Debates between Jeremy Hunt and Karin Smyth during the 2019 Parliament

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Mon 17th Oct 2022
Economic Update
Commons Chamber

Economic Update

Debate between Jeremy Hunt and Karin Smyth
Monday 17th October 2022

(1 year, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Jeremy Hunt
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I am very happy that the hon. Gentleman is concerned about what the people of Scotland voted for, which was to remain in the United Kingdom.

Karin Smyth Portrait Karin Smyth (Bristol South) (Lab)
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In the past year, I have found myself regularly agreeing with the right hon. Gentleman when he warned that workforce burnout across the NHS and social care had reached emergency levels and

“is an extraordinarily dangerous risk to the…functioning of both services.”

Does he stand by that assessment today and will he now support an independent workforce plan?

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