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Tuesday 25 November 2025 · 4 questions

Summarised by AI from the official record, so it can contain mistakes.

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Key points

  • Stuart Andrew questioned the Government's role in stopping strikes and referred to past comments.
  • Katrina Murray inquired about steps to ensure timely diagnosis and equitable specialist care for people with MS across the UK.
  • Tristan Osborne raised concerns about the Public Accounts Committee's scrutiny of clinical negligence costs and the review commissioned by David Lock KC.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Stuart Andrew Con
Parliamentary Procedure

Question

But, Mr Speaker:<br/><br/>The power to stop these strikes is in the Government’s hands.”—[Official Report, 6 February 2023; Vol. 727, c. 660.]

Answer from Stephen Kinnock

I was very clear in opposition about the Government’s responsibility to sit down and negotiate, and that is exactly what I have been doing. It takes two to tango. As for the other trivial nonsense the right hon. Gentleman mentions, I have been very clear that I am a faithful. Of course, if he were a gameshow, he would be “Pointless”.

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Q2 Katrina Murray Lab
NHS

Question

There is a higher prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Scotland than in any other part of the UK. What steps is the Department taking to ensure that people living with MS can access both a timely diagnosis and equitable specialist care, regardless of where they live in the UK?

Answer from Stephen Kinnock

My hon. Friend raises an important point, and I would be more than happy to meet her to discuss it, because I think the complexity of what she raises needs some detail.

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Q3 Tristan Osborne Lab
NHS

Question

The Public Accounts Committee has recently scrutinised the state of clinical negligence in the UK. At £60 billion, the Government liability for clinical negligence significantly increased under the last Government. The Government have commissioned David Lock to review the issue. Does the Secretary of State agree that reform is desperately needed in this space?

Answer from Stephen Kinnock

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As announced in the 10-year health plan, David Lock KC is providing expert policy advice on the rising legal costs of clinical negligence and how we can improve patients’ experience of claims. That review is ongoing, and following initial advice to Ministers and the recent report from the National Audit Office, the results of David Lock’s work will inform future policymaking in this area. I am happy to update my hon. Friend as soon as that happens.

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Q4 Seamus Logan SNP Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
NHS
Context

The MP highlighted the financial burden of patient and staff parking charges in NHS trusts, particularly those collected by the Secretary of State's constituency trust.

Question

In 2024-25, the NHS trust in the Secretary of State’s constituency collected £2.4 million from patient and visitor parking and a further £1 million from staff parking. Given that those costs fall hardest on the poor and the most seriously ill, will the Secretary of State consider abolishing this inequitable burden on the sick, their relatives and those who care for them?

Answer from Wes Streeting

If I were the hon. Gentleman, I would be more worried about the situation close to home and the SNP’s abysmal record of failure: while waiting lists are falling in Labour-led England and Labour-led Wales, in SNP-led Scotland they are rising, despite the biggest funding settlement since devolution began. It is a record that should make him and his party blush.

Not addressed: The Secretary of State did not address the question about NHS parking charges.

How: Changing The Subject To Criticise Snp'S Performance In Scotland

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