Speeches by Streeting.

“Let me just point out that in the 18 months for which I have had the privilege of holding this post, we have invested more than £131 million in 122 infrastructure projects across 49 NHS trusts to improve the safety of neonatal care facilities. We have implemented a new programme to reduce the two leading causes of avoi…”

“I will make certain that my Department and the NHS look into what has happened to provision in the hon. Lady’s area, and I will write to her about it. She is quite right about the need to ensure that parents are given high-quality information from the time of conception so that they can make informed decisions about ev…”

“Without pre-empting Baroness Amos’s work, let me say that the hon. Lady is absolutely right. We need to give staff the tools that will enable them to do the job to the best of their ability, and they need the right facilities and environment in which they can work and patients can be cared for. It is completely unaccep…”

“The hon. Member is right to describe the appalling state of corridor care in this country. In fact, under the previous Government, not only was this allowed to emerge as an NHS issue, but it was normalised, with benign nomenclature such as “temporary escalation spaces” used to endorse that normalisation, which should n…”

“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…”

“I certainly think we need to take up Beccy’s challenge of thinking about how we are organising ourselves in the commissioning and delivery of services. You are absolutely right, Danny, to make sure that, as we are thinking about that, we are focused on outcomes, rates and effective access to treatment. We also have to …”

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

“There are two things. Around 20,500 maternity staff have completed the e-learning module to date on cultural competency training. Work is under way to draft a new statutory and mandatory training competency framework for all NHS staff that will replace the core skills training framework. That will go live in April 2026…”

“I have a health view on everything. I make sure that they are always put across in cross-Government discussions. There are choices and trade-offs. I am not aware of any plans to take action in that area.”

“I do not doubt the hon. Member’s sincerity and integrity on this issue, but I say to her respectfully that when she talks about barriers to entry, those “barriers” are safety and clinical oversight, as well as parental consent and the assent of the young person. I do not believe that those are barriers; I believe that …”

“I certainly do not need to be told what my responsibilities are on this. I always take responsibility for the decisions I take. I acknowledge the extent to which the hon. Gentleman and members of his party seek to weaponise this issue, and to personalise it. [Interruption.] We can simply refer back to his question and …”

“That is a matter for my colleagues at DCMS.”

“It is a debate worthy of our time and Parliament should get stuck into it.”

“That is a very good suggestion, and I will take that away.”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Regardless of whether people are receiving this medication or not, we need to ensure that they receive the right therapeutic support to enable them to have healthy, happy childhoods and to understand themselves, the world they live in and how they relate to it in a way that does not …”

“You are leading me towards minimum unit pricing.”

“First, while we would never commit to something before seeing it, it is always my presumption in favour of implementing recommendations from reviews that we commission from expert people and teams. Otherwise, if you start with an assumption that you are not going to, then there is no point having the review in the firs…”

“That is a good challenge. The problem with alcohol is excess generally in terms of tackling things like obesity, and in terms of good health, whether liver health or otherwise. We have a particular challenge with problem drinking and people who drink to the point of dependency or addiction. We should draw a distinction…”

“I think that that is a fair challenge. We should come back to you on that in more detail. We will go away and take up the challenge.”

“Is local government the right place for this sort of public health work? So far, the answer has been yes. It is a finely balanced argument, and there are some decent arguments for taking some of those services back into the NHS. I know that is where you are pushing us—”