Junior Doctors: Industrial Action
Debate between Chi Onwurah and Ben Gummer(8 years, 8 months ago)
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Ben Gummer
I will join my hon. Friend. I only hope those on the Opposition Front Bench will also join him.
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)
The Minister has described those seeking to protect our national health service and their own work-life balance as being radicalised. Will he apologise for this insult to junior doctors and the English language and urgently seek a more consensual and inclusive resolution?
Ben Gummer
If the hon. Lady had been at the debate, she would know that I did not say that. It is important to understand that there is a wide gap between junior doctors and a few of the people who seek to represent them on the junior doctors committee, who have taken an increasingly militant view and whose motives, I would suggest, are not entirely in the interests of their members.