Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Hammond and Bob Blackman

Monday 30th January 2023 Commons Chamber

[Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con)]

5. What steps his Department is taking to support British shipbuilding.

[Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)]

8. What steps his Department is taking to support British shipbuilding.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Hammond and Bob Blackman

Thursday 25th April 2019 Commons Chamber

[Stephen Hammond]

The conclusion I draw is to look at Public Health England’s recent review, which made it clear that it is not possible to attribute the slowdown in the improvement of life expectancy to any single cause. That is why we are not complacent, as I said in answer to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah). The Budget saw us fully fund the situation with a big cash boost, and there will be a prevention Green Paper and we have a prevention vision. All that will contribute towards ensuring that life expectancy, which has not been as good as one would have liked, improves.

[Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)]

Smoking rates among pregnant women, particularly in poorer regions, remain stubbornly high, so what action is my hon. Friend taking to reduce smoking rates in order to make pregnancy and childbirth easier for young people?

[Stephen Hammond]

As I said in response to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah), the Government have already put in place prevention programmes to ensure a reduction in smoking rates. The prevention vision and the prevention Green Paper will set out the means by which smoking can be reduced further to support people, pregnant or otherwise.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Hammond and Bob Blackman

Tuesday 15th January 2019 Commons Chamber

[Stephen Hammond]

My hon. Friend and I do not always agree on everything about the EU, but numbers and statistics show that he is correct on that matter.

[Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)]

Clearly, it is important as we move forward with the NHS to train more doctors and nurses. What is the Minister doing to encourage young people to start training to become nurses, doctors, and for other positions in the health service?

[Stephen Hammond]

My hon. Friend is right, and we are ensuring more routes into the nursing profession, such as nursing apprenticeships and nursing associates. We are training more GPs, and we are determined to get 5,000 extra GPs into general practice. A record 3,400 doctors have been recruited into GP training and, as part of the long-term plan, newly qualified doctors and nurses entering general practice will be offered a two-year fellowship to support them to stay there.