National Health Service Funding Debate

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Henry Smith

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National Health Service Funding

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Tuesday 22nd November 2016

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jonathan Ashworth Portrait Jonathan Ashworth
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It beggars belief! We tripled investment in the NHS, and the hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends voted against every penny piece. When we left office, we had the best waiting times and the highest satisfaction levels on record. That is the difference between a Labour Government and a Conservative Government on the NHS.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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Can the hon. Gentleman explain, then, why the Labour Government closed the maternity and accident and emergency departments at Crawley hospital?

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Well, reconfigurations are always going ahead. [Interruption.] If Conservative Members are so concerned, I look forward to the hon. Gentleman campaigning against the STPs for his area, when they are published in a few weeks.

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