LabourMP for Stroud
“Thank you, madam Deputy Speaker, can I thank the member for Tooting for securing this debate and for her years long work on in A and E and in Saint George's. I think what this shows us is emergency care is is in crisis in the NHS. And actua…”
“Speaking as a member of the political class and the medical class, may I ask the honourable Lady whether she would accept that it is better for politicians to accept advice from medical experts around medical issues?…”
“It is a pleasure to speak in support of the Bill, which I believe has the power to transform patient care in the NHS. Particularly after the remarks of my honourable Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Peter Prinsley), the…”
“I thank the honourable Gentleman for bringing this really essential debate to the House. My constituent Emma Taylor tragically lost her daughter at the age of 19 and she now campaigns tirelessly for SUDEP Action as a policy champion. Does t…”
“I declare an interest as a working GP in the NHS. I probably would not be standing here if general practice had not been decimated over the last 14 years. I welcome the £485 million of extra funding, and I also welcome the fact that the cap…”
“1. What steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses in the defence sector.…”
“Will the Secretary of State give way?…”
“I am a bit surprised by the mock rage coming from the Opposition, given that, over the past decade and a half, thousands of pubs have closed. I thank the Minister on behalf of Stroud publicans for agreeing to review the system so that we ca…”
“On international medical graduates, I commend the Secretary of State. It is something we have discussed in the past, and bringing forward emergency legislation is absolutely crucial here, so I thank him for that. I also want to mention trai…”
“19. What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support patients in the NHS.…”
“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to issue a call for evidence relating to the promotion and funding of the installation of domestic energy efficiency measures; to require the Secretary …”
“I thank the Minister, who is not in her place, for taking the time to meet me to discuss my amendments 107 and 108, which concern the community right to buy. This Bill is one of the most exciting and empowering pieces of legislation to come…”
“7. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle violence against women and girls.…”
“Q12. Vaccinations were invented in Berkeley in my constituency 230 years ago and, as a GP, I have jabbed literally thousands of children and adults. Will the Prime Minister update the House about our new roll-out of chickenpox vaccinations,…”
“In recent weeks, a number of my constituents in Stroud have been arrested. Many of them are over 70, and the whole situation seems to have become slightly ridiculous. Does the Minister agree that proscribing is using a sledgehammer to crack…”
“Can the right honourable Gentleman tell me, then, why Labour keeps getting re-elected to mayoralties?…”
“I beg to move, That this House has considered children’s health. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this incredibly important debate. This Government’s ambition is to raise the healthiest generation of children ever. Ther…”
“1. What steps he is taking to support the provision of medical aid in Gaza.…”
“13. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the child poverty taskforce on levels of child poverty in Stroud.…”
“14. What steps she is taking to improve mental health support in schools.…”
“Will the honourable Lady give way?…”
“Q2. In Gloucestershire, after 14 years, waiting lists for both physical and mental health are finally falling. Last week I hosted a roundtable with young people and heard how music and arts programmes, such as Gloucester’s fantastic Music W…”
“I agree with some of the things that the honourable Member is saying, but we all want to build faster. Under the local district plan in Stroud, we have been waiting four years for our housing plan, and this Bill will free us from the quagmi…”
“10. What assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing sentencing for peaceful protesters.…”
“I am delighted to speak about this new Mental Health Bill. It follows up on the Mental Health Act 1983, which is as old as our Secretary of State, as we heard. What I have heard throughout the debate is that mental health affects us all in …”
“I realise that my honourable Friend’s new clause 1 comes from a good place, but can she not see that it is inconsistent with our ethical obligations as doctors? That is why the British Medical Association has suggested that although there s…”
“I am interested in the community involvement aspect. I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Mental health among men particularly is at a crisis point; in fact, suicide is a leading cause of death unde…”
“Will my honourable Friend give way?…”
“I must confess that I am slightly surprised that the Lib Dems have brought forward an Opposition day debate about hospitals and are stating their case in such a way, because the last thing we need in this country is a load of promises we ca…”
“I thank my right honourable Friend for his excellent statement. As he knows, I am a working GP in Stroud. We clinicians are simply fed up with the micromanagement of our caring clinical role, and many hospital colleagues feel the same. We w…”
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