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Health and Social Care

Queen's speech debate on Thursday, 16 January 2020, in the House of Commons, led by Jonathan Ashworth. The answering member was Matt Hancock.
Queen's speech debate (fifth day) on health and social care. Amendment negatived on division (222 to 313).

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Reference

669 cc1180-1261 

Session

2019-21

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
Debate on the Address: Health and Social Care
Monday, 13 January 2020
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Proceeding contributions

Nigel Evans | 669 c1180 (Link to this contribution)

I wish to inform the House that I have selected the amendment in the name of the Leader of the Op...

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 cc1180-1 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move an amendment, at the end of the Question to add:

“but respectfully regrets th...


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Desmond Swayne | 669 c1181 (Link to this contribution)

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 c1181 (Link to this contribution)

Let me make a little bit of progress. I think Members on both sides would agree that I am usually...

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 c1181 (Link to this contribution)

I give way first to the right hon. Member for New Forest West (Sir Desmond Swayne) and then I wil...

Desmond Swayne | 669 c1181 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman will recall that the Government accepted the Dilnot proposals and even put in ...

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 cc1181-2 (Link to this contribution)

We have long argued for a cap on care costs, but of course the Government, as the right hon. Gent...

Mark Harper | 669 c1182 (Link to this contribution)

Given that the hon. Gentleman’s party is undergoing a leadership election and that will clearly m...

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 c1182 (Link to this contribution)

It is a serious point, and I am grateful for the way in which the right hon. Gentleman has put it...

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 c1182 (Link to this contribution)

For the last time, because a lot of Members want to speak.

James Cartlidge | 669 c1183 (Link to this contribution)

This is directly relevant. The hon. Gentleman made a point about the House of Lords Committee, bu...

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 cc1183-4 (Link to this contribution)

No, because we do not think it would work—it is not feasible. It is not just the Committee in the...

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 c1184 (Link to this contribution)

I am afraid that on this occasion I will not, because many Members want to make maiden speeches. ...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1184 (Link to this contribution)

You know you’re talking rubbish.

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 c1184 (Link to this contribution)

I will tell you who was talking rubbish, Mr Deputy Speaker: the Secretary of State when he said a...

Caroline Johnson | 669 c1184 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He is using a lot of statistics and figures, ...

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 cc1184-7 (Link to this contribution)

As the hon. Lady knows from her work on the frontline in the NHS, the problem is that bank and ag...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1187 (Link to this contribution)

This Queen’s Speech has health and social care at its heart. For the first time in the history of...

Robert Halfon | 669 c1187 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Halfon | 669 c1187 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted that my right hon. Friend has mentioned new hospitals because we have a new hospit...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1187 (Link to this contribution)

That is right, and of those 40 new hospitals over the next decade, one of the very first will be ...

Mike Amesbury | 669 c1187 (Link to this contribution)

The reality on the ground in the Halton part of my Weaver Vale constituency is somewhat different...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1187 (Link to this contribution)

I am very happy to meet the hon. Gentleman. As well as the new hospitals, we also have upgrades g...

Steve Brine | 669 c1187 (Link to this contribution)

On the subject of the Secretary of State being true to his word—I welcome him back to his place—h...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1188 (Link to this contribution)

It is good to see that the hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury), having got the commitment...

Steve Baker | 669 c1188 (Link to this contribution)

I was a bit disappointed that the Secretary of State does not plan to build a new hospital in Wyc...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1188 (Link to this contribution)

I was going to come on to that later in my speech, but my hon. Friend is absolutely right. I had ...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1188 (Link to this contribution)

I will continue to take some interventions, if the House will allow me, and then make some progre...

Ben Everitt | 669 c1188 (Link to this contribution)

The Secretary of State is being very generous in giving way a number of times. I would like to th...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1188 (Link to this contribution)

I am, because Milton Keynes’s new MP has already been working with me to bring this concern to li...

Mike Penning | 669 c1189 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Secretary of State for his meeting the other evening. I am sure my right hon. Friend ...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1189 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, we are doing that work to make sure that, as we pump hundreds of millions of pounds into Her...

John Hayes | 669 c1189 (Link to this contribution)

I am extremely grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way, and I know he will move seamles...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1189 (Link to this contribution)

I think that is an early warning that my right hon. Friend is going to leave immediately after hi...

Oliver Heald | 669 c1189 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Secretary of State agree with me that, in Hertfordshire, we have been fortunate to have ...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1190 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, I hope that we can make some progress on Royston, because Royston is an example of how the N...

Bim Afolami | 669 c1190 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Secretary of State agree that this is not just about having more GPs, although we do nee...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1191 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is dead right. Pharmacies should be doing more to keep the pressure off GPs, becau...

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 c1191 (Link to this contribution)

The Secretary of State is so pleased with himself and that attack line, he really is.

Jonathan Ashworth | 669 c1191 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman says that he has good reason to be. I was at the Treasury as a young man in my...

Matt Hancock | 669 cc1191-2 (Link to this contribution)

The cash boost that we are giving now is bigger. I think today is the anniversary of Prime Minist...

Mark Harper | 669 c1192 (Link to this contribution)

The Secretary of State will have heard my earlier exchanges with the shadow Secretary of State, w...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1192 (Link to this contribution)

The proposals that we are working on include solutions for the provision of social care for older...

Kate Green | 669 c1192 (Link to this contribution)

A few moments ago the Secretary of State spoke about scaremongering. Has he had a chance to look ...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1193 (Link to this contribution)

I will have a look at that early-day motion. This is an incredibly important subject that we must...

Baroness Keeley | 669 c1193 (Link to this contribution)

I want to give the Secretary of State a chance to be clear, following on from the question from t...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1193 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister for Care, my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport (Caroline Dinenage) wrote to the hon...

Henry Smith | 669 c1193 (Link to this contribution)

Blood cancer is this country’s fifth-most common cancer and the third-biggest cancer killer. May ...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1193 (Link to this contribution)

Yes. My hon. Friend has been an assiduous campaigner to make sure that blood cancers are right at...

Dan Poulter | 669 c1194 (Link to this contribution)

I want to bring the Secretary of State back to social care. We have a duty in this Parliament to ...

Nigel Evans | 669 c1194 (Link to this contribution)

Before the Secretary of State answers that, may I just gently remind him that 40 people are tryin...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1194 (Link to this contribution)

I will rattle through as fast as I can, Mr Deputy Speaker, but I also want to take as many interv...

Liz Twist | 669 c1194 (Link to this contribution)

During the election campaign the Prime Minister promised a member of the public that the Governme...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1194 (Link to this contribution)

I can tell the hon. Lady that since the election I have been working on precisely that. I am very...

Mike Wood | 669 c1194 (Link to this contribution)

Increasing microbial resistance could have a devastating effect on the survival of people with se...

Matt Hancock | 669 cc1194-5 (Link to this contribution)

The medicines and medical devices Bill is designed to make it easier for hospitals to take part i...

Duncan Baker | 669 c1195 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Secretary of State for giving way and for visiting me on my campaign to become the ne...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1195 (Link to this contribution)

Yes. I would be very happy to do that. I was struck by my hon. Friend’s enthusiasm for solving th...

Sammy Wilson | 669 c1195 (Link to this contribution)

May I first welcome the announcements the Secretary of State is making today? One of the benefits...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1195 (Link to this contribution)

I look forward very much to speaking to and working with the new Health Minister in Northern Irel...

Sarah Atherton | 669 c1196 (Link to this contribution)

Many patients from north-east Wales attend hospitals over the border in Oswestry, Chester and Liv...

Matt Hancock | 669 cc1196-7 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely. I am glad that we resolved the problems with the Countess of Chester Hospital serving...

Charles Walker | 669 c1197 (Link to this contribution)

Will my right hon. Friend give way just before he finishes his speech, because he is such a good ...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1197 (Link to this contribution)

I do not know how my hon. Friend knew that I was about to finish.

Charles Walker | 669 c1197 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way, and I am sorry for arriving late in the Chamber, Mr ...

Matt Hancock | 669 c1197 (Link to this contribution)

I want to see a pathway to zero tobacco too. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work that he...

Nigel Evans | 669 c1197 (Link to this contribution)

Order. A substantial number of Members wish to speak in this debate, and we have a dozen maiden s...

Philippa Whitford | 669 cc1197-1200 (Link to this contribution)

As the Secretary of State has said, health and social care is delivered by people, and I would li...

Jeremy Hunt | 669 cc1198-1202 (Link to this contribution)

Let me start by saying that it is wonderful to see you in the Chair, Mr Deputy Speaker, and that ...

Yasmin Qureshi | 669 c1202 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. Three years ago my mother died of sepsis, and se...

Jeremy Hunt | 669 c1202 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for raising that. We have made huge progress in sepsis care, and the vast m...

Philippa Whitford | 669 c1202 (Link to this contribution)

I know that the right hon. Gentleman visited the Scottish patient safety programme to see in acti...

Jeremy Hunt | 669 cc1202-3 (Link to this contribution)

Actually, we do have WHO checklists throughout the NHS in England—I think they were introduced un...

Siobhain McDonagh | 669 cc1203-4 (Link to this contribution)

This is my first contribution in the House in this new Parliament, and it is a pleasure to see yo...

James Brokenshire | 669 cc1204-5 (Link to this contribution)

It is good to see you restored your place, Mr Deputy Speaker, and a particular privilege to take ...

Jim Shannon | 669 c1205 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. I was pleased to see him back after his operatio...

James Brokenshire | 669 cc1205-6 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the hon. Gentleman for his point about mental health issues and some of the stresses an...

Nigel Evans | 669 c1206 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I ask for the usual courtesies during maiden speeches, please. I call Sarah Owen.

1....

Sarah Owen | 669 cc1206-8 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (James Brokenshire), a...

Fiona Bruce | 669 cc1207-1210 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen) on her speech. It was a pleasure to l...

James Murray | 669 cc1209-1212 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me to give my maiden speech. I will begin by giving my ...

Dan Poulter | 669 cc1212-4 (Link to this contribution)

First, may I draw your attention, Mr Deputy Speaker, and that of all Members to my declaration in...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 669 c1214 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I hesitate to interrupt the hon. Gentleman, but he has now spoken for seven minutes and we...

Dan Poulter | 669 c1214 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sure that Members on the Treasury Bench will take away and ...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 669 cc1214-5 (Link to this contribution)

Order. The reason why we do not have a formal time limit is to try to help people who are making ...

Julie Elliott | 669 cc1215-6 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I will take that amount of time.

I want to speak today...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 669 c1216 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to call Laura Trott to make her maiden speech.

2.16 pm

Laura Trott | 669 cc1216-8 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Politics has become something of a dirty word in recent years, b...

Liz Twist | 669 cc1218-1220 (Link to this contribution)

May I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott) on an accomplished and ...

Damian Green | 669 cc1220-1 (Link to this contribution)

It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist). As somebody who is in ...

James Cartlidge | 669 c1221 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend is making a brilliant speech, with great passion. Surely the definition of “...

Damian Green | 669 c1221 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is exactly right, and I wanted to talk briefly about the various ways in which we ...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 669 c1222 (Link to this contribution)

I am pleased to call Feryal Clark to make her maiden speech.

2.35 pm

Feryal Clark | 669 cc1222-3 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the opportunity to make my maiden speech in this important debate, and deeply h...

Jackie Doyle-Price | 669 cc1223-5 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the maiden speech of the hon. Member for Enfield North (Feryal Clark)....

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 669 c1225 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to call Florence Eshalomi to make her maiden speech.

2.48 pm

Florence Eshalomi | 669 cc1225-7 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am pleased to stand here, and feel humbled, to make my maiden ...

Anne Marie Morris | 669 cc1227-8 (Link to this contribution)

That was a very thought-provoking, emotional and personal contribution from the hon. Member for V...

Neil Parish | 669 c1228 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making a really strong speech. Talking of assets, in my constituency we have co...

Anne Marie Morris | 669 c1228 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a very good point, and I was very pleased to hear the Secretary of State say...

Philippa Whitford | 669 c1228 (Link to this contribution)

Talking about assets, do we not also need to sweat the assets that are in the community? In Scotl...

Anne Marie Morris | 669 cc1228-9 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady—I almost said my hon. Friend because we share some common issues, and she is a grea...

Emma Hardy | 669 cc1229-1230 (Link to this contribution)

I think all of us here have had those moments when the injustice of what we see continues to haun...

Mike Penning | 669 cc1230-2 (Link to this contribution)

When I sat in the Chamber earlier, I was not certain that I was in the right place. As you will k...

Marion Fellows | 669 cc1232-3 (Link to this contribution)

It will come as no surprise to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, that I intend to dwell on health and so...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 669 c1233 (Link to this contribution)

Order. The hon. Lady must be heard. There are indeed a lot of Members here this afternoon, but we...

Marion Fellows | 669 c1233 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

The Westminster Government would do well to look at and em...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 669 c1233 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to call Dehenna Davison to make her maiden speech.

3.20 pm

Dehenna Davison | 669 cc1233-5 (Link to this contribution)

Let me start by paying tribute to my incredible new colleagues, who have made some inspiring spee...

Catherine McKinnell | 669 cc1235-7 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Dehenna Davison) on her excellent and powerfu...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 669 c1237 (Link to this contribution)

Order. It gives me great pleasure to call Dean Russell to make his maiden speech.

3.33 pm

Dean Russell | 669 cc1237-9 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is wonderful to see you in the Chair. I am incredibly humbled...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 669 c1239 (Link to this contribution)

I thank everyone who is speaking today but not making a maiden speech for their kindness towards ...

Helen Hayes | 669 cc1239-1240 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I congratulate all the Members who have made their excellent...

Paul Beresford | 669 cc1240-1 (Link to this contribution)

I thought, Madam Deputy Speaker, that immediately I stood up you would announce that the time lim...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 669 c1241 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to call Amy Callaghan to make her maiden speech.

3.50 pm

Amy Callaghan | 669 cc1241-4 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to make my first speech in this pl...

James Davies | 669 cc1244-5 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the new hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Amy Callaghan). Indeed, I...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 669 c1245 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to call Munira Wilson to make her maiden speech.

4.1 pm

Munira Wilson | 669 cc1245-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure—and slightly daunting—to follow so many powerful and emotive maiden speeches. I ...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 669 c1246 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to call Paul Bristow to make his maiden speech.

4.8 pm

Paul Bristow | 669 cc1246-8 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you for the opportunity to give my maiden speech, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is an honour to ...

Mohammad Yasin | 669 cc1248-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Peterborough (Paul Bristow), who made important poi...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 669 c1249 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to call James Wild to make his maiden speech.

4.18 pm

James Wild | 669 cc1249-1251 (Link to this contribution)

It is a huge privilege, as someone born and bred in Norfolk, to stand here having been elected to...

Preet Kaur Gill | 669 cc1251-2 (Link to this contribution)

It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for North West Norfolk (James Wild) who, along with man...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 669 c1253 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to call Elliot Colburn to make his maiden speech.

4.28 pm

Elliot Colburn | 669 cc1253-4 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to make my maiden speech as the new Member of P...

Yasmin Qureshi | 669 cc1254-5 (Link to this contribution)

When Labour came to power in 1997, there were 1.3 million people on a waiting list—the highest nu...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 669 c1255 (Link to this contribution)

Order. The final two speakers have three minutes each.

4.38 pm

Caroline Johnson | 669 cc1255-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is an honour to speak on a Queen’s Speech that has set out such a fantastic programme for gove...

Richard Graham | 669 cc1256-7 (Link to this contribution)

It is a huge pleasure to be the tail-end Charlie of this massive debate on the Queen’s Speech. Ev...

Baroness Keeley | 669 cc1257-9 (Link to this contribution)

Today’s debate has shown how important the NHS and social care are to Members on both sides of th...

Edward Argar | 669 cc1259-1261 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to wind up a debate on such an important issue as our NHS and social care, and i...

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