Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Daniel Zeichner and Edward Argar

Tuesday 21st November 2023 Commons Chamber

[Edward Argar]

It is nice to be taking questions from the hon. Lady in her new role as shadow Minister, rather than when she used to question me in the Justice Committee. She is absolutely right to highlight the challenges of violence across the youth estate, which have been too high for too long, and we continue to work hard across all sites to address it. Among the measures put in place, we are ensuring that each child receives a full needs assessment, covering education, psychology, resettlement, health and behavioural support. Education and skills play a vital part in helping children and young people to get their lives back on course, but that must be in the context of a secure environment, because security has to be the premise on which all those other benefits can be delivered.

[Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge) (Lab)]

15. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the suspension of short sentences on the probation service.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Daniel Zeichner and Edward Argar

Tuesday 1st September 2020 Commons Chamber

[Edward Argar]

The Department is putting in place a multi-layered approach to help to ensure continuity of supply of medicines and medical products in any case that might fall out of the negotiations and the end of the transition period. We are confident that we will maintain continuity of supply.

[Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge) (Lab)]

What recent assessment he has made of the availability of covid-19 testing for GPs required to attend care homes.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Daniel Zeichner and Edward Argar

Tuesday 28th January 2020 Commons Chamber

[Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge) (Lab)]

T3. The West Suffolk Hospital has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. I guess all Members try to keep their fingers on the pulse of their local hospitals, but does not the fact that West Suffolk constituents are represented by both the Secretary of State and the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill), show that something has gone fundamentally wrong in the scrutiny and oversight of our NHS? What has gone wrong, and what is the Minister going to do about it?

[The Minister for Health (Edward Argar)]

I would not draw that conclusion about my right hon. and hon. Friends. What I would say, though, is that I want all staff to feel that they can speak up and have the confidence that anything they raise will be taken seriously. That is why I requested on 17 January that NHS England and NHS Improvement commission a rapid and independent review into how the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has handled this issue. I will be happy to update Members, including the hon. Gentleman, when that review reports.