Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Peter Gibson and Mary Robinson

Monday 5th February 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mary Robinson (Cheadle) (Con)]

18. What steps his Department is taking to expand the support available through jobcentres in Cheadle constituency.

[Peter Gibson (Darlington) (Con)]

24. What steps he is taking to help fill job vacancies in Darlington constituency.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Peter Gibson and Mary Robinson

Tuesday 6th December 2022 Commons Chamber

[Peter Gibson (Darlington) (Con)]

9. What plans he has to reduce health inequalities.

[Mary Robinson (Cheadle) (Con)]

18. What plans he has to reduce health inequalities.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Neil O’Brien)]

We are taking action on public health across the board. The £3 billion that we are investing in the drugs strategy will create an extra 50,000 places in drug treatment. We have doubled the duty on cigarettes since 2010 and brought in a minimum excise tax. We now have the lowest smoking rate on record and will go further. The £300 million that we are investing in Start for Life means new or expanded family hubs in 75 local authorities. We are taking action right across Government, from the £55 billion that we are investing in energy support to the measures that we are taking through at the moment to crack down on non-decent housing.