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Tuesday 21st October

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Department Questions

11:30

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

Peter Bedford (Con)
1. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.

Shaun Davies (Lab)
2. What steps he is taking to help improve the performance of the most underperforming NHS trusts.

Samantha Niblett (Lab)
3. What steps his Department is taking to improve maternity and neonatal care.

Neil Duncan-Jordan (Ind)
4. Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing ringfenced NHS funding for children's hospices to £30 million by 2030.

Steve Darling (LD)
5. What progress his Department has made on the implementation of the New Hospital Programme.

Topical Questioners

1. Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)

2. Tom Morrison (LD)

3. Ian Sollom (LD)

4. Florence Eshalomi (LAB)

5. Naushabah Khan (Lab)

6. Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)

7. Sojan Joseph (Lab)

8. Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)

9. Richard Quigley (Lab)

10. Alan Strickland (Lab)

Peter Bedford: What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme. Gurinder Singh Josan: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Shaun Davies: What steps he is taking to help improve the performance of the most underperforming NHS trusts. Tom Morrison: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Samantha Niblett: What steps his Department is taking to improve maternity and neonatal care. Ian Sollom: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Neil Duncan-Jordan: Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing ringfenced NHS funding for children's hospices to £30 million by 2030. Florence Eshalomi: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Steve Darling: What progress his Department has made on the implementation of the New Hospital Programme. Naushabah Khan: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Markus Campbell-Savours: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Rebecca Smith: What recent progress he has made on reorganising the NHS. Sojan Joseph: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Natasha Irons: What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of NHS Online on waiting times. Ben Obese-Jecty: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Lauren Sullivan: What steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken for cancer diagnoses. Richard Quigley: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Katie Lam: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions on general practices. Gavin Williamson: What steps his Department is taking to support people with acute myeloid leukaemia. Alan Strickland: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Olly Glover: What recent steps he has taken to increase access to GP appointments. Ian Lavery: What steps he is taking to ensure that frontline NHS services are supported following the potential introduction of new public private partnership contracts. Michelle Welsh: What steps his Department is taking to improve patient access to GPs. Richard Burgon: What steps his Department is taking to tackle wasteful spending in the health service. Josh Newbury: What steps he is taking to ensure that women have access to menopause treatments on the NHS. Kirith Entwistle: What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of blood tests for children. Layla Moran: What steps he has taken to support the virtual ward programme. Jas Athwal: What steps he is taking to transfer care from hospitals into the community. Maya Ellis: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of paternity leave on mothers' postpartum recovery. Steff Aquarone: What steps he is taking to help prevent the closure of convalescence facilities in Norfolk. Desmond Swayne: What assessment he has made of recent trends in the length of NHS waiting lists. Adam Thompson: What steps he is taking to help prevent ill health. Rebecca Paul: What information his Department holds on the status of the proposed PATHWAYS clinical trial. Damian Hinds: What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of step-down care in East Hampshire constituency. Cat Eccles: Whether the upcoming NHS Workforce Plan will include measures to improve the recruitment and retention of staff in women’s health services.

Urgent Question

Chris Philp
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on the recent criticism of the national statutory inquiry into rape gangs

None

Main Business

Bradley Thomas
Conservative

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Cyber Extortion and Ransomware (Reporting)

None

Legislation
Committee of the whole House on the Sentencing Bill

None

Jessica Morden
Labour

Motion on behalf of the Committee of Selection
Environmental Audit Committee; Public Accounts Committee; Work and Pensions Committee

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Roz Savage
Liberal Democrat

Social housing in South Cotswolds constituency

None

Westminster Hall

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