Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Kinnock and Debbie Abrahams
Tuesday 11th February 2025

(2 weeks, 1 day ago)

Commons Chamber
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Stephen Kinnock Portrait Stephen Kinnock
- View Speech - Hansard - -

From the roundtable discussions, and from subsequent discussions we have been having with the sector, it is clear that we need to look at the long-term funding issue. We faced a cliff edge towards the end of last year. That is not the right way to do things. We must start getting the funding discussions moving so that, well in advance of the end of this financial year, the funding situation for the palliative and hospice sector is much clearer.

Debbie Abrahams Portrait Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth) (Lab)
- Hansard - - - Excerpts

8. What steps he is taking to reduce inequalities in healthcare.