Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Daisy Cooper and Andrew Stephenson

Tuesday 23rd April 2024 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Stephenson]

We are working to improve radiotherapy services across the NHS, and I would be happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss that in more detail.

[Daisy Cooper (St Albans) (LD)]

West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust is at the front of the queue for the new hospital programme. We have the land, planning permission, building design, political and staff support, and enabling works are under way. But, like many other trusts around the country, the hospital trust is being asked to submit business case after business case. Will the Secretary of State clarify whether those delays are down to bureaucracy and the new hospital programme, or are they deliberate delaying tactics by a Government who do not want to release funds to hospitals before the general election?