NHS Long-Term Plan Debate

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Ben Lake

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NHS Long-Term Plan

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Points of Order
Monday 18th June 2018

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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I am feeling extremely generous this afternoon, and it is incredibly tempting just to say yes, but I think I had better not and say that my hon. Friend should follow the right processes. However, Kettering could not have a stronger advocate than him.

Ben Lake Portrait Ben Lake (Ceredigion) (PC)
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Given that the Secretary of State has confirmed this afternoon that increased NHS funding will not be wholly accounted for by any fantastical Brexit dividend, could he clarify whether the Welsh Government will be expected to increase the Welsh rates of income tax if the UK Government’s promise of an additional £1.2 billion for Wales is to be realised?

Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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Any funding commitment made by the UK Government will be appropriated to Wales in accordance with the Barnett formula. That is the procedure that we have followed. The choice for the Welsh Government is whether they put all that money into the NHS or, as they have done in the past, choose to prioritise it elsewhere.

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