Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 10 Mar 2021
Maternal Mental Health
"Order. Because Members have gone on beyond five minutes, I have to reduce the time limit again, otherwise not everybody will get in. The time limit is now four minutes...."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 10 Mar 2021
Maternal Mental Health
"Order. Will the hon. Gentleman finish?..."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 10 Mar 2021
Maternal Mental Health
"Thank you very much. We now return to virtual for the SNP spokesperson, Dr Lisa Cameron...."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 10 Mar 2021
Maternal Mental Health
"Speaking as a grandfather, it has been a very interesting debate.
Question put and agreed to.
Resolved,
That this House has considered maternal mental health...."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Mar 2021
Covid-19: Government’s Publication of Contracts
"In the middle of an emergency, value for money goes out of the window, and I am sure that terrible mistakes were made in the tendering process, but on the central charge that contracts were awarded to cronies, I am mystified why that should have taken place if civil servants …..."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Mar 2021
Covid-19 Update
"This morning I received an email from a lady who is extremely clinically vulnerable. For perfectly good medical reasons, she cannot receive a flu jab or a covid jab, so she is very concerned that she will not be able to leave her front door if we bring in covid …..."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 16th February 2021
Asked by:
Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether domestic waste companies and sewage treatment services were consulted before the approval of home use of both abortion pills in March 2020.
Answered by Helen Whately
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
No such assessment has been made.
Domestic waste companies and sewage treatment services were not consulted before the temporary approval in March 2020.
Written Question
Tuesday 16th February 2021
Asked by:
Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on the (a) sewage and (b) non-recyclable waste systems of home abortions since March 2020.
Answered by Helen Whately
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
No such assessment has been made.
Domestic waste companies and sewage treatment services were not consulted before the temporary approval in March 2020.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Feb 2021
Covid-19 Update
"In warmly welcoming what the Secretary of State has said today, the question that I have to ask, like many people, is why we did not do this over a year ago. After all, we are an island. If we had done what the Australians and New Zealanders have done, …..."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 9th February 2021
Asked by:
Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2020 to Question 125929 on Abortion: Drugs, whether people can respond by email to respondents to his Department's consultation on whether to make permanent the current temporary measure allowing for home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation for all eligible women; and what email address his Department has made available for that purpose.
Answered by Helen Whately
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
People cannot respond this consultation by email. We do not have a dedicated email inbox set up for the consultation. This is to ensure all responses are processed securely and following data protection best practice. The Department’s preferred method of response to the consultation is via submission online at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/home-use-of-both-pills-for-early-medical-abortion