"I congratulate my hon. Friend on his excellent speech. Does he agree that a system that does not work and leaves people in limbo is neither efficient nor compassionate?..." Robin Walker - View Speech
"I completely agree. Such a system is not efficient or compassionate and does not carry the confidence of the British people. More needs to be done to ensure that our immigration system carries the confidence of the British people, is fair and rewards immigrants who play by the rules. There …..." Robin Walker - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to speak in the debate on the Humble Address that was proposed so elegantly by my neighbour and hon. Friend the Member for Mid Worcestershire (Peter Luff), in whose speech I was named and suitably embarrassed. I was grateful for the kind tributes that were paid …..." Robin Walker - View Speech
"I wholly agree with my hon. Friend. I will be in Staffordshire to meet the F40 group and its executive, who are campaigning for fairer funding and a more efficient system.
That brings me to the efficiency side of the equation. As a member of the Business, Innovation and Skills …..." Robin Walker - View Speech
"I congratulate the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr Field), who in raising this issue is, as always, streets ahead of those on his own Front Bench.
May I thank my right hon. Friend the Health Secretary for the extra £20 million funding that the NHS in Worcestershire will receive …..." Robin Walker - View Speech
"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Redditch (Karen Lumley) on securing this very important debate.
The Minister mentioned the issue of recruitment of clinical staff. One thing that the NHS in Worcestershire has worked very hard on is a cancer strategy to keep cancer care within the county …..." Robin Walker - View Speech
"My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I want to support his point about the Prime Minister and the issue of stigma with a quote from Professor Dawn Brooker, who helped found the Association for Dementia Studies at the university of Worcester. She said:
"To add to the chorus of support, one of my constituents is John Black, a famous surgeon from Worcester, and past president of the Royal College of Surgeons, who told me that if there was one thing the Government could do for the NHS, it would be to take up …..." Robin Walker - View Speech
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way and grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin) for the point that she made. I am sure that my hon. Friend the Member for Redditch (Karen Lumley) would acknowledge that the Worcestershire Royal hospital already …..." Robin Walker - View Speech