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Steve Darling

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Point of Order
Tuesday 20th October 2026

(1 day, 9 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Frith Portrait Mr Frith
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My hon. Friend makes a really important point. Ensuring sustainable supply for so sensitive a medicine to address epilepsy is uppermost in my mind. It is a live situation, I am working at pace with officials, and I will update her accordingly.

Steve Darling Portrait Steve Darling (Torbay) (LD)
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The fire service and the Care Quality Commission have now served legal notice against the tower block at Torbay hospital, and more than 100 beds are under threat. With that new information, this is now a crisis at Torbay hospital. Will the Minister please meet me and other Devon MPs to help navigate this crisis?

Karin Smyth Portrait Karin Smyth
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I recently met the hon. Member, and as he knows, we are absolutely committed to working with the local system to do that. I absolutely commit to updating him as soon as possible if he is not aware of where we are on that. I will get something back to him very quickly.

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