NHS
The National Health Service and UK public health policy broadly - not just NHS-branded services specifically. Covers patient care, NHS funding and waiting times, hospitals and GPs, disease programmes and screening (HIV, cancer, respiratory disease, multiple sclerosis, etc), medical and drug treatment access, medical research funding, and public health measures (obesity, nutrition, antimicrobial resistance, disease prevention).
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 904PMQs 2026-09-09
Hertfordshire has one of the lowest numbers of mental health in-patient beds per head in England. When patients, including some young people, are in crisis, they can be sent hundreds of miles away, wh...
PMQs 2026-09-09
I thank the Prime Minister for his commitment to mental health and to building a country that acts sooner when people need help. Five years ago, I lost one of my best friends, Sophie, to suicide after...
PMQs 2026-09-09
I associate myself with the Prime Minister's opening remarks, not least about the 25th anniversary of the horrific terror attacks of 9/11. I welcome the Government finally banning imports from illegal...
PMQs 2026-09-09
It is unbelievable that the Prime Minister would say that. He is clearly unwilling. We need to fund our defence, not spend all our money on welfare. I cannot believe that he would actually say that. H...
PMQs 2026-09-02
I congratulate the Prime Minister on his first Prime Minister's questions; this is my first Prime Minister's question too. I want to declare an interest: I chair the all-party parliamentary group on s...
PMQs 2026-09-02
The Labour Government have already delivered real investment for Bedford, including our community diagnostic centre, urgent care centre and funding for the Putnoe walk-in centre. I was pleased to open...
PMQs 2026-09-02
I hope at that summit the Prime Minister will negotiate a good deal for our country, our economy and our defence, and that means rejoining the single market. North Devon's maternity unit has been clos...
PMQs 2026-07-15
Two weeks ago, the news leaked that Powys teaching health board is considering taking the beds out of all but two community hospitals in Powys. Some 2,500 people have already signed my petition agains...
PMQs 2026-07-15
That is a lovely statement that the Prime Minister has just made to Pooja; I am sure that the whole House will agree. I think that the whole House will also agree that he gave a very diplomatic answer...
PMQs 2026-07-08
The meeting with Basingstoke's Gurkha veterans highlighted the need to resolve the longstanding pension issues they face due to their service and sacrifice for Britain. Does the Deputy Prime Minister ...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 4128Rosebank Oil and Gas Field
Many of my constituents in Putney have written to me about this. They are very concerned about Rosebank's lifetime emissions, which are equivalent to 254 million tonnes of CO2. With extreme weather th...
Topical Questions
Parents of neurodivergent young people in my community readily tell me about the barriers their children face in accessing work opportunities. I am delighted that a youth hub is opening in Aldershot a...
Coronial System: Delays
A constituent of mine died in state custody in July last year. His family was told to expect the prisons and probation ombudsman report within weeks, but it was quietly paused, pending the coroner's p...
Coronial System: Delays
A constituent of mine died in state custody in July last year. His family was told to expect the prisons and probation ombudsman report within weeks, but it was quietly paused, pending the coroner's p...
Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences
I met IPP prisoners who have been serving sentences since 2006 or 2007 and they described the extreme toll the sentences take on their mental health and the unfairness of seeing people who committed g...
Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences
I am concerned about the steps being taken to review imprisonment for public protection sentences. I met IPP prisoners who have been serving sentences since 2006 or 2007 and they described the extreme...
Topical Questions
Jimmy, a Shipley constituent, received an IPP sentence and remains in prison despite passing a mental health tribunal. Can the Secretary of State assure me that prisoners like Jimmy with autism will g...
Coronial System: Delays 2026-09-15
A constituent of mine died in state custody in July last year. His family was told to expect the prisons and probation ombudsman report within weeks, but it was quietly paused, pending the coroner's p...
Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences 2026-09-15
What steps he is taking to review imprisonment for public protection sentences. In the summer, I met a group of IPP prisoners, most of whom had been serving their sentences since 2006 or 2007. They to...
Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences 2026-09-15
What steps he is taking to review imprisonment for public protection sentences. In the summer, I met a group of IPP prisoners, most of whom had been serving their sentences since 2006 or 2007. They to...