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 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: 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: 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...