"I start by thanking Mr Speaker for kindly granting this debate on a topic of great importance to many of my constituents and to many others living in English counties on the border with Wales.
I am grateful to two of my colleagues, my hon. Friend the Member for Monmouth …..." Jesse Norman - View Speech
"It is interesting to have the parallel case, and I thank my hon. Friend for bringing it to the attention of the House.
Let us look at the issues in more detail. The relevant NHS regulations state that legal responsibility for these patients remains with the relevant clinical commissioning groups …..." Jesse Norman - View Speech
"I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. There is co-operation at the moment between England and Wales, but I think that it would absolutely benefit from further examination of the situation he describes between Northern Ireland and Eire.
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend and neighbour for that kind intervention. I share his view that the situation needs to be addressed, and it needs to be addressed in the spirit of amity and co-operation between the two sides.
"Wye Valley NHS Trust has informed me that the policy has cost it between £1 million and £2 million so far. Given that it is running a deficit of £8 million to £10 million, that is a significant sum. The work that is being done pre-supposes the current funding formula. …..." Jesse Norman - View Speech
"We have a little time, so I am very grateful to the Minister for giving way again. Will she ask her officials to look more closely at the functioning of ACRA? The formula under which we are labouring was set up in 2002. There is a clear case to be …..." Jesse Norman - View Speech
"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Is he familiar with the case of young Ellis Jones in my constituency, who has just returned to the UK after his family raised an extraordinary £45,000 to fund what appears to be highly successful SDR surgery with Dr Park in …..." Jesse Norman - View Speech
"Hereford hospital is labouring under a very expensive private finance initiative contract. Does my right hon. Friend not think it a tragedy that the last Government cast good sense and good economics away, forcing so many hospitals into PFI?..." Jesse Norman - View Speech
"I note that the right hon. Gentleman failed to answer the question about the rate of increase in the number of managers. When I last checked, the NHS had 1.3 million employees, of whom almost exactly half were administrators and half were on the front line. Is he really willing …..." Jesse Norman - View Speech
"I am very grateful for the opportunity to bring before the House this important issue, which is of great local concern in Hereford, where a campaign led by Sarah Carr has resulted in a petition of more than 1,400 signatures against hospital car parking charges. It is important to emphasise …..." Jesse Norman - View Speech