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Andrew Lansley Articles

Getting serious about rescuing the NHS

For a Labour leadership that wants the NHS to be the most important electoral issue, the publication of the NHS Five Year Forward View plan today is a potentially really important moment. This document contains the hopes and aspirations of the leadership of all the...

Is the government out of ideas?

I began Business of the House Questions by raising the upcoming Winter Olympics which are being held in the Russian town of Sochi. While I am looking forward to cheering on our Olympic and Paralympic athletes, we can’t ignore the homophobic laws which the Russian...

Still ‘banging on about Europe’

I began Business of the House Questions with the government’s shambolic lobbying bill which will return from the House of Lords next week.  So far we have had a panic pause, a flurry of amendments designed to silence the huge chorus of critical voices and then the...

One week in and already chaos

I began the first Business of the House Questions since Christmas by paying tribute to Paul Goggins whose untimely death this week has shocked and saddened all who knew him. He was a kind, caring man who campaigned tirelessly for social justice, including his recent...