Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Rosie Duffield Excerpts
Wednesday 5th March 2025

(1 month, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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Last week, for the first time in four years, the British Medical Association agreed the GP contract with the Government, worth an extra £889 million. Patients will be able to request appointments online from October, but I absolutely reassure my hon. Friend and others that that will free up the phones for those who need them most, and help end the 8 am scramble.

Rosie Duffield Portrait Rosie Duffield (Canterbury) (Ind)
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Q13. Under his Labour Government, does the Prime Minister believe that the UK’s estimated 3 million millionaires should contribute more to our vital national security, or is it just the world’s poorest, by no longer benefiting from our international aid programmes, or the shameful almost 6 million children living in poverty in this country who should pay for it? What happened to the wealth tax, Prime Minister?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I think all should, and all do, make a contribution at this vital time.