Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House
Thursday 20th April 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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The right hon. Lady is characteristically gracious and self-deprecating in her remarks. Those of us who have served with her in this House will remember her and her contributions for a very long time.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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I appreciate that we have very little time left in this Parliament but, nevertheless, I request that consideration be given to a debate on the additional £10 billion that the Government have committed to the NHS until 2020. It is certainly starting to see results in my constituency, with the opening of new units at Crawley hospital.

David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this point, and I join him in welcoming these new units. It seems to me that the commissioning authorities and the trusts in his part of the country have taken advantage of the record Government spending on our NHS to reconfigure services in a way that will provide better services for his constituents and those in neighbouring constituencies in Sussex in the future.