Speeches by Streeting.

“Well, the bill is not clear. It is extremely complicated. On the way that VPAG works and the way in which the rebate is calculated, companies have to pay the Government a rebate, which is a proportion of their sales with the revenue distributed to the NHS across the UK. With the newer medicines, the rebate rate is set …”

“I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. The reassurance that we can provide trans people in our country is that we are committed to making sure that they have access to the highest quality, evidence-based healthcare. That does not just apply in the case of children and young people; I also hope to report to t…”

“In 2026.”

“Yes please, permanent secretary, save me from this line of questioning.”

“Yes and no—because this is not just my decision; it is subject to the agreement of business managers. Suffice to say we are working at pace to make sure that the Bill is ready, and certainly to make sure that we can complete the abolition of NHS England within the timetable set out by the Prime Minister.”

“The capital investment isn’t. That is the distinction. We want to make sure that, from a patient point of view, there is increasingly less of a distinction between your physical health services and your mental health services where the two interact and relate together. I am always struck when meeting patients who may h…”

“When it was published—I was in the Chamber at the time—there was an overwhelming consensus in the House. There were some people who criticised and challenged the Cass review at the time, including some outside the House in the LGBT community. I have always supported the Cass review, which was led by one of our country’…”

“In 2026, certainly.”

“The right hon. Member is right that we need that data linkage study. That will happen, but it will not produce the same evidence base as a clinical trial, and that is the distinction between the two. It is frankly a disgrace that people have sought to withhold that kind of data and it is really important that we get th…”

“I would like to make sure that, were Parliament minded to proceed with the Bill and see it through to completion and on to the statute book, we have high-quality palliative and end-of-life care services, so that there is a real choice and no one feels compelled to take up an assisted death through the absence of pallia…”

“No, the time has not yet come for everyone to wear masks, but we are absolutely supporting frontline leaders to determine whether, given the pressures that they are under, it is right to ask visitors to hospitals, or other NHS and care settings, to wear masks to protect themselves and others. There will be places where…”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Given that I work for a former Crown prosecutor, I could not possibly disagree with her on evidence.”

“I will try to do that, Madam Deputy Speaker. We will ensure that young people get good access to wider evidence-led support. I have had to wrestle with the fact that some trans people enter adulthood without ever receiving any sort of healthcare, and I have been heavily criticised by those people in particular for some…”

“We will respond to your report and keep it in mind as we are modernising our approach to mental health services. I do think it is somewhat of an indictment of how the money has been used that although we have put more money into mental health services, we have not seen an improvement in outcomes. You are right as a Com…”

“Part of what Stephen announced yesterday is embedding urgent care into the contract. However, I think we are realistic that contract reform will be an ongoing process. You have heard me say before that there are lots of problems in the NHS that are not about money, and that are about modernisation, getting more bang fo…”

“May I thank the hon. Member for the way in which he put his question? It is so important to emphasise that right across this House, there are many people who oppose this trial, but who do want to see trans people well supported and protected and to respect their identities. That is important for everyone to bear in min…”

“Yes. We are not interested in cutting frontline services to fund the US pharma deal, which I have to say, by the way, is a deal that also delivered a 0% tariff for pharma exports for three years, and I think has achieved a really good outcome, given the pressures and constraints that the negotiating team were operating…”

“We are currently doing financial planning with the system, as we speak, as part of the medium-term planning framework. We are getting returns from across the system back now, which will help to inform where we are on investment in dentistry. And when Jim next comes back to the Committee—because Sam and I did not make t…”

“The Government is neutral on this.”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for the way that she asks her question, as a critic of some of the decisions that I have taken in this space. The reassurance that I can offer is that the study will look at the holistic care that this group of children and young people receives, and ensure that wider evidence-led thera…”