Prevention of Ill Health: Government Vision Debate

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Department: Department of Health and Social Care

Prevention of Ill Health: Government Vision

Andrew Selous Excerpts
Monday 5th November 2018

(6 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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Public Health England is trialling PrEP, and I am willing to work with the hon. Gentleman and others to ensure that we do everything we can in this space. The truth is that outcomes are improving in many areas of sexual health, and we have to ensure that we get the right treatment to the right people at the right time.

Andrew Selous Portrait Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con)
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The Secretary of State’s focus on clean air and reducing childhood obesity is massively welcome. In the Netherlands, half of all children cycle to school. In the UK, it is 3%. What more will he do across Government to up that figure?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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I am working with the Department for Transport. Transport Ministers feel very strongly about this question. The document details some of the things that we are going to do, but I am sure that there are a lot more.