Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Bridget Phillipson and Ben Gummer(9 years, 5 months ago)
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Ben Gummer
I do agree with the right hon. Gentleman, who is an expert in this field. We have a diabetes and obesity strategy coming later in the year. The Under-Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Jane Ellison), who is responsible for public health, will be leading that effort.
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)
2. What recent estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who waited for at least one week for a GP appointment in the past 12 months.
Cost of Child Care
Debate between Bridget Phillipson and Ben Gummer(11 years, 1 month ago)
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Bridget Phillipson
Perhaps the hon. Lady could have a chat with a colleague at the Department for Communities and Local Government about the disproportionate cuts passed on to local councils. My local council is facing some of the biggest cuts in the country, having been given a disproportionate and unfair burden. Councils are being forced to take really difficult decisions about the kinds of services that they can provide.
I value the important role that libraries play in our community, just as I value Sure Start children’s centres. However, councils face impossible demands and are really struggling to balance the books. I suggest that the hon. Lady continues to lobby for her constituents, but it is her Government who are passing on those significant cuts—
Mr Jim Hood (in the Chair)
Order. I ask the Parliamentary Private Secretary not to interrupt speakers.