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Alistair Carmichael

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Tuesday 15th November 2016

(8 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Hoping for an un-lawyerlike brevity, I call Mr Alistair Carmichael.

Alistair Carmichael Portrait Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (LD)
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13. What recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the vote for the UK to leave the EU on future recruitment of nurses to the NHS.

Philip Dunne Portrait The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr Philip Dunne)
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The NHS currently employs 21,030 nurses from the EU—6.6% of the total number of nurses in the workforce—while a further almost 90,000 EU citizens work in the social care sector across the UK. They all do a fantastic job, and we have been clear that we want them to be able to stay post-Brexit.

Alistair Carmichael Portrait Mr Carmichael
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What is the Minister going to do to achieve that then?

Philip Dunne Portrait Mr Dunne
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My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has discussions with Cabinet colleagues handling the negotiations, and I am sure that his messages are being well heard across Government.

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