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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:31 am on 8 March 2007.

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Photo of Keith Vaz Keith Vaz Labour, Leicester East 11:31, 8 March 2007

Next week, may we have an urgent statement from a Health Minister about waiting times for patients needing operations in Leicestershire? My constituent, Mark Golding, has been waiting four months for a hernia operation and is in absolute agony. His surgeon and his GP suggested that he write to me to get the matter brought before the House, so may we have a debate on the subject? I realise that the Government have put a huge amount of money into the local health service, but examples such as I described are very depressing indeed.