Oral Answers to Questions

Andy Carter Excerpts

Tuesday 1st September 2020 Commons Chamber

[Suzanne Webb (Stourbridge) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to increase NHS capacity for winter 2020-21.

[Andy Carter (Warrington South) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to increase NHS capacity for winter 2020-21.

[Tom Hunt (Ipswich) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to increase NHS capacity for winter 2020-21.

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[Edward Argar]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to pay tribute to the amazing work of hospices. She is also right to highlight the work of Mary Stevens hospice in her constituency, of which she is a great champion. I very much look forward to taking up her offer to visit.

[Andy Carter]

I thank the Secretary of State for the investment into Warrington A&E announced recently. An additional £4.3 million will create a treatment plaza and, most importantly, a new paediatric A&E unit for the hospital. This investment is very welcome for the short term, but will the Minister and the Secretary of State meet me to discuss the longer-term issues for our hospital—plans for a better healthcare facility in Warrington South, better parking, and, in the long term, a new hospital?

[Edward Argar]

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He is right to highlight the investment we are making in NHS infrastructure, as he did recently in his Warrington Guardian column. He is well known for his energetic campaigning, on behalf of his constituents, for a new hospital. Although such decisions are for the spending review, I would be very happy to meet him.