Results 1-20 of 232 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Doug Naysmith

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Mental Health Services (24 Mar 2009) has video

Doug Naysmith: In his reply to my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown), my hon. Friend the Minister said that there had been a 70 per cent. increase in clinical psychology—I think the figure was 70 per cent.—but he will know, as I do, that that was from a pretty low base. Can he assure me that he will redouble his efforts to ensure increased numbers of clinical psychologists? Too...

Legislative Reform (19 Mar 2009) has video

Doug Naysmith: I am the longest-serving member of the Regulatory Reform Committee and its predecessors in the House. I was one of those who thought this was a trivial measure. I suspect that had the Minister and his civil servants spelt out, in the documentation that came before the Committee when we considered the measure, the much larger sum that can be saved with other measures that are coming along, we...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: NHS Dentistry (16 Dec 2008) has video

Doug Naysmith: My good friend the Minister has read the recent Health Committee report on dentistry, so she will be aware that there are parts of the country where very few people have any problems accessing an NHS dentist. That is true in my area, where I serve constituents from south Gloucestershire and Bristol. We found that where commissioning is taken seriously by PCTs and they collaborate with the...

Rare Medical Conditions (14 Oct 2008)

Doug Naysmith: My hon. Friend is making a good case, but the PCT special committees called to consider exceptional cases used to vary greatly. A member of the trust would be brought in who happened to be in the office that day, and two or three of them would sit around and make a decision. Then, the next time a decision had to be made, different people would make it. It has been recommended that that should...

Rare Medical Conditions (14 Oct 2008)

Doug Naysmith: As always, Mrs. Humble, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I am grateful to Mr. Speaker for granting me this debate, as it will provide a welcome opportunity to discuss with my colleagues the needs of patients who suffer from rare and complex medical conditions. I emphasise that the Government's commendable policy of making the national health service more locally accountable...

Severn Barrage (9 Jul 2008)

Doug Naysmith: It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare (John Penrose), who made some interesting points—particularly the last one about the EU directive, with which I fully agree. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) on securing this important debate, particularly given its focus on the economic aspects of the proposed Severn barrage, which are...

Health Care Prioritisation (3 Dec 2007)

Doug Naysmith: I agreed with much of what the hon. Member for Wyre Forest (Dr. Taylor) said, but I did not agree with him wholeheartedly when he talked about a widespread discussion of the options and slightly disparaged politicians, various experts and perhaps even one or two clinical colleagues. There have been a number of attempts in this country and America to find out what the public think about the...

Health Care Prioritisation (3 Dec 2007)

Doug Naysmith: I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way; I cannot refer to him as my hon. Friend, but he is a friend and a colleague on the Health Committee. I agree with much of what he has been saying and congratulate him on securing the debate. He has given two or three examples of treatments that have not yet been assessed by NICE—which are, so to speak, waiting to go through the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Innovation, Universities and Skills: Science and Innovation (26 Jul 2007) has video

Doug Naysmith: What actions have the Government taken to improve and generate new business links with my local university, the university of the West of England, and my neighbouring university, the university of Bristol?

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: Stroke Services (11 Jul 2007)

Doug Naysmith: I said that to argue that a specific percentage of scans was achieved in 24 hours misses the point, because to distinguish the two types of attack one has to have a scan in three hours; I appreciate that the hon. Lady knows that. I was certainly not casting doubt on statistics and their use in general.

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: Stroke Services (11 Jul 2007)

Doug Naysmith: I do not really want to say an awful lot, as much of it has been said already by the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Lansley), who is a fellow officer of the all-party stroke group, by the hon. Member for Romsey (Sandra Gidley), who is a colleague of mine on the Select Committee on Health, and by the Secretary of State. All three have covered carefully most of the main points,...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: Stroke Services (11 Jul 2007)

Doug Naysmith: The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. There is no doubt that clinical networks have made a real difference in cancer services. The fact that funding was available focused minds and gave them the funds to spend for that purpose. This obviously works. The trouble with having too many priorities, however, is that nothing ends up being a priority. I have had personal experience of a stroke, and...

Orders of the Day: Clause 51 — Commencement (19 Jun 2007)

Doug Naysmith: I agree with the Minister that we have held a series of excellent discussions on Second Reading, in Committee and yesterday and today. Every member of the Committee took part in the debate to a greater or lesser extent—I believe that that is unusual. In my admittedly limited experience, the contributions from hon. Members of all parties in Committee were of an extremely high standard....

Orders of the Day: New Clause 13 — Authority to treat community patients (18 Jun 2007)

Doug Naysmith: I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way; he is being very generous. I rise to back up what my hon. Friend the Member for Hackney, South and Shoreditch (Meg Hillier) said earlier. The existing powers do not enable us properly to do what we are doing through community treatment orders. They are being pushed to their limits, and many psychiatrists—I have discussed this issue on more...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Mental Health Patients (Children) (24 Apr 2007)

Doug Naysmith: As my right hon. Friend is aware, during recent consideration of the Lords amendments to the Mental Health Bill, a number of interesting suggestions and proposals were made. Will she give me a guarantee that she will consider them very carefully?

Orders of the Day: Mental Health Bill [Lords] (16 Apr 2007)

Doug Naysmith: It is true that that is the view of the Royal College of Psychiatrists—Dr. Zigmond is sitting up in the Gallery, listening to us—but the point is that it is quite possible to meet psychiatrists who disagree with that view. I have met many of them. That viewpoint is obviously arrived at through a democratic process, but it is not true to say that it is the belief of every...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: High Hedges (27 Mar 2007)

Doug Naysmith: What guidance her Department gives to councils that impose charges to deal with complaints under the high hedges provisions contained in part 8 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003; and if she will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: High Hedges (27 Mar 2007)

Doug Naysmith: I thank my hon. Friend for that reply. She knows that I have tried to highlight the unfairness associated with the policy for some time. I cannot understand why there should be any difference between investigating a planning violation or a noisy neighbours problem and a high hedges complaint. Yet action on one is free but action on other costs more than £600 in some local authorities....

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: NHS (Private Sector) (13 Mar 2007)

Doug Naysmith: My right hon. Friend will be aware that successive Secretaries of State for Health have assured the Health Select Committee that the policy of developing the use of the private sector is being pursued to address lack of capacity in the NHS. Can she confirm that that remains the major reason for that policy?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Feb 2007)

Doug Naysmith: I know that my right hon. Friend is aware of the Airbus Power 8 announcement being made in Toulouse later today. What assurances can he give my constituents and others who work at Filton and Broughton that our Government are doing all that they can to ensure that high-value, high-tech engineering and manufacturing skills are retained in the United Kingdom?