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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill

"Thank you for calling me, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I thank Mr Speaker for selecting my new clause 19. I also thank all those who have kindly supported it.

It remains an inconvenient truth that although our cancer survival rates are improving, we continue to lag behind international comparators. The …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill

"I tend to agree, and that is in part what the new clause is intended to address.

I chaired the all-party parliamentary group on cancer for nine years. We were painfully aware that the Government had once estimated that if the country matched the best survival rates in Europe, 10,000 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill

"I will not. I do apologise, but time is short.

New clause has been endorsed by the founding chief executive of Cancer Research UK, Professor Sir Alex Markham, who has commented that

“comparable health services abroad continue to outperform the NHS in terms of cancer survival. They all remain focused …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill

"I thank the Minister and the Government for listening and for accepting the new clause in its entirety. It is a progressive step. I and the whole group behind the new clause look forward to working with him. If nuanced changes were required, then, by all means, we would consider …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill

"The Government deserve credit for grasping this nettle, which has evaded Governments of both parties for too long, but he must understand that there is a real cause on the Government Benches in respect of the distribution of the relative losses and the worry that those who are less well …..."
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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 16th November 2021

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 16 July 2021 and chase up correspondence of 13 August 2021, 15 September 2021 and 13 October 2021 regarding a constituent with reference JB33290.

Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

We replied to the hon. Member on 8 November 2021.

Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 2nd November 2021

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay dated 22 July 2021 and further correspondence of 26 August 2021 and 29 September 2021 regarding a constituent with reference JB33540.

Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

We replied to the hon. Member on 29 October 2021.

Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 14th September 2021

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 9 June 2021 and chase up correspondence of 7 July 2021 and 10 August 2021 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay regarding the anniversary of the breast-milk substitutes campaign, reference JB32768.

Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

We replied to the hon. Member on 10 September 2021.

Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 13th September 2021

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 1 June 2021 and chase up correspondence of 29 June, 29 July and 23 August regarding constituent with reference JB32656.

Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

We replied to the hon. Member on 9 September 2021.