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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 31 Jan 2022
Future of the NHS

"Thank you, Mr Gray; I am grateful to you for accommodating me. I declare an interest as a private member of Unite the union.

The level of involvement of private interests that has built up in our NHS over decades is deeply troublesome. That concern has been expressed forcefully in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Public Health

"Will the Secretary of State give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Public Health

"I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. If he is going to consider those matters will he also consider the following issue? The virus spreads if people are not able to isolate, so will he think about addressing the issue of statutory sick pay, and in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Public Health

"My hon. Friend is setting out his response to these proposals with great care. On the vexed issue of mandatory vaccinations, does he acknowledge that 97% of those in my trust have been properly vaccinated and that a significant proportion of the remaining 3% are new starters making their journey …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Public Health

"Does my hon. Friend agree that if these measures will come into force at the beginning of April and the parties concerned are to participate in a framework agreement for their roll-out, there is an ideal opportunity for those parties to work through how they may be implemented? By rushing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. Now that the cap on care costs has unravelled, many of my constituents feel misled and betrayed, especially those with modest capital in the value of their home. How can it be that those with the most will contribute the least and that those with the least will contribute …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Nov 2021
Medical Cannabis under Prescription: Children with Epilepsy

"It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Ms Bardell. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) for securing this debate, for his articulate and forensic analysis, and for the coherent account we have heard from him.

It is three years …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Nov 2021
Medical Cannabis under Prescription: Children with Epilepsy

"Do the Minister and the MHRA not recognise that there is an abundance of practical evidence from the families who have scrimped and saved and raised money through charitable activities to fund the administration of the drug, and that it works? Surely that is persuasive. These families have not got …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Oct 2021
Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs Report

"It is great to see you in the Chair, Ms Fovargue. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden) on his bravery and on securing the debate.

I very much welcome the review by Dame Carol Black, but I note with great sadness her stark observation …..."
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Written Question
Department of Health and Social Care: Re-employment
Tuesday 20th July 2021

Asked by: Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 27 April 2021, Official Report, column 86WH, on the Government's policy on the inappropriate use by some employers of fire and rehire as a negotiation tactic, what steps their Department has taken to (a) investigate and (b) discourage the use of fire and rehire negotiation tactics by their Department's executive non-departmental public bodies; and what steps they have taken to communicate the Government's policy on those practices to those bodies.

Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

There is no scope within the human resources policies of the Department’s executive non-departmental public bodies to allow ‘fire and rehire’ as a negotiating tactic. The legally permitted reasons for dismissal and the relevant process must be followed, in line with ACAS guidelines.