | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Order. I said a moment ago that the Prime Minister’s answers must be heard. The Leader of the Opposition’s questions must be heard as well. It is very simple. | 0.256537 |
823 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.264.6 | I will tell him what is disgusting—a Prime Minister who said that people could put their trust in him on the NHS. He has betrayed that trust. He is in denial about the crisis in the NHS. This is a crisis on his watch as a result of his decisions. That is why people know that if they want to get rid of the crisis in the... | Edward Miliband | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I will tell him what is disgusting—a Prime Minister who said that people could put their trust in him on the NHS. He has betrayed that trust. He is in denial about the crisis in the NHS. This is a crisis on his watch as a result of his decisions. That is why people know that if they want to get rid of the crisis in the... | 0.217698 |
824 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.264.7 | If ever we wanted proof that they want to use this issue as a political football, we have just seen it. If Labour has an answer to the NHS, can it explain why it cut the budget in Wales by 8%? That is where Labour is in charge. All parts of the United Kingdom face a health challenge, but the real risk to the NHS is the... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | If ever we wanted proof that they want to use this issue as a political football, we have just seen it. If Labour has an answer to the NHS, can it explain why it cut the budget in Wales by 8%? That is where Labour is in charge. All parts of the United Kingdom face a health challenge, but the real risk to the NHS is the... | 0.262121 |
825 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.264.8 | Does the Prime Minister agree with my constituent, who contacted me at the weekend asking to join us, who said that the only people fit to run our economy are the Prime Minister and the Chancellor? The surprise was that the gentleman was the ex-chairman of Ilford North Labour party. | Lee Scott | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Does the Prime Minister agree with my constituent, who contacted me at the weekend asking to join us, who said that the only people fit to run our economy are the Prime Minister and the Chancellor? The surprise was that the gentleman was the ex-chairman of Ilford North Labour party. | 0.238848 |
826 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.265.0 | I am sure that that is the first of 4 million conversations my hon. Friend will be having at the coming election. It sounds like this one is going quite well. There is an important point here: there is no strong NHS without a strong economy. With our economy, we can see the deficit cut in half, 1.75 million more people... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I am sure that that is the first of 4 million conversations my hon. Friend will be having at the coming election. It sounds like this one is going quite well. There is an important point here: there is no strong NHS without a strong economy. With our economy, we can see the deficit cut in half, 1.75 million more people... | 0.28738 |
827 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.265.1 | With patients being told to pretend that they are camping, the symbol of the Prime Minister’s NHS is of patients being treated in tents outside accident and emergency. When he promised a bare-knuckle fight against accident and emergency service closures, did he intend to mislead the electorate? | Jamie Reed | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | With patients being told to pretend that they are camping, the symbol of the Prime Minister’s NHS is of patients being treated in tents outside accident and emergency. When he promised a bare-knuckle fight against accident and emergency service closures, did he intend to mislead the electorate? | 0.235413 |
828 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.265.2 | All our health services right across the United Kingdom face a challenge. Actually, the English NHS that I am responsible for is performing better than the Welsh NHS, the Scottish NHS and the NHS in Northern Ireland, but the facts are these: compared with four years ago there are 2,500 more people every day seeing a do... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | All our health services right across the United Kingdom face a challenge. Actually, the English NHS that I am responsible for is performing better than the Welsh NHS, the Scottish NHS and the NHS in Northern Ireland, but the facts are these: compared with four years ago there are 2,500 more people every day seeing a do... | 0.230002 |
829 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.265.3 | I call Sir David Amess. | Mr Speaker | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I call Sir David Amess. | 0.17098 |
830 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.265.4 | Hear, hear. | Hon. Members | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Hear, hear. | 0.217993 |
831 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.265.5 | I thank the House for that reception, which more than compensates for my having been made neither a duke nor an earl. Later today, the second edition of the booklet, “The Party of Opportunity” will be launched. Does my right hon. Friend agree with what the former Conservative Prime Minister, Sir John Major, has written... | David Amess | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I thank the House for that reception, which more than compensates for my having been made neither a duke nor an earl. Later today, the second edition of the booklet, “The Party of Opportunity” will be launched. Does my right hon. Friend agree with what the former Conservative Prime Minister, Sir John Major, has written... | 0.296331 |
832 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.265.6 | My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The first duty of a Government is to produce a stable, strong and growing economy that can fund the defence and the public services we need. On this side of the House, we understand that. On the Opposition Benches, they have learnt absolutely nothing in the past four years. They woul... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The first duty of a Government is to produce a stable, strong and growing economy that can fund the defence and the public services we need. On this side of the House, we understand that. On the Opposition Benches, they have learnt absolutely nothing in the past four years. They woul... | 0.273342 |
833 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.265.7 | The one thing that was clear about the referendum in Scotland was the amount of young people getting involved, not just in voting but getting out there campaigning and being part of it. Is it not time that we got the rest of the country on board and got votes for 16 and 17-year-olds? | John Robertson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | The one thing that was clear about the referendum in Scotland was the amount of young people getting involved, not just in voting but getting out there campaigning and being part of it. Is it not time that we got the rest of the country on board and got votes for 16 and 17-year-olds? | 0.27933 |
834 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.266.0 | The referendum campaign in Scotland did switch a whole lot of people on to politics and political issues, because the question being asked was so important. We have said that we should respect the views of the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Parliament, and we will devolve powers on voting age. In this House, I am ve... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | The referendum campaign in Scotland did switch a whole lot of people on to politics and political issues, because the question being asked was so important. We have said that we should respect the views of the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Parliament, and we will devolve powers on voting age. In this House, I am ve... | 0.291803 |
835 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.266.1 | For more than 50 years, thalidomiders have been campaigning for justice, particularly from the German manufacturers Grünenthal. Now that more than 150 MPs have signed an open letter to the German Chancellor, would the Prime Minister add this to his busy agenda today so that we might get a decent and fair settlement for... | Michael Moore | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | For more than 50 years, thalidomiders have been campaigning for justice, particularly from the German manufacturers Grünenthal. Now that more than 150 MPs have signed an open letter to the German Chancellor, would the Prime Minister add this to his busy agenda today so that we might get a decent and fair settlement for... | 0.266034 |
836 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.266.2 | I have raised this issue on behalf of a constituent, not only through the European Parliament but with the German authorities, and I shall certainly reflect on what the right hon. Gentleman says. | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I have raised this issue on behalf of a constituent, not only through the European Parliament but with the German authorities, and I shall certainly reflect on what the right hon. Gentleman says. | 0.330185 |
837 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.266.3 | The price of oil has now fallen to $50 a barrel. While this is good news for motorists, it is bad news for Scotland’s oil industry and thousands of workers. It comes just weeks after Nicola Sturgeon said we were on the verge of a second oil boom and after the independence White Paper said the price would be $113 a barr... | Anas Sarwar | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | The price of oil has now fallen to $50 a barrel. While this is good news for motorists, it is bad news for Scotland’s oil industry and thousands of workers. It comes just weeks after Nicola Sturgeon said we were on the verge of a second oil boom and after the independence White Paper said the price would be $113 a barr... | 0.355968 |
838 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.266.4 | I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman on all three grounds. First, North sea oil is a vital industry for the UK and one of the biggest investors in our country, so we should do everything we can to help it. Secondly, and for that reason, we took steps in the autumn statement to improve the taxation regime for Nort... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman on all three grounds. First, North sea oil is a vital industry for the UK and one of the biggest investors in our country, so we should do everything we can to help it. Secondly, and for that reason, we took steps in the autumn statement to improve the taxation regime for Nort... | 0.361252 |
839 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.266.5 | The latest Office for National Statistics figures show that youth unemployment in Crawley is at its lowest level since records began, but of course we need to do a lot more. What further policies are the Government pursuing to ensure that businesses in Crawley and across the country generate even more employment as par... | Henry Smith | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | The latest Office for National Statistics figures show that youth unemployment in Crawley is at its lowest level since records began, but of course we need to do a lot more. What further policies are the Government pursuing to ensure that businesses in Crawley and across the country generate even more employment as par... | 0.289246 |
840 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.266.6 | I am delighted to agree with my hon. Friend. The youth claimant count in Crawley has fallen by 42% in the last year alone, and the long-term youth claimant count—long-term young unemployed people—is down by 71%. He asks what more we can do. We are cutting the jobs tax on small businesses and charities by £2,000; we are... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I am delighted to agree with my hon. Friend. The youth claimant count in Crawley has fallen by 42% in the last year alone, and the long-term youth claimant count—long-term young unemployed people—is down by 71%. He asks what more we can do. We are cutting the jobs tax on small businesses and charities by £2,000; we are... | 0.304392 |
841 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.267.0 | Throughout the Christmas period, NHS staff worked tirelessly to see as many patients as they could, but increased waiting times at GP surgeries have forced more and more people to use A and E. Why does the Prime Minister not accept that Labour’s plan to employ 8,000 additional GPs is desperately needed and would make a... | Virendra Sharma | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Throughout the Christmas period, NHS staff worked tirelessly to see as many patients as they could, but increased waiting times at GP surgeries have forced more and more people to use A and E. Why does the Prime Minister not accept that Labour’s plan to employ 8,000 additional GPs is desperately needed and would make a... | 0.245674 |
842 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.267.1 | From what I have read over the past 24 hours, Labour’s plan is to tax people in London and spend all the money in Scotland. I look forward to hearing how he explains that to his constituents in Ealing. There is a serious point to the hon. Gentleman’s question. The health service has changed in Ealing: Hammersmith and C... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | From what I have read over the past 24 hours, Labour’s plan is to tax people in London and spend all the money in Scotland. I look forward to hearing how he explains that to his constituents in Ealing. There is a serious point to the hon. Gentleman’s question. The health service has changed in Ealing: Hammersmith and C... | 0.289791 |
843 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.267.2 | The Government have repeatedly highlighted the importance of northern Lincolnshire and the wider Humber area to the offshore renewables sector. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the recent announcement of the establishment of a national college for wind energy, a university technical college in Scunthorpe and furthe... | Martin Vickers | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | The Government have repeatedly highlighted the importance of northern Lincolnshire and the wider Humber area to the offshore renewables sector. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the recent announcement of the establishment of a national college for wind energy, a university technical college in Scunthorpe and furthe... | 0.446123 |
844 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.267.3 | My hon. Friend is a real champion for north Lincolnshire and for Humberside in general. We are determined that this recovery is going to be different from previous recoveries and that we are going to see growth in jobs and investment right across our country. That is why he and others with me have been working hard to ... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | My hon. Friend is a real champion for north Lincolnshire and for Humberside in general. We are determined that this recovery is going to be different from previous recoveries and that we are going to see growth in jobs and investment right across our country. That is why he and others with me have been working hard to ... | 0.308946 |
845 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.267.4 | I am proud of the NHS in the north-east, but not one hospital trust is meeting the Government’s own scaled back targets for treatment in A and E—not one—yet the Prime Minister prefers to focus on a top-down reorganisation of the NHS, breaking it up for the benefit of his buddies and putting competition before care and ... | Chi Onwurah | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I am proud of the NHS in the north-east, but not one hospital trust is meeting the Government’s own scaled back targets for treatment in A and E—not one—yet the Prime Minister prefers to focus on a top-down reorganisation of the NHS, breaking it up for the benefit of his buddies and putting competition before care and ... | 0.253043 |
846 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.268.0 | Let me tell the hon. Lady what is actually happening in the NHS in Newcastle. Since 2010, there are 191 more doctors and 698 more nurses. Last week over 3,000 patients went to A and E, and all but 190 were seen within four hours. If getting rid of the bureaucracy in the NHS, which we did in England, was such a bad idea... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Let me tell the hon. Lady what is actually happening in the NHS in Newcastle. Since 2010, there are 191 more doctors and 698 more nurses. Last week over 3,000 patients went to A and E, and all but 190 were seen within four hours. If getting rid of the bureaucracy in the NHS, which we did in England, was such a bad idea... | 0.224165 |
847 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.268.1 | The recent final report of the Alderley Park taskforce highlights how around 300 jobs have been brought to the site in the last 18 months, with a healthy pipeline of new businesses looking to locate there. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this helps to highlight why the Government are right to put in extra growth d... | David Rutley | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | The recent final report of the Alderley Park taskforce highlights how around 300 jobs have been brought to the site in the last 18 months, with a healthy pipeline of new businesses looking to locate there. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this helps to highlight why the Government are right to put in extra growth d... | 0.293553 |
848 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.268.2 | My hon. Friend has been a real champion for life sciences in general and for life sciences investment in the north-west of England, which is an absolutely crucial part of the improvement and expansion of that part of our country’s economy, and that obviously includes Alderley Park. The local growth deal announced last ... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | My hon. Friend has been a real champion for life sciences in general and for life sciences investment in the north-west of England, which is an absolutely crucial part of the improvement and expansion of that part of our country’s economy, and that obviously includes Alderley Park. The local growth deal announced last ... | 0.283861 |
849 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.268.3 | Those of us who opposed the Iraq war, for very good reason, and many, many other people outside this place are very concerned about the inordinate delay in publishing the findings of the Chilcot report. May I please ask the Prime Minister: where did this bizarre notion that if it is not published before the end of Febr... | Elfyn Llwyd | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Those of us who opposed the Iraq war, for very good reason, and many, many other people outside this place are very concerned about the inordinate delay in publishing the findings of the Chilcot report. May I please ask the Prime Minister: where did this bizarre notion that if it is not published before the end of Febr... | 0.25722 |
850 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.268.4 | In many ways I share the right hon. Gentleman’s frustration: I would love the report to have come out already. Indeed, he and I voted together against the last Labour Government over and over again, saying, “Please can you get on and set up the independent inquiry that’s needed?” If they had got on and set up the indep... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | In many ways I share the right hon. Gentleman’s frustration: I would love the report to have come out already. Indeed, he and I voted together against the last Labour Government over and over again, saying, “Please can you get on and set up the independent inquiry that’s needed?” If they had got on and set up the indep... | 0.292082 |
851 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.268.5 | Youth unemployment in Skipton is down by over 70% since 2010. City growth deal funding for the Skipton flood alleviation scheme will unlock a further 500 jobs. Is there anything the Prime Minister can do to make that happen? | Julian Smith | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Youth unemployment in Skipton is down by over 70% since 2010. City growth deal funding for the Skipton flood alleviation scheme will unlock a further 500 jobs. Is there anything the Prime Minister can do to make that happen? | 0.284588 |
852 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.269.0 | I will look very carefully at this, because, as my hon. Friend says, not only the claimant count but the long-term youth claimant count has fallen—it has fallen by 50% in his constituency in the last year alone. I know how much his constituents want to see work on the Skipton flood defence project, which is a very high... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I will look very carefully at this, because, as my hon. Friend says, not only the claimant count but the long-term youth claimant count has fallen—it has fallen by 50% in his constituency in the last year alone. I know how much his constituents want to see work on the Skipton flood defence project, which is a very high... | 0.326798 |
853 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.269.1 | In Wigan recently, my local nurses granted a dying grandma’s fairly remarkable last wish when they wheeled her hospital bed into the car park so she could be reunited for one last time with her much loved horse, just hours before she died from cancer. Those brilliant nurses sum up everything that is great about our nat... | Lisa Nandy | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | In Wigan recently, my local nurses granted a dying grandma’s fairly remarkable last wish when they wheeled her hospital bed into the car park so she could be reunited for one last time with her much loved horse, just hours before she died from cancer. Those brilliant nurses sum up everything that is great about our nat... | 0.237191 |
854 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.269.2 | I am full of praise for nurses in Wigan. I think they work extremely hard to provide a good service. I particularly applaud the nurse in Wigan who chased the Health Secretary down the corridor and told him a thing or two about how to run the health service. If we are judged on our record, however, there are 9,000 more ... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I am full of praise for nurses in Wigan. I think they work extremely hard to provide a good service. I particularly applaud the nurse in Wigan who chased the Health Secretary down the corridor and told him a thing or two about how to run the health service. If we are judged on our record, however, there are 9,000 more ... | 0.211896 |
855 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.269.3 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in supporting the Perpetuus tidal energy centre, a public-private partnership that will, from the Isle of Wight, give the world its first grid-connected tidal array test facility? This will put the UK at the forefront of tidal energy technology, protect existing jobs and create several... | Andrew Turner | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Will my right hon. Friend join me in supporting the Perpetuus tidal energy centre, a public-private partnership that will, from the Isle of Wight, give the world its first grid-connected tidal array test facility? This will put the UK at the forefront of tidal energy technology, protect existing jobs and create several... | 0.413299 |
856 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.269.4 | My hon. Friend makes a very good point, because the UK is now the most attractive market in the world for investment in offshore wind and marine renewables. We want to maintain that world-leading position, harness the economic and environmental benefits it brings and see local centres of expertise. From what I can see,... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | My hon. Friend makes a very good point, because the UK is now the most attractive market in the world for investment in offshore wind and marine renewables. We want to maintain that world-leading position, harness the economic and environmental benefits it brings and see local centres of expertise. From what I can see,... | 0.411495 |
857 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.269.5 | Nearly half of all London ambulances called out to critical cases do not arrive within their target eight-minute response time. Is that what the Prime Minister had in mind when he told us that the NHS would be “safe in his hands”? | Heidi Alexander | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Nearly half of all London ambulances called out to critical cases do not arrive within their target eight-minute response time. Is that what the Prime Minister had in mind when he told us that the NHS would be “safe in his hands”? | 0.219848 |
858 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.269.6 | The NHS would not have been safe if we had followed Labour’s proposal to cut the NHS. We rejected that advice and put more money into it. The London ambulance service has launched a national and international recruitment campaign and has already hired 400 new members of staff. We are providing £15 million of extra mone... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | The NHS would not have been safe if we had followed Labour’s proposal to cut the NHS. We rejected that advice and put more money into it. The London ambulance service has launched a national and international recruitment campaign and has already hired 400 new members of staff. We are providing £15 million of extra mone... | 0.221858 |
859 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.270.0 | Reverting to the subject of the Chilcot report, about which I have questioned the Prime Minister in the past, did my right hon. Friend note that our distinguished colleague Lord Hurd said in the House of Lords yesterday said that it was an absolute disgrace that it had not been published—a view that I certainly hold? S... | Peter Tapsell | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Reverting to the subject of the Chilcot report, about which I have questioned the Prime Minister in the past, did my right hon. Friend note that our distinguished colleague Lord Hurd said in the House of Lords yesterday said that it was an absolute disgrace that it had not been published—a view that I certainly hold? S... | 0.275828 |
860 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.270.1 | I say to the Father of the House that I understand that the report is largely finished, but with every report such as this there is a process: we have to write to the people who are criticised and give them an opportunity to respond. This is now the process for all these reports, irrespective of which Government they a... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I say to the Father of the House that I understand that the report is largely finished, but with every report such as this there is a process: we have to write to the people who are criticised and give them an opportunity to respond. This is now the process for all these reports, irrespective of which Government they a... | 0.340141 |
861 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.270.2 | I ask the Prime Minister once again: will he apologise to all those who have suffered and continue to suffer in A and E departments across the country, due to his mismanagement of the national health service? | Khalid Mahmood | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I ask the Prime Minister once again: will he apologise to all those who have suffered and continue to suffer in A and E departments across the country, due to his mismanagement of the national health service? | 0.247782 |
862 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.270.3 | I could not have been clearer. I regret it when every single person who goes to hospital does not get the treatment they deserve, but our responsibility is to put in the money, which we are doing; to provide the extra staff, which is happening; to have a proper plan for joining up health and social care, which we are d... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I could not have been clearer. I regret it when every single person who goes to hospital does not get the treatment they deserve, but our responsibility is to put in the money, which we are doing; to provide the extra staff, which is happening; to have a proper plan for joining up health and social care, which we are d... | 0.269884 |
863 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.270.4 | Home care workers do a fantastic job in caring for some of the most frail people in our society, yet more than 200,000 of them are not even paid the national minimum wage. Will the Prime Minister talk to the Chancellor about ensuring that HMRC properly pursues and prosecutes the cowboy care agencies that are exploiting... | Paul Burstow | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Home care workers do a fantastic job in caring for some of the most frail people in our society, yet more than 200,000 of them are not even paid the national minimum wage. Will the Prime Minister talk to the Chancellor about ensuring that HMRC properly pursues and prosecutes the cowboy care agencies that are exploiting... | 0.258504 |
864 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.270.5 | My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is far more that we can do to prosecute and chase down organisations that do not pay their staff properly. That is why we are bringing into the Home Office organisations that can help to make that happen. Whether the organisation concerned is the Gangmasters Licensing Aut... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is far more that we can do to prosecute and chase down organisations that do not pay their staff properly. That is why we are bringing into the Home Office organisations that can help to make that happen. Whether the organisation concerned is the Gangmasters Licensing Aut... | 0.278064 |
865 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.271.0 | On Monday I listened to residents of Mendell Court, an extra care facility in Bromborough in my constituency, as they told me of their serious worries about social care. For the good of all who need care and all NHS patients, will the Prime Minister go further to integrate health and social care? | Alison McGovern | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | On Monday I listened to residents of Mendell Court, an extra care facility in Bromborough in my constituency, as they told me of their serious worries about social care. For the good of all who need care and all NHS patients, will the Prime Minister go further to integrate health and social care? | 0.250532 |
866 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.271.1 | Through the better care fund we are producing £5 billion, which is money that health authorities and local authorities can spend together. Up to now, the Labour party has opposed that fund and said that it should not be established; but I am afraid it is worse than that. The shadow Secretary of State for Health has bee... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Through the better care fund we are producing £5 billion, which is money that health authorities and local authorities can spend together. Up to now, the Labour party has opposed that fund and said that it should not be established; but I am afraid it is worse than that. The shadow Secretary of State for Health has bee... | 0.250093 |
867 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.272.0 | Will the Prime Minister update the House on the future arrangements for the upkeep of the Royal Air Force memorial chapel at Biggin Hill, the iconic former Battle of Britain airfield? | Bob Neill | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Will the Prime Minister update the House on the future arrangements for the upkeep of the Royal Air Force memorial chapel at Biggin Hill, the iconic former Battle of Britain airfield? | 0.271296 |
868 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.272.1 | I can absolutely confirm to the House that that chapel will be preserved for future generations, as we have always recognised its importance and its rich heritage. I think it possible that of all the great moments in British history, the Battle of Britain 1940 stands out as one of the most important times that there ha... | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I can absolutely confirm to the House that that chapel will be preserved for future generations, as we have always recognised its importance and its rich heritage. I think it possible that of all the great moments in British history, the Battle of Britain 1940 stands out as one of the most important times that there ha... | 0.241099 |
869 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.272.2 | Will the Prime Minister take action immediately to clear up the shambles at the Home Office? A constituent of mine who applied for a fast-track passport before Christmas was promised that it would be delivered to him by courier on new year’s eve, but has still not received it. As a result, he has had to cancel a trip t... | Gerald Kaufman | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | Will the Prime Minister take action immediately to clear up the shambles at the Home Office? A constituent of mine who applied for a fast-track passport before Christmas was promised that it would be delivered to him by courier on new year’s eve, but has still not received it. As a result, he has had to cancel a trip t... | 0.262806 |
870 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.272.3 | I shall be happy to look at the individual case that the right hon. Gentleman raises. However, I think that we have made huge strides in dealing with potential passport backlogs, and I think that the Home Secretary is doing a fantastic job. | David Cameron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | Engagements | I shall be happy to look at the individual case that the right hon. Gentleman raises. However, I think that we have made huge strides in dealing with potential passport backlogs, and I think that the Home Secretary is doing a fantastic job. | 0.255695 |
871 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.273.1 | (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the major incidents that have been declared at a number of hospitals and on A and E performance in England. | Andy Burnham | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the major incidents that have been declared at a number of hospitals and on A and E performance in England. | 0.246719 |
872 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.273.2 | Mr Speaker, I welcome this opportunity to come to the House and make a statement on accident and emergency services. First, we must recognise the context. The NHS always faces significant pressures during the winter months, but, with an ageing population, we now have 350,000 more over-75s than just four years ago. As a... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | Mr Speaker, I welcome this opportunity to come to the House and make a statement on accident and emergency services. First, we must recognise the context. The NHS always faces significant pressures during the winter months, but, with an ageing population, we now have 350,000 more over-75s than just four years ago. As a... | 0.291875 |
873 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.274.0 | All over England, the NHS is stretched to the limit—and in places is at breaking point. Staff are working flat-out and we thank each and every one of them for all they are doing, but the situation is now serious and getting worse. Right now, too many vulnerable people are exposed to too much risk, waiting hours for amb... | Andy Burnham | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | All over England, the NHS is stretched to the limit—and in places is at breaking point. Staff are working flat-out and we thank each and every one of them for all they are doing, but the situation is now serious and getting worse. Right now, too many vulnerable people are exposed to too much risk, waiting hours for amb... | 0.284779 |
874 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.275.0 | First, let me thank the right hon. Gentleman for this opportunity once again to go through the plans that we have in place to support the NHS and to reiterate the gratitude of the whole House to NHS staff for what they are doing under huge pressure at the moment. Let me start by telling him where I agree with him. I ag... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | First, let me thank the right hon. Gentleman for this opportunity once again to go through the plans that we have in place to support the NHS and to reiterate the gratitude of the whole House to NHS staff for what they are doing under huge pressure at the moment. Let me start by telling him where I agree with him. I ag... | 0.292598 |
875 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.276.0 | May I join the Secretary of State in warmly thanking NHS staff, who are stepping up to meet the extraordinary increase in demand for their care and expertise? Will he reassure the House that in meeting this extraordinary, complex challenge, they will not be made to chase targets, as we know that that was distorting cli... | Sarah Wollaston | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | May I join the Secretary of State in warmly thanking NHS staff, who are stepping up to meet the extraordinary increase in demand for their care and expertise? Will he reassure the House that in meeting this extraordinary, complex challenge, they will not be made to chase targets, as we know that that was distorting cli... | 0.311342 |
876 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.276.1 | My hon. Friend is absolutely right about that, and it is very important. Targets matter, but not targets at any cost. It is worth remembering that, over the four years we were seeing the tragedy unfold in Mid Staffs, it was meeting its A and E target the majority of the time. So it is very important that patient safety... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | My hon. Friend is absolutely right about that, and it is very important. Targets matter, but not targets at any cost. It is worth remembering that, over the four years we were seeing the tragedy unfold in Mid Staffs, it was meeting its A and E target the majority of the time. So it is very important that patient safety... | 0.280753 |
877 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.276.2 | Does the Secretary of State accept the truth of the assertions by A and E doctors and nurses that the call handlers working for the 111 service are referring far more patients to A and E than happened when NHS Direct was staffed by nurses, who exercised professional discretion? | Frank Dobson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | Does the Secretary of State accept the truth of the assertions by A and E doctors and nurses that the call handlers working for the 111 service are referring far more patients to A and E than happened when NHS Direct was staffed by nurses, who exercised professional discretion? | 0.254067 |
878 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.276.3 | It is always important to keep the algorithms used by call handlers—111—under review. I say to the right hon. Gentleman that 111 is part of the way we have been able to relieve pressure on A and E departments. Calls to 111 doubled this Christmas, and 27% of the people who called it said that they had been planning to g... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | It is always important to keep the algorithms used by call handlers—111—under review. I say to the right hon. Gentleman that 111 is part of the way we have been able to relieve pressure on A and E departments. Calls to 111 doubled this Christmas, and 27% of the people who called it said that they had been planning to g... | 0.269649 |
879 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.277.0 | Does the Secretary of State share my recollection that five years ago no political pundit of any kind predicted that the welcome ageing of the population and the ending of the 24 hours a day, seven days a week commitment of general practice would produce the quite extraordinary surge in demand that we now have to cope ... | Kenneth Clarke | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | Does the Secretary of State share my recollection that five years ago no political pundit of any kind predicted that the welcome ageing of the population and the ending of the 24 hours a day, seven days a week commitment of general practice would produce the quite extraordinary surge in demand that we now have to cope ... | 0.319235 |
880 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.277.1 | My right hon. and learned Friend speaks with a great deal of wisdom as someone who has occupied this post and he is absolutely right. All Health Secretaries face pressures of the kind we are going through now and face difficult winters. Winter is always a difficult time for the NHS and, as the Prime Minister said, we n... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | My right hon. and learned Friend speaks with a great deal of wisdom as someone who has occupied this post and he is absolutely right. All Health Secretaries face pressures of the kind we are going through now and face difficult winters. Winter is always a difficult time for the NHS and, as the Prime Minister said, we n... | 0.301945 |
881 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.277.2 | Bolton Royal hospital is one of the hospitals declaring a major incident. The context is as follows. The Little Hulton walk-in centre was closed, when it saw 2,000 patients a month. Salford city council had £100 million cut out of its budget, so 1,000 people this year are losing care packages. I have an elderly constit... | Barbara Keeley | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | Bolton Royal hospital is one of the hospitals declaring a major incident. The context is as follows. The Little Hulton walk-in centre was closed, when it saw 2,000 patients a month. Salford city council had £100 million cut out of its budget, so 1,000 people this year are losing care packages. I have an elderly constit... | 0.224198 |
882 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.277.3 | We take responsibility and I take responsibility for everything that happens in the NHS. Let me tell the hon. Lady what we are actually doing, because there have been some serious bed capacity issues in Bolton. Bolton has had £3 million this winter to help deal with those pressures, which has included £340,000 to spend... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | We take responsibility and I take responsibility for everything that happens in the NHS. Let me tell the hon. Lady what we are actually doing, because there have been some serious bed capacity issues in Bolton. Bolton has had £3 million this winter to help deal with those pressures, which has included £340,000 to spend... | 0.268347 |
883 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.277.4 | May I remind the House that the private finance initiative, which expanded hospitals to 100 from zero after 1997, created at least £2 billion to £10 billion, and possibly even £20 billion, of additional costs that could now be used? In Hereford, the hospital is too small because of PFI. I have estimated that £30 millio... | Jesse Norman | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | May I remind the House that the private finance initiative, which expanded hospitals to 100 from zero after 1997, created at least £2 billion to £10 billion, and possibly even £20 billion, of additional costs that could now be used? In Hereford, the hospital is too small because of PFI. I have estimated that £30 millio... | 0.268528 |
884 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.278.0 | My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I congratulate the doctors and nurses who are working very hard in his local hospital and point out that there are a number of historical problems. The £71 billion of PFI debt is one of those and it means that more than £1 billion every year is diverted from the front line. We have d... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I congratulate the doctors and nurses who are working very hard in his local hospital and point out that there are a number of historical problems. The £71 billion of PFI debt is one of those and it means that more than £1 billion every year is diverted from the front line. We have d... | 0.282843 |
885 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.278.1 | On 9 December, a member of my family was admitted to Rotherham hospital through A and E after a fall at home. She was told two days later by a doctor that there was no medical reason she should be in hospital. She spent her 93rd birthday, on 24 December, in Rotherham hospital and was discharged on Monday of this week, ... | Kevin Barron | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | On 9 December, a member of my family was admitted to Rotherham hospital through A and E after a fall at home. She was told two days later by a doctor that there was no medical reason she should be in hospital. She spent her 93rd birthday, on 24 December, in Rotherham hospital and was discharged on Monday of this week, ... | 0.259333 |
886 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.278.2 | We need to have much better working between the health and social care systems. If the right hon. Gentleman supports that, he should support the better care programme, which from April of this year will see co-operation between the local NHS and local authorities in 150 local authority areas for the first time. Instead... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | We need to have much better working between the health and social care systems. If the right hon. Gentleman supports that, he should support the better care programme, which from April of this year will see co-operation between the local NHS and local authorities in 150 local authority areas for the first time. Instead... | 0.26388 |
887 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.278.3 | Will my right hon. Friend thank the staff of the NHS at Harlow Princess Alexandra hospital for their passion and commitment? Although the Government have invested £5 million in our accident and emergency services, issues in nearby hospitals mean that the pressure on our A and E has been immense. Princess Alexandra hosp... | Robert Halfon | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | Will my right hon. Friend thank the staff of the NHS at Harlow Princess Alexandra hospital for their passion and commitment? Although the Government have invested £5 million in our accident and emergency services, issues in nearby hospitals mean that the pressure on our A and E has been immense. Princess Alexandra hosp... | 0.252668 |
888 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.278.4 | I am very happy to do that and I am aware of the significant pressures at the Princess Alexandra. I thank my hon. Friend for the way in which he is supporting staff in his local hospital, getting behind local plans. It is a mistake to say that there is always a new national initiative. Lots of people in the NHS have be... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | I am very happy to do that and I am aware of the significant pressures at the Princess Alexandra. I thank my hon. Friend for the way in which he is supporting staff in his local hospital, getting behind local plans. It is a mistake to say that there is always a new national initiative. Lots of people in the NHS have be... | 0.282057 |
889 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.278.5 | On Monday evening, the trust of Salford Royal hospital, which, as the Secretary of State knows, is an excellent hospital, declared a major incident. I am pleased to say that the pressure has been dealt with and it has now been lifted, but it is clear to me that many of the thousands of elderly and frail people in hospi... | Hazel Blears | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | On Monday evening, the trust of Salford Royal hospital, which, as the Secretary of State knows, is an excellent hospital, declared a major incident. I am pleased to say that the pressure has been dealt with and it has now been lifted, but it is clear to me that many of the thousands of elderly and frail people in hospi... | 0.248068 |
890 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.279.0 | I agree entirely with the right hon. Lady. The better care fund is a first step, but it is only a first step. It is happening from this April, but we have the NHS England five-year forward view, which is the long-term plan to improve community care. I agree that Salford Royal is an excellent hospital. It had £3.5 milli... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | I agree entirely with the right hon. Lady. The better care fund is a first step, but it is only a first step. It is happening from this April, but we have the NHS England five-year forward view, which is the long-term plan to improve community care. I agree that Salford Royal is an excellent hospital. It had £3.5 milli... | 0.269257 |
891 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.279.1 | May I pay tribute to the accident and emergency staff at my local hospital, St Helier, whom I met on Monday? One thing they made clear to me is that although there is no single cause of the pressures on A and E at the moment and there is therefore no single solution, they want certainty about the long-term plans for NH... | Paul Burstow | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | May I pay tribute to the accident and emergency staff at my local hospital, St Helier, whom I met on Monday? One thing they made clear to me is that although there is no single cause of the pressures on A and E at the moment and there is therefore no single solution, they want certainty about the long-term plans for NH... | 0.277232 |
892 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.279.2 | When we did the autumn statement last year, we asked Simon Stevens and NHS England how much they needed for their plan next year and they told us it was about £2 billion, so we made that commitment. We also said that that was a down payment on delivering the entire plan, not a one-off payment. I agree about the importa... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | When we did the autumn statement last year, we asked Simon Stevens and NHS England how much they needed for their plan next year and they told us it was about £2 billion, so we made that commitment. We also said that that was a down payment on delivering the entire plan, not a one-off payment. I agree about the importa... | 0.254158 |
893 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.279.3 | The Secretary of State and Prime Minister accuse the Labour party of using the NHS as a political football and as a weapon. May I advise the Secretary of State that the NHS is a weapon—a very powerful one—for the treatment of illness and the relief of disease and suffering, and that it is being blunted by this Governme... | Grahame Morris | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | The Secretary of State and Prime Minister accuse the Labour party of using the NHS as a political football and as a weapon. May I advise the Secretary of State that the NHS is a weapon—a very powerful one—for the treatment of illness and the relief of disease and suffering, and that it is being blunted by this Governme... | 0.288979 |
894 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.279.4 | I agree that we need more staff, but the hon. Gentleman should welcome the fact that under this Government there are 9,000 more doctors and 3,000 more nurses. Such an increase was made possible by a reorganisation that took money away from bureaucracy and management and put it on to the front line. What is wrong is for... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | I agree that we need more staff, but the hon. Gentleman should welcome the fact that under this Government there are 9,000 more doctors and 3,000 more nurses. Such an increase was made possible by a reorganisation that took money away from bureaucracy and management and put it on to the front line. What is wrong is for... | 0.255649 |
895 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.280.0 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that the declaration of a major incident by Addenbrooke’s hospital has caused concern among my constituents whose non-urgent admissions have had to be postponed? Is he also aware that the hospital is currently looking after more than 300 people aged over 85, which is in itself a remarkable... | Alan Haselhurst | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | Is my right hon. Friend aware that the declaration of a major incident by Addenbrooke’s hospital has caused concern among my constituents whose non-urgent admissions have had to be postponed? Is he also aware that the hospital is currently looking after more than 300 people aged over 85, which is in itself a remarkable... | 0.264413 |
896 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.280.1 | I am aware of the problems at Addenbrooke’s. Indeed, the main issue, as my hon. Friend rightly says, is delayed discharges relating to care. The chief executive is running the command and control system and working with the local authority to facilitate the discharges that are necessary and to de-escalate the situation... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | I am aware of the problems at Addenbrooke’s. Indeed, the main issue, as my hon. Friend rightly says, is delayed discharges relating to care. The chief executive is running the command and control system and working with the local authority to facilitate the discharges that are necessary and to de-escalate the situation... | 0.278141 |
897 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.280.2 | The national health service in my constituency is under immense pressure, as are the adult services. It has been known for some months now that the number of acutely ill people coming into hospital has been growing. Has the Secretary of State investigated the reasons for that significant increase, which I am hearing ab... | Derek Twigg | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | The national health service in my constituency is under immense pressure, as are the adult services. It has been known for some months now that the number of acutely ill people coming into hospital has been growing. Has the Secretary of State investigated the reasons for that significant increase, which I am hearing ab... | 0.250641 |
898 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.280.3 | We have looked into that matter in huge detail. There are probably three broad factors that are behind the increase in demand. One is the ageing population. There are 350,000 more people over the age of 75 than four years ago. The point is that if someone of that age goes into A and E in the winter, there is an 80% cha... | Jeremy Hunt | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | We have looked into that matter in huge detail. There are probably three broad factors that are behind the increase in demand. One is the ageing population. There are 350,000 more people over the age of 75 than four years ago. The point is that if someone of that age goes into A and E in the winter, there is an 80% cha... | 0.276097 |
899 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.280.4 | My right hon. Friend will be aware that there have been significant changes to hospital services across north-west London. There is considerable concern from some of my constituents that the closure of A and E departments at Central Middlesex and Hammersmith hospitals has led to some of the increasing pressure elsewher... | Angie Bray | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | PRIME MINISTER | A and E (Major Incidents) | My right hon. Friend will be aware that there have been significant changes to hospital services across north-west London. There is considerable concern from some of my constituents that the closure of A and E departments at Central Middlesex and Hammersmith hospitals has led to some of the increasing pressure elsewher... | 0.293809 |
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