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Business of the House

I join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to her local hospital. It is important to listen to clinicians and others who work in the health service about the way in which we tackle hospital-acquired infection. It is important that we understand the science of hospital-acquired infection and that we listen to patients, who, with their visitors, are the first to complain about dirty facilities in hospitals. The additional use of antibiotics has meant a growing difficulty with tackling hospital-acquired infection once it has taken root. However, I remember complaining that I was not allowed to spend long enough in hospital when I was having my first baby—one was tipped out after a week; it is now 24 hours—and my father, as a doctor, said, ““You want to spend as little time as possible in hospital because hospitals always carry a risk of infection.”” We are not considering anything new, but the position has become much graver.