NHS Long-term Plan

Debate between Matt Hancock and Liz McInnes

Monday 7th January 2019 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

My hon. Friend is quite right: we must focus on the substance of what is needed to deliver an NHS that will be there for us all in our hour of greatest need. That is what we should be concentrating on. I have heard some Members say, “Whatever the Government promise, we will just promise more.” That is no way to have a discussion about the future of the country and our most valued institution. Instead, we should back the NHS’s plan, deliver on it and keep the economy strong so that we can keep putting in the money that the NHS needs.

[Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab)]

Paragraph 4.17 of the plan states:

“Mature students are more likely to have family and other commitments that make it harder to retrain without financial support.”

Will the Secretary of State therefore now admit that his Government made a huge mistake when they abolished bursaries for nurses and allied health professionals?

[Matt Hancock]

No; we are proposing to have more targeted support for those who need it, to ensure that we get support to the areas of nursing with the most acute shortages, such as community nursing and mental health services. That is where support is best targeted.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matt Hancock and Liz McInnes

Thursday 8th February 2018 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

There is full consideration of these issues in the gambling review. It is important that all evidence is brought to bear. The Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch), who apologises for not being able to be here, has been working on the review very closely. I am sure that we should take this evidence into account.

[Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab)]

13. What steps his Department is taking to promote equal pay for women in television, film and radio.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matt Hancock and Liz McInnes

Thursday 21st December 2017 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

I will certainly join the hon. Gentleman in wishing a merry Christmas to everybody in the Scottish National party and the SNP Government in Scotland. I am delighted that, finally, three and a half years after being granted the money, they have got on with the start of the procurement, but it will take another year for the second phase of the roll-out to get going. He, and more importantly his constituents, will understand why we have grown tired of waiting for the Scottish Government and are getting on with delivering directly through local councils in Scotland in future.

[Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab)]

5. What recent assessment she has made of the effect on public libraries of changes to local authority budgets.