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Commons - Adjournment - Main Chamber
Government transparency and accountability
MP: Caroline Johnson
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Government Transparency and Accountability

"I understand what the Minister is trying to say with his whataboutery, and his “Somebody else might have done it first,” but the point is that his Government are in government, and they are not delivering on their promises. The ministerial code already requires Ministers to be open and transparent, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Government Transparency and Accountability

"Because you are not listening...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Government Transparency and Accountability

"I hope I speak for everyone in the House when I say that it is a special privilege to be elected to represent our constituents. The British people put their trust in each and every one of us to be their voice in this place. Our nation prides itself on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Government Transparency and Accountability

"Does the Minister understand that £130,000 for a part-time job is a damn sight more than most of my constituents—in fact, almost all of my constituents—are getting, and that if the Prime Minister has appointed somebody or signed off on someone’s appointment, having received money from the person he is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Government Transparency and Accountability

"Take the Department that has received the most questions this parliamentary Session, the Department of Health and Social Care. It has received 15,000 questions since 4 July 2024, which is 29 questions per day. It has five Ministers and a whole army of civil servants to answer those questions...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Government Transparency and Accountability

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Government Transparency and Accountability

"Will he answer that point?..."
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Written Question
Medicine: Training
Thursday 27th November 2025

Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical school places are funded for start in 2026.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

In England, the Office for Students (OfS) sets the maximum fundable limit for medical school places on an annual basis. OfS will publish its intake target for the 2026/27 academic year in due course. For the 2025/26 academic year, information is available at the following link:

https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-providers/finance-and-funding/medicine-and-dentistry-funding/medical-and-dental-maximum-fundable-limits/

Written Question
Blood: Donors
Thursday 27th November 2025

Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help increase the number of blood donors.

Answered by Zubir Ahmed - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood services in England. Recently, NHSBT has led a number of initiatives to increase blood donations and in turn improve blood stocks, specifically:

  • to increase collection capacity and resilience, NHSBT opened a new donor centre in Brighton in October 2025, joining the Brixton Donor Centre, from December 2024, and newly re-opened donor centre in Southampton, from June 2025;
  • NHSBT’s winter campaign reminds and encourages people to donate during the winter months, and this year is emphasising how blood donation supports a healthcare system which operates around the clock, every day of the year;
  • a new partnership between the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and NHSBT is encouraging learner drivers and motorists renewing their driving licences to donate. It is hoped this initiative inspires more younger people in particular to sign up and become regular donors;
  • National Blood Week, from 9 to 13 June 2025, saw campaigns seeking to recruit donors, particularly for blood groups where demand is high, and to increase the number of bookings. Messaging included a strong call to action for a million people to become regular donors; and
  • a Marketing Automation Tool enables NHSBT to personalise the messages it sends to donors so that more of the communication donors receive is relevant to them and makes it easier to book an appointment at a time and place that suits them. In addition, NHSBT has a hotline to enable priority donors, which are currently O negative, B negative, and Ro donors, to find an available appointment.