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Tuesday 26th November 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I fear that this will almost certainly be the last question. Karen Lumley.

[Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con)]

In the past two weeks I have had to visit accident and emergency units in Redditch and in north Wales, unfortunately with members of my family. Although health is a devolved matter in Wales, will my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State invite his counterpart in Wales to spend some time at the great A and E unit in Redditch to see for himself the stark differences between the two services?

[Mr Jeremy Hunt]

I would be delighted to do so. He will see the impact of not cutting the NHS by 8%, which is what Labour has done in Wales, which means that in this country we are hitting our A and E targets and in Wales they have not hit them since 2009.