Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps to address staffing shortages and ensure maternity staff are adequately compensate for the additional hours they work.

I refer the Hon. Member to the last session of departmental oral questions on 20 October, when issues in relation to maternity staffing in England were discussed at length.

Any future decisions on staff pay will be announced in the usual way in due course.