Stephen McPartland: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to make my maiden speech in this important debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral West (Esther McVey), who spoke warmly and eloquently about her constituency, and the issue being debated. I also thank the people of Stevenage for placing their trust in me. I will endeavour to repay that trust by working hard...
Stephen McPartland: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, as my hon. Friend the Member for Bedford (Richard Fuller) stated earlier, part of the problem with the banks at the moment is the complexity of their organisation? What has happened during the last decade is that the banks have become so large and so complex that their focus has moved away from lending to small businesses, and their profits are focused in...
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to reduce the use of antipsychotics for the treatment of dementia; and if he will make a statement.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been diagnosed with dementia in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Stevenage constituency in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dementia patients have been prescribed antipsychotics in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Stevenage constituency in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the likely effects on employers of the EU Agency Workers Directive coming into force.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners learnt to read while serving their sentences in each of the last five years.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much aid his Department has allocated to tackling pneumonia in each of the last five years.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans his Department has to implement the World Health Assembly resolution on pneumonia; and if he will make a statement.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the number of patients in Hertfordshire likely to be prescribed with innovative cancer drugs in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 following the establishment of the interim Cancer Drug Fund.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) procedures and (b) timetable he intends to adopt for his Department's decision on Stage 4 of the redevelopment of the Lister Hospital, Stevenage, relating to accident and emergency services; and if he will make a statement.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his policy is on ensuring that cancer treatment takes place as close to a patient's home as practicable; (2) what his policy is on the establishment by major NHS cancer centres of satellite radiotherapy centres in order to deliver treatment closer to a patient's home; and if he will make a statement; (3) if he will issue guidelines on the...
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate average journey times for patients resident in Stevenage and North East Hertfordshire receiving cancer treatment at Mount Vernon Hospital.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of (a) fines, (b) penalty notice payments and (c) compensation payments went unpaid in each of the last five years.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent capacity surveys have been undertaken in respect of the railway line between King's Cross and Stevenage; what recent representations he has received on overcrowding on trains; and if he will make a statement.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the level of overcrowding on trains on the line between Stevenage and King's Cross.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will take steps to encourage defence contractors to increase the value for money of procurement contracts with HM Government by taking account of export opportunities; (2) if he will take steps to encourage defence contractors to develop generic platforms for use in a range of applications; (3) if he will take steps to reduce the number...
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the final version of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease National Strategy to be published; whether he has set a timetable for implementation of that Strategy; and whether he has made a decision on his Department's priorities in respect of recommendations on (a) asthma and (b) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to refer asthma to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence as a topic for the development of a quality standard.
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to work together with the devolved administrations on extending the forthcoming National Audit of Asthma Deaths across the UK.