Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jo Platt and Keir Starmer

Wednesday 22nd January 2025 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

He was Liz Truss’s right-hand man, so we wouldn’t expect anything else.

The IPA’s verdict on the previous Government’s plan was that there were “major issues”—[Interruption.] This is the Conservatives’ record; they should not be chuckling. The verdict was that there were “major issues” with the definition, schedule, budget, quality and delivery. It was a fiction—always was.

[Jo Platt (Leigh and Atherton) (Lab/Co-op)]

Q7. Alongside other Greater Manchester MPs, I recently met constituents who shared distressing accounts of a spinal surgeon’s malpractice affecting many across the region. They have formed an injured staff and patient group, but despite a review, they feel that justice has not been served, and the hospital trust is yet to conduct a full patient recall. Will the Prime Minister arrange a meeting with the group and the relevant Minister to help them to get the justice they deserve?

[The Prime Minister]

I thank my hon. Friend for raising this awful case—the stories and accounts are heartbreaking and deeply concerning. I will make sure that she and the group receive a meeting with the relevant Health Minister at the earliest opportunity.