Dr Danny Chambers

16 Jul 2026   Topical Questions

We very much welcome the Government’s initiative to give children free bus travel throughout the summer—it is a great idea. The only problem is that in Winchester and its surrounding area, Hampshire county council keeps cutting funding for…

16 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Sixteenth sitting)

I thank the Minister for her comments. We understand that the Government take this matter very seriously, but we are working on estimated numbers of deaths for something that will eventually be killing more people than covid. We really nee…

16 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Sixteenth sitting)

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause would require the Secretary of State to conduct and publish a review into the yearly number of deaths in the UK related to antimicrobial-resistant infections. I declar…

16 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Sixteenth sitting)

I thank the Minister for her comments. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 32 Review on deaths related to antimicrobial resistant infection “Within six months of the passage of thi…

16 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Sixteenth sitting)

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Twelve young people die every week from undiagnosed heart conditions. One of those was Clarissa Nicholls, who died just before her 21st birthday, while on a year abroad in France. He…

14 Jul 2026   Support for Pig Farmers

No, I used to play football matches with them. They were a lot of fun, and I learned that of all livestock, they are potentially the most intelligent and certainly some of the most affectionate animals. I had a particularly interesting vis…

14 Jul 2026   Support for Pig Farmers

It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Gordon and Buchan (Harriet Cross) for securing this timely debate. I grew up on a sheep and beef farm, and when I was about 11 years ol…

9 Jul 2026   Violence against Women and Girls: Prosecution Rates

It is well recognised that people who inflict deliberate pain, injury or violence on animals are more likely to be involved in domestic abuse, yet if someone is prosecuted for deliberately injuring an animal, they are prosecuted under anim…

9 Jul 2026   Topical Questions

I welcome the Secretary of State’s mentioning an update to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966; after 60 years, it is much needed to make the Act fit for purpose to regulate new business structures and paraprofessionals such as physios, and t…

9 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)

I thank everyone for their comments. I thank the Minister for her reassurances on the seriousness of this issue. Given that we are waiting for the response to the report, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, with…

9 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 28, tabled in the name of the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Oxford West and Abingdon, extends the powers of the first-tier t…

9 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)

I thank Committee members for their contributions. The hon. Member for Isle of Wight East spoke particularly well and emotively—I know that he worked for Dementia UK before entering Parliament. My mother was a carer for my father, who had …

9 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)

I will speak to new clauses 16, 17 and 18 together. They relate to the duty on integrated care boards to promote the health and wellbeing of carers. Certainly, as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for mental health, and having been a carer…

9 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

9 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)

I am grateful to the shadow Minister for that intervention. Unless something changes significantly by the time we get to vote on new clause 76, which I understand will not be today, we will press it to a vote for transparency’s sake, bu…

9 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)

I appreciate that. Just to reiterate, I am talking specifically about the trade deal with the United States, not about every single trade deal. We completely accept that primary legislation is not necessarily the best way to scrutinise a t…

9 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)

I thank the Minister for her comments. It is good to hear cross-party recognition of how important the life sciences sector is in the UK, to universities and businesses as knowledge transfer partnerships. This is a huge opportunity not onl…

9 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)

New clause 15 would require that the Secretary of State lay before Parliament any trade negotiation requiring NHS spending or funding exceeding £100 million, in the form of regulations subject to the affirmative procedure. New clause 76 wo…

9 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

9 Jul 2026   Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)

I thank all Members for their contributions to the discussion. The hon. Member for Lichfield made the good point that a committee of 70 people may not be that efficient. He should come to the Lib Dem parliamentary party meetings, which are…

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