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Theo Clarke

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Northern Ireland Protocol
Wednesday 21st July 2021

(3 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Let us see if we can pick up the pace.

Theo Clarke Portrait Theo Clarke (Stafford) (Con) [V]
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Last Friday, I joined local health officials and members of the public at a consultation meeting on maternity services in Staffordshire. Maternity was temporarily suspended at Stafford’s County Hospital at the height of the pandemic so that wards could be used to treat covid-19 patients. Does my right hon. Friend agree that anyone who wants to give birth at Stafford’s County Hospital should be able to do so?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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My hon. Friend raises a very important point. Many of the hospitals that I have been round recently are doing incredible work at getting back to pre-covid levels of service. I understand that NHS partners are working hard to explore options for restoring maternity services at County Hospital.

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