Oral Answers to Questions

Julian Huppert Excerpts

Tuesday 1st April 2014 Commons Chamber

[Jane Ellison]

The hon. Gentleman is right that research is vital, and a great deal of it is going on in this area. I recently met the all-party group on ovarian cancer to update it on that research, and I will be happy to update him after questions. He has mentioned before how research applies across our United Kingdom. As he knows, whatever we learn through research in England is always shared across the different countries.

[Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD)]

Health care in Cambridgeshire has been underfunded for years, and mental health care particularly so. This is getting worse as a result of the private finance initiative contracts that were signed, the differential deflator for mental health and physical health, and the simple fact that mental health demand is up. Will the Secretary of State meet me and the mental health trust to work out a way out of these problems that will not harm patients?

[Norman Lamb]

I would be very happy to meet my hon. Friend if that is acceptable to him.