Results 1-4 of 4 for foundation hospital speaker:Angela Eagle
- River Forth Crossing (18 May 2009)
Angela Eagle: ...Scottish Executive has more than tripled from £1 billion to more than £3 billion a year today. That increase is enabling the Scottish Executive to modernise Scotland's infrastructure—its schools, hospitals, transport—and provide sound foundations for future growth and prosperity. In the pre-Budget report, the Government announced that they would agree to the Scottish...
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (7 May 2003)
Ms Angela Eagle: I wish to concentrate on part 1, which creates foundation hospitals, and explain why I have put my name to the amendment. At the last election, Labour rightly put the renewal of our public services at the heart of our agenda, and we have subsequently backed that up with substantial amounts of public money, which is extremely welcome after 25 years of starvation rations. Net public investment...
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (7 May 2003)
Ms Angela Eagle: ...under-investment, the money is only just going in. I believe that there are great improvements coming. I have suggested creating what I call a monetary policy committee for the NHS, which would ask hospitals to maintain a weighted index of output, rather than creating little balkanised hospitals that behave competitively within the system as a whole. After two landslide victories, we ought...
- Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (14 Apr 2003)
Ms Angela Eagle: ...the Budget connects economic stability with social justice, and I particularly welcome the anti-poverty measures for children and pensioners, including the child trust bond and the abolition of hospital fees for pensioners. I also welcome the continuing extension of the tax credit scheme, which is progressive and is making work and savings pay. I wish to concentrate the rest of my remarks...
