Laurence Turner

Laurence Turner

Labour — Birmingham Northfield

Speaking in the House of Commons on 10 September 2024

Debate

Winter Fuel Payment

Contribution

We will take no lectures on hospital admissions, given the state of the NHS that the right hon. Member’s party left us. The Conservatives claimed that they did not know what the pay review body recommendations would be, but the School Teachers’ Review Body recommendations were known to Ministers before July. They will know also that the different PRBs tend to make similar recommendations. Why were most of those recommendations not submitted in good time? Because Ministers were late in submitting their evidence, pushing the timetable until after the election. The Office of Manpower Economics has said: “The work of the PRBs is demand led and essentially non-negotiable—departments set the remits and timetables.” Shadow Ministers talked about productivity gains, but when it came to NHS negotiations under the last Government, productivity was just a slogan. The cupboard was bare. They had nothing to actually ask for.

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