HS2 Reset

18 Jun 2025

Commons debates

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her honesty as she set out this latest reset, necessitated by the mess that the Tories left. Old Oak Common is part of my constituency, and this week...

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Prostate Cancer Treatment

17 Jun 2025

Commons debates

I totally agree. West London needs the same as the west of Scotland, the west of Wales, and all the other bits of those other nations. Men can access abiraterone on the NHS in Scotland and Wales,...

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Prostate Cancer Treatment

17 Jun 2025

Commons debates

I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman that access should be based not on how deep somebody’s pockets are, but on need. Abiraterone halves the risk of relapse. Each relapse literally...

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Prostate Cancer Treatment

17 Jun 2025

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman makes a powerful point. We are seeing a theme of uneven application. The rule of law means that the law applies to everyone, so it looks like something has gone wrong here.

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Prostate Cancer Treatment

17 Jun 2025

Commons debates

Yes, I will. What an honour to give way to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon)!

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Prostate Cancer Treatment

17 Jun 2025

Commons debates

The hon. Member reads my mind about the postcode lottery, which I will come to in my list of questions. I know that my hon. Friend the Minister is very sympathetic and on the right side....

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Prostate Cancer Treatment

17 Jun 2025

Commons debates

Joe Biden’s recent diagnosis has to some extent put prostate cancer in the spotlight of late, but it is not just him—there is Stephen Fry, Jools Holland and Robert De Niro. More than...

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Iran-Israel Conflict

16 Jun 2025

Commons debates

Ealing has long had a big Iranian diaspora. In 1978, when England did not qualify in the world cup and Iran did, a lot of my classmates were supporting the latter; now, they are my adult...

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New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration

13 Jun 2025

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

No, I am not giving way. At my advice surgery, people have pointed out the unfairness of the £10,000 cost of Dignitas. We know that the status quo is imperfect, but let us not remedy it with...

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New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration

13 Jun 2025

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

No, because I will not get any more time. Given the cost of care, people could convince themselves that elderly relatives would be better off out of the way, in order to get the younger...

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New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration

13 Jun 2025

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

I totally agree. We know that Esther Rantzen and Jonathan Dimbleby want the Bill to be implemented, but our role is to be voices for the voiceless, so I totally agree with her. As opposed to the...

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New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration

13 Jun 2025

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

Will I get more time? [Laughter.]

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New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration

13 Jun 2025

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

I rise to support amendments 34 to 36 and new clause 6, tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Walsall and Bloxwich (Valerie Vaz), who sadly cannot be here today. Health inequality shapes...

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NHS Funding: South-west

11 Jun 2025

Westminster Hall debates

Order. I call the shadow Minister.

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NHS Funding: South-west

11 Jun 2025

Westminster Hall debates

Order. I am afraid that we will now move on to the Front Benchers, starting with the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

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NHS Funding: South-west

11 Jun 2025

Westminster Hall debates

Order. I think that someone will probably end up falling off the call list; there are people standing to speak who were not on the list and who were not standing at the beginning of the debate....

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NHS Funding: South-west

11 Jun 2025

Westminster Hall debates

The aim is to take the three Front Benchers from 5.09 pm, which means that the time limit is dropping down to two minutes each.

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NHS Funding: South-west

11 Jun 2025

Westminster Hall debates

Order. Given how many people wish to speak, we will start with a two and a half minute limit.

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Outdoor Education

11 Jun 2025

Westminster Hall debates

indicated dissent.

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Outdoor Education

11 Jun 2025

Westminster Hall debates

I will call Tim Farron to move the motion. As is the convention with 30-minute debates, only interventions are permitted, not whole speeches, because we need to allow time for the Minister to...

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