Debates between Shaun Davies and Karin Smyth during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Shaun Davies and Karin Smyth
Tuesday 23rd July 2024

(4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karin Smyth Portrait Karin Smyth
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I thank the right hon. Lady because she again makes for us the excellent point about what has happened in the last 14 years under her Government: these situations have been allowed to get so much worse both in Essex and across the country. She should also welcome our mission to rebuild the broken front door to the NHS and have more neighbourhood services based in communities, bringing those services together where patients are; that is absolutely what we all want and I am very happy to discuss this with her.

Shaun Davies Portrait Shaun Davies (Telford) (Lab)
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For 14 years the community in Telford and I have worked hard to safeguard our A&E, but the last Conservative Government made Telford the largest town without a fully functioning A&E. Will the Health team meet me and other Shropshire MPs to discuss this discredited and disgraceful decision?

Karin Smyth Portrait Karin Smyth
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I welcome my hon. Friend to his place. He knows what we all know, and what we know the entire country knows because we spent the past six weeks campaigning: it is the same story across the country. That is why we are committed to restoring standards and why we will fix this broken NHS, and of course I am happy to meet with him.