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Written Question
Health Services
Wednesday 23rd July 2025

Asked by: Ben Coleman (Labour - Chelsea and Fulham)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure national-level (a) strategic planning and 9b) quality assurance for highly specialised services following the abolition of NHS England.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Work is progressing at pace to develop the design and operating model for the new integrated organisation, and to plan for the smooth transfer of people, functions, and responsibilities, including specialised commissioning.

It is only right that with such significant reform, we commit to carefully assessing and understanding the potential impacts, as is due process. These ongoing assessments will inform our programme as appropriate, and associated announcements will be made at the earliest opportunity.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Independent Water Commission

"I very much welcome the Secretary of State’s announcement, which means that Thames Water will no longer be able to treat my constituents with contempt—as it did under the previous Conservative Government—by diverting many millions from the bills paid by local residents to shell out dividends to its shareholders and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Jul 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"One of the businesses that stands to benefit from the EU trade agreement is a butcher and deli in my constituency that imports a lot of its products from Spain. At the moment, its shelves are unfortunately half-empty because its small Spanish supplier—effectively a man with a van—says he simply …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Jul 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What progress his Department has made on implementing recent trade agreements. ..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context
Ben Coleman (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 313 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 54
Division Vote (Commons)
16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context
Ben Coleman (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 334 Noes - 54
Division Vote (Commons)
15 Jul 2025 - Welfare Spending - View Vote Context
Ben Coleman (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 344 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 440
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2025
Taxes

"Given all the extraordinary and wonderful things that the right hon. Gentleman is setting out, is it not equally extraordinary that the British people thought you were a shower and needed to get rid of you—and they did? That is why you are on the Opposition Benches and we are …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
15 Jul 2025 - Taxes - View Vote Context
Ben Coleman (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 333 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 342
Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 10 Jul 2025
London’s National Economic Contribution

"Does my hon. Friend recognise that London has the highest housing costs in the whole country and a quarter of Londoners live in poverty? Coming down the track towards London is the Government’s fair funding review, under which local authorities in London could lose up to £700 million in funding. …..."
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