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Tuesday 20th October

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Commons Chamber

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Department Questions

11:30

Oral questions
Department of Health and Social Care
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First 5 Oral Questions

Elsie Blundell (Lab)
1. What recent discussions she has had with the interim leadership of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

Rachael Maskell (LAB)
2. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to regulate funeral services.

Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
3. What steps she is taking to improve maternity and neonatal care.

Mike Martin (LD)
4. What steps she is taking to improve mental health services.

Frank McNally (Lab)
5. Whether she plans to provide additional funding for motor neurone disease research.

Topical Questioners

1. Chris Hinchliff (Lab)

2. Tim Farron (LD)

3. Jonathan Davies (Lab)

4. Alan Mak (Con)

5. Jack Abbott (LAB)

6. Gregory Campbell (DUP)

7. Damien Egan (Lab)

8. Helena Dollimore (LAB)

9. Sharon Hodgson (Lab)

10. Lizzi Collinge (Lab)

Elsie Blundell: What recent discussions she has had with the interim leadership of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
Chris Hinchliff: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Tim Farron: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Rachael Maskell: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to regulate funeral services.
Jonathan Davies: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Rosie Wrighting: What steps she is taking to improve maternity and neonatal care.
Alan Mak: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Mike Martin: What steps she is taking to improve mental health services.
Frank McNally: Whether she plans to provide additional funding for motor neurone disease research.
Jack Abbott: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Alan Mak: What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of primary care provision.
Gregory Campbell: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Simon Opher: What steps she is taking to help improve the health of young people.
Damien Egan: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Helena Dollimore: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Jessica Toale: What steps her Department is taking to support women affected by diethylstilbesterol.
Sharon Hodgson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Sam Rushworth: What steps her Department is taking to increase the use of community hospitals and beds for step-down intermediate care.
David Reed: What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dentists.
Lizzi Collinge: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Tim Farron: What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of radiotherapy satellite units.
Jeremy Hunt: What plans she has to improve continuity of care in the NHS.
Richard Baker: What steps she is taking to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Chris Coghlan: Whether she plans to implement a redress scheme for people harmed by pelvic mesh and sodium valproate.
Ian Roome: What steps her Department is taking to improve NHS maternity services in Devon.
Andrew Ranger: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle health inequalities.
Fleur Anderson: What steps she is taking to improve access to GPs.
Wendy Morton: What estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the NHS reorganisation proposed in the Health Bill.
Paul Holmes: What steps she is taking to ensure that patients referred for NHS elective eye care are offered an adequate choice of NHS and independent sector providers.
Ben Obese-Jecty: What steps she has taken to support the delivery of the New Hospital Programme in Huntingdon constituency.
Andrew Lewin: What progress her Department has made on establishing Neighbourhood Health Centres in every community.
Tom Hayes: What proportion of Best Start Family Hubs provide Healthy Babies support.
Lorraine Beavers: What steps she is taking to ensure hospitals receive adequate funding.
Tracy Gilbert: Whether she plans to take legislative steps with Cabinet colleagues to ban people domiciled in the UK from entering into international surrogacy arrangements.
Caroline Voaden: What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the physical condition of the NHS estate in Devon.

Main Business

Richard Holden
Conservative

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Social security (marriage)

None

Legislation
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Conclusion of committee and remaining stages
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None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Richard Fuller
Conservative

Impact of the East West Rail Bedford to Cambridge business case on North Bedfordshire constituency

None

Westminster Hall

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