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Tuesday 20th December 2022 Commons Chamber

[The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen)]

The cost of strikes is always regrettable. It is regrettable to those who rely on the services that those individuals deliver.

[Dame Maria Miller (Basingstoke) (Con)]

T6. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is waiting for Treasury allocations to be made that would allow the start of a public consultation on our new hospital in Basingstoke, funded by the Government’s flagship hospital infrastructure plan. Can my right hon. Friend confirm when Basingstoke might be getting news on those allocations—perhaps even an early Christmas present?

[John Glen]

I am sorry that I cannot give an early Christmas present. Allocations from that funding are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. I encourage my right hon. Friend to speak to the Health Secretary, who is working hard with the Treasury and other parts of Government to look at capital projects across the whole of health. Announcements will be made in due course, early in the new year, I hope.