Future of the NHS

I have shared concerns about NHS dentistry from my own part of the world, and I am fairly confide...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on having secured this debate. I put to him—this is perhaps a c...

This is a debate that we have in every election campaign, and other than the issues around dentis...

I think everybody in this room would agree with the principle that the NHS was founded on—care th...

I am sure we are going to hear about the ways in which these structural reforms will take place w...

Will the hon. Member give way?

I will carry on; I am sure that there will be a chance for the hon. Member to contribute. I look ...

Members will see from a glance around the room how many people intend to speak. I do not intend t...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray.

There are actually a couple of ...

On that point, my hon. Friend mentions that the NHS is running on empty—of course it is. A Unite ...

I could not have put it better myself. The NHS is running on empty, but also on the good will of ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I am proud that so many of my constit...

It is, of course, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. Time does not permit me t...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I speak in full support of the petiti...

I begin by praising all the staff in the NHS, who, often at enormous personal risk, have provided...

The impact of the Health and Care Bill on Wales is limited, but I have come to speak in the debat...

It is a pleasure to speak in the debate. I concur with the comments of others. Like the hon. Memb...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. It is a truly extraordinary achieveme...

It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray, and to follow the powerful contribut...

It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Gray, and it is wonderful to hear all the...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. The future of the NHS hangs in the ba...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that if we have that lack of transpa...

I fully support what my hon. Friend says. The boards will be remote and centralised and will seri...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. The privatisation of the NHS has been...

rose—

I apologise to the hon. Member for Middlesbrough; I fear we have no time.

6.58 pm

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I thank all those who signed this pet...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. This has been a spirited and emotiona...

We have a few minutes in hand so, unusually—although I am told it is perfectly in order—I will ca...

Thank you, Mr Gray; I am grateful to you for accommodating me. I declare an interest as a private...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the M...

Will the Minister give way?

I will make a little progress before giving way; I will always give way to the hon. Lady. The Bil...

The Minister is talking about a consultation that, as I recall, took place over the Christmas per...

As the hon. Lady will know, the former chief executive of the NHS, Lord Stephens, was clearing in...

Will the Minister give way?

I will make a little progress; if I have time, I will give way to the hon. Lady, with whom I sat ...

Will the Minister give way?

I will just finish this point and then give way to the hon. Lady. The hon. Member for Liverpool, ...

Will the Minister give way?

One more sentence and I will give way to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine We...

The Minister is being very gracious. How is the Act going to ensure that there is no conflict of ...

The hon. Lady will know that when it comes to integrated care boards we, as a Government, introdu...

The Minister is being generous with his time. Let us get the history right. The reason why the La...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. Although we occasionally cross swords in the main Chamber or...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not give way to the hon. Lady now. I have given way to her before. I will try to make prog...

Will the Minister give way?

I will make a little more progress. If I can, I will then try to give way to hon. Members.

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The hon. Member for Stockton South referred to recruitment within the NHS. What is the Government...

As the hon. Gentleman will know, there are 1.2 million full-time equivalents in the NHS—a record ...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not, because I have only two or three minutes left. If I make sufficient progress, I will ...

I thank the 135,000 petitioners for triggering this important debate on our most essential and tr...