Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 9 October 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Neil Turner. The answering member was Baroness Primarolo.

Health Inequalities

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on health inequalities.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 464 c23-45WH
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department of Health
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Primarolo | 464 c44-5WH;464 c44WH (Link to this contribution) If my hon. Friend will allow me, there is so much to answer from those who have already spoken. I sh...; Ken Purchase | 464 c45WH;464 c44-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I exempt her from my earlier comments about no socialist being a me...; Baroness Primarolo | 464 c45WH (Link to this contribution) I am always grateful to my hon. Friend for his support and encouragement. I am sure that he agrees t...; Kelvin Hopkins | 464 c41WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Stephen O'Brien | 464 c41-3WH (Link to this contribution) I will not, because we are very short of time, and the hon. Gentleman had his own chance. We have h...; Baroness Primarolo | 464 c43-4WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wigan (Mr. Turner) and the 10 Labour MPs who have spoke...; Ken Purchase | 464 c44WH (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend give way?; Anthony D Wright | 464 c37-8WH (Link to this contribution) I will be very quick, because everything has been said. Clearly, this is a major issue for Labour Me...; Sandra Gidley | 464 c38-40WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Wigan (Mr. Turner) on securing this important debate. Altho...; Speaker | 464 c37WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I shall call the Front-Bench speakers at exactly 12 o'clock, but I shall give two minutes to ...; Stephen O'Brien | 464 c40-1WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful. I am sure that the hon. Member for Wigan will agree with me that the fact that this d...; Stephen O'Brien | 464 c40WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Wigan (Mr. Turner) on bringing forward this vital debate. He has ...; Speaker | 464 c40WH (Link to this contribution) Order. The debate is on the impact of health funding.; Jeff Ennis | 464 c31-3WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Illsley, for giving me the opportunity to participate in this important Adjournment d...; Neil Turner | 464 c23-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to be under your eagle eye today, Mr. Illsley, while we discuss this importan...; Speaker | 464 c23WH (Link to this contribution) A large number of hon. Members wish to speak in this debate and, in order to accommodate all of them...; Andrew George | 464 c24-5WH (Link to this contribution) I represent the poorest region of the UK, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, which is below its targe...; David Drew | 464 c27WH (Link to this contribution) I totally support my hon. Friend's comments, but does he accept that there is also a problem within ...; Neil Turner | 464 c26WH (Link to this contribution) I think that all Labour Members present could give figures for our areas and show that we are underf...; Chris Mullin | 464 c26WH (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend allow me to add the figures for Sunderland to that list? My local authority, whi...; Neil Turner | 464 c25-6WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right and raises an important issue. We have not merely been underfunde...; Kelvin Hopkins | 464 c30-1WH (Link to this contribution) We are discussing health, and I am afraid that my health is not particularly good today, so I shall ...; Brian Iddon | 464 c29-30WH (Link to this contribution) Ever since my election to this House in 1997, health inequalities has been one of my major campaigns...; Ian Gibson | 464 c27-9WH (Link to this contribution) I shall be brief, in order to allow others to speak. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wi...; Neil Turner | 464 c27WH (Link to this contribution) I do agree. In my borough, the best ward is at around the national average, whereas six or seven war...; Rob Marris | 464 c25WH (Link to this contribution) I shall give an example with which my hon. Friend may not be familiar, from my own area of Wolverham...; Neil Turner | 464 c25WH (Link to this contribution) I do agree, and that is an issue that we have addressed previously. Indeed, the Department has made ...; Edward O'Hara | 464 c36-7WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wigan (Mr. Turner) on securing this important deb...; Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 464 c33-4WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Wigan (Mr. Turner) not only for securing the debate, but for t...; Ian Stewart | 464 c34-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is incumbent on each of us to thank my hon. and good Friend the Member for Wigan (Mr. Turner) for...
Subjects: Disadvantaged Cancer Health Health services Finance Heart diseases NHS Primary care trusts Standards Infant mortality Life expectancy
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

Health Inequalities

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