Oral Answers to Questions

Greg Smith Excerpts
Tuesday 7th January 2025

(2 days, 20 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karin Smyth Portrait The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)
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My hon. Friend is right to highlight the particular problems in his constituency. Decisions on the configuration of call centres are a matter for local trusts in consultation with staff and representatives, and I encourage him to continue to engage with the trust in the interests of his constituents.

Greg Smith Portrait Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire) (Con)
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Will the additional money announced for hospices before Christmas cover the full cost of the increase in employer’s national insurance contributions or not?

Wes Streeting Portrait Wes Streeting
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The Conservatives cannot, on the one hand, welcome the investment and, on the other hand, condemn the means of raising it. Would they cut NHS and care services, or would they raise other taxes? They have to answer.