Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Theo Clarke Excerpts
Wednesday 4th March 2020

(4 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I return to the point I made earlier on, which is that the Home Secretary is doing an outstanding job—delivering change, putting police out on the streets, cutting crime and delivering a new immigration system—and I am sticking by her.

Theo Clarke Portrait Theo Clarke (Stafford) (Con)
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Q14. Having knocked on doors across Stafford in my constituency, it is clear that the A&E at County Hospital is a vital local service, so does the Prime Minister agree with me that A&E units at medium-sized hospitals such as County are essential for the future delivery of care in our NHS?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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My right hon. Friend the Health Secretary has just told me—passing the ball swiftly down the line—that, yes, my hon. Friend’s A&E is certainly staying open, and I thank her for the point that she makes.