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Debate between Douglas Carswell and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 5th February 2015 Commons Chamber

[Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (UKIP)]

I am very interested in what the hon. Lady is saying, because it sounds ominously like the situation in Clacton. Indeed, in one Frinton surgery in my constituency, one doctor was trying to serve 8,000 patients. She is absolutely right to avoid the temptation to blame the patients or to suggest that they are the problem. Does she agree that part of the answer is to ensure there are far more attractive terms for would-be GPs? That does not necessarily mean higher salaries—

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order. Mr Carswell, interventions are meant to be short, not speeches. I am sure you have got to the point.