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Liz speaks out against the Health and Social Care Bill

28/02/2012

Last week the House of Commons debated a Labour Party motion calling on the Government to publish the NHS Risk Register, which is a document outlining the potential risks of the Government’s Health and Social Care Bill. I had the privilege of giving the closing speech in the debate from […]

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New media, democracy and politics

28/02/2012

On 20th February 2012 I gave the annual Leicester Mercury lecture at the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society. The topic of my speech was the implications of new and social media for democracy and the political process. I argued that social media is having a real impact on the way […]

Liz gives her first speech as Shadow Minister for Care and Older People

03/02/2012

On 25th January 2012, I spoke to the North West Carer Leads Network conference, on the need to reform services and support for older and disabled people. I said that the care system must start with the needs of families and communities, and do more to support the 6.4 million […]

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Speaking Up for Legal Aid

08/07/2011

I recently spoke at a public meeting organised by the Leicester Civil Rights Movement and Action Advice Leicester about the Government’s cuts to legal aid. I believe legal aid is a fundamental component of our legal system. Ensuring people aren’t excluded from the courts because of a lack of finance […]

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Liz challenges Government’s ‘Big Society’

03/03/2011

On Monday I took part in a House of Commons debate about the Government’s ‘Big Society’. The Government claims the ‘Big Society’ is about giving power to local people, and supporting voluntary and community organisations. But in reality the ‘Big Society’ is about rolling back the state, using markets alone […]

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Social mobility – where next?

22/01/2011

On Thursday I gave a speech at De Montfort University about how we can make sure very child has the chance to fulfil their potential. Despite very real improvements over the last decade, too many children are still held back by the circumstances of their birth – by where they’re […]

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Liz’s speech on ‘a duty of candour’ in the NHS

15/12/2010

Every 36 hours, NHS services are used by some 1 million people, the vast majority of whom receive safe and effective care. None the less, as in every other health care system in the world, not all care in the NHS is as safe as it could be, and too […]

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Liz’s speech on the Comprehensive Spending Review

15/12/2010

I shall address two issues: first, whether the Government have kept their commitment to protect the NHS budget, and secondly, how their proposed reforms will affect the NHS’s ability to live within its budget in the next four years. To read Liz’s speech, click here.

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Liz speaks in debate on epilepsy servies

15/12/2010

Hon. Members have powerfully set out the scale of the problem with epilepsy services and highlighted three key issues. The first is misdiagnosis: around 150,000 people are wrongly diagnosed with epilepsy or are diagnosed with the wrong sort of epilepsy. The second is poor quality treatment: patients may not see […]

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Liz speaks in debate on Academies Bill

15/12/2010

The Academies Bill raises many issues, but I want to focus my comments on three key questions: will the Bill help pupils and schools with the greatest needs, will it improve outcomes in education, and does it represent the best use of taxpayers’ money? To read Liz’s full speech click […]

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Liz’s speech on “The competitive hospital”

13/12/2010

I recently delivered a speech at a seminar for the think tank REFORM as part of my job as a shadow health minister. INTRODUCTION The argument I want to make today is that the title of this session – ‘the competitive hospital’ – is really the wrong issue to be […]

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Debate on children’s heart surgery at Glenfield

08/07/2010

I managed to secure a debate on the Government’s review of child heart surgery and the future of Glenfield Hospital’s Congenital Heart Centre. The debate was in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 7th July. You can read the Hansard report of the debate here or watch it on Parliament TV here […]