Speeches by Dalton.

“We are already delivering. The hon. Lady is absolutely right to identify that a number of plans are being brought forward. We take this matter very seriously, and we want to ensure that we get it right. We plan: we plan so that we perform effectively, and we plan for success. The national cancer plan will be coming lat…”

“There is nothing covert about the decisions on the Fleming Fund. It has been perfectly open and clear that the existing funding has been cut. Having said that, the work and partnerships that have been developed on AMR continue. The UK continues to be a global leader on this issue, and our ambassador, Dame Sally, contin…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her question and commend the work she has done on this issue and her wonderful contribution to the Westminster Hall debate that I responded to recently. It is a really important issue and something we are keen to explore further. The Secretary of State and I would be delighted to meet with he…”

“We are already delivering. As I have said, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is making its way through Parliament at the moment. We are tackling the obesity crisis through tackling junk food advertising to children. We are working on school food standards, and we are also bringing in rules around planning for junk food establ…”

“The cancer plan will reflect the three shifts in the 10-year plan, including from hospital to community. Macmillan, Cancer Research UK and Cancer52 all sit on the steering board for the cancer plan, and I meet them regularly. Last week, we announced the Diagnostic Connect partnership with the third sector, linking pati…”

“The 10-year health plan sets out how we are transforming our approach to preventing ill health through a set of ambitious measures that make the healthy choice the easy choice. Among those measures is our mandatory partnership with food businesses, through which we will make shopping baskets across the country healthie…”

“The Government are committed to addressing health inequalities experienced by people living with rare conditions such as sickle cell disorder. Pioneering research is a cross-cutting theme of the UK rare diseases framework, but we know that there are a small number of rare conditions with a large amount of research, whi…”

“I thank the hon. Member for raising this issue. That is not what I was expecting. A written ministerial statement has been tabled, and I will speak to officials and make sure that that plan is available as it should be.”

“NHS England has worked with key stakeholders to develop a framework to aid integrated care systems to commission high-quality services for children and young people with cerebral palsy, including as they transition to adult services. Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on cerebral palsy …”

“The national cancer plan, which will be introduced towards the end of this year, will cover cancer facilities across England. I would be more than happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss the particulars in her constituency.”

“The pandemic agreement was agreed at the World Health Assembly and I was there representing the UK on that. It was a very significant moment and we had spent a good three-plus years working on that. The agreement will not open for signature and ratification until follow-up negotiations on the annexe to the agreement, w…”

“Absolutely.”

“Those conversations are taking place and were the basis of many a conversation that I had at the World Health Assembly earlier this year. As you are probably aware, the World Health Organisation has a red list of countries where they have a shortage of certain health professionals, so we all agree not to recruit health…”

“As did I.”

“Yes.”

“The Pandemic Agreement, which it is now called—I have called it all sorts of things, it was the Pandemic Accord at one point—is important. The benefit is that it should meaningfully improve the UK and global pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. What that means is protecting lives, protecting livelihoods, pro…”

“It was adopted by the World Health Assembly.”

“Well, nobody has signed it at all yet.”

“The interesting thing is that we are at a pretty unique place with pandemic preparedness and agreement across the world. The pandemic agreement is three years of negotiations of member states of the World Health Organisation, and it has been adopted. I do not underestimate how astonishing it was to get to the stage whe…”

“I love it.”