Ed Davey
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(4 years, 8 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
I certainly commend the work of all those at the Warrington Peace Centre. We will do everything that we can to ensure that funding continues.
Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton) (LD)
I associate my party with the good wishes sent to the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Ms Dorries) and, indeed, to anyone who has contracted coronavirus. I welcome the fact that the Government are listening to experts on coronavirus, but given that the NHS has to face the coronavirus challenge with a record shortage of nurses, and the care sector has more than 120,000 vacancies, does the Prime Minister not agree that the three Conservative Governments since 2015 should have fixed the roof when the sun was shining?
The Prime Minister
I seem to think that the right hon. Gentleman was in that Government, but leaving that point on one side, there is now a record number of doctors and nurses in our fantastic NHS. There are 8,700 more nurses this year than last year, and we are recruiting another 50,000 more. The right hon. Gentleman will be hearing more about what we are doing to support the NHS in just a minute.
Bill Presented
Protest (Abortion Clinics) Bill
Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57)
Sarah Olney, supported by Dr Rupa Huq, Sir Peter Bottomley, Caroline Lucas, Lisa Nandy, Liz Saville Roberts, Layla Moran, Munira Wilson and Daisy Cooper, presented a Bill to prohibit anti-abortion protests within 150 metres of abortion clinics; and for connected purposes.
Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 26 June, and to be printed (Bill 111).