Business of the House Debate

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Business of the House

Andrew Gwynne Excerpts
Thursday 21st January 2016

(8 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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The hon. Lady makes an important and sensible point. The Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People will be here on Monday week when she can put that point to him. It is something that I will also ensure is passed on to the Department, as she makes an interesting and valuable point.

Andrew Gwynne Portrait Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)
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May we have a debate on the Government’s decision to cut public health in-year budgets by £200 million, given that Simon Stevens’ “Five Year Forward View” predicates that in year 5 £5 billion will be freed up from prevention? Is it not short-sighted of this Government to cut the very budgets that will allow that to happen in the future?

Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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We face different challenges in the health world, but we continue to increase the amount of money that we spend on health in this country, and will continue to do so.