Speeches by Gill.

“I am trying to get through all these questions as quickly as I can. I will give way to the hon. Gentleman shortly. On the VPAG changes and rebates, alongside changes to NICE recommendations, the arrangement affects how pricing and repayment mechanisms operate through the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing, …”

“I will try to answer all the questions that have been put to me in the short time I have. First, I am grateful for the contributions made by hon. Members, and I thank the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran), for securing this debate. The UK-US pharma…”

“House adjourned.”

“I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to this important debate on the intergenerational impact of diethylstilbestrol on women. I begin by applauding the perseverance of my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth West (Jessica Toale) and the courage of those affected by the impact of DES, including the campaigners…”

“I thank the hon. Member for her question, and pay tribute to Helen. My hon. Friend mentioned this important issue. While there may be 600 women out there, there are many, many more who just do not know—and, I am sure, grandchildren too. Not only should information be widely available on NHS websites, but women should b…”

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“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon and Consett (Liz Twist) for securing this important debate, for her long-standing commitment to improving mental health services, and for her phenomenal work in her role as chair of the APPG on suicide a…”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for mentioning the wraparound care in Winchester citizens advice bureau. We need the local health ecosystem to partner with initiatives in the voluntary or charity sector such as that one, and acknowledge their impact, fund and support them. Some may think that things such as debt are basic, …”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right; this is a great pilot, and there are some real, huge successes. The Government must learn from the impact that the hubs will have, and of course we want to roll them out. That is why we are piloting six community-based health centres across England in Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Whiteha…”

“I absolutely agree. That is the responsibility of the ICBs, which have been informed that they must make sure that waiting lists come down. We know that we need to go further. We are developing a new cross-Government mental health strategy for England covering all ages, which will be published later this year. The Depa…”

“Thank you so much, Chair. It is great to be here. I am Preet Kaur Gill. I am the Minister for Health Innovation and Safety. I am also the Member of Parliament for Birmingham, Edgbaston.”

“The contract will come up for review this year, in line with the standard contract management processes.”

“Yes, I would.”

“Let me come back to that. Imperial College is looking at the effectiveness of the FDP.”

“We should always be mindful of conflicts of interest, and you would expect any civil servant, as you would expect any politician, to make sure that they declare any conflicts of interest that may arise. My understanding is that when the contract was issued, none of those people cited in the FT were part of that convers…”

“I started off by saying that this was an operation system designed by the NHS for the NHS. Who controls the data? The NHS. Who decides how information is used? The NHS. Who decides how access to that information happens? That is the NHS. In the end, this is about patient outcomes, and that is what we have to look at.”

“We are not locked into Palantir, as you have heard.”

“I am answering the question, but the question was: what is Imperial College doing?”

“I hear everything that you are saying, and I do not dispute that, but the question we have to be asking ourselves is: is this delivering for patients? Is it delivering for the taxpayer?”

“It is about talking to businesses where we already know that they have some level of capability. Some of those businesses just do not, and this contract was about partnering with British companies. Let’s not forget that three of the four are British companies. They have British employees. One of them is a Northern Irel…”