Stuart Andrew

The national insurance rises are really affecting hospices: in some cases, 40% of their beds are closing. Where will those people go? They will go to the national health service. How does that help ou

I point the hon. Gentleman to his party’s own manifesto. Labour promised that it would not do it. That is the reality of it, and that is the challenge that we are putting to this Government. I really

The hon. Gentleman is right. I was the head of fundraising at the hospice, so I know that it takes some time to plan a fundraising strategy. If a charity suddenly finds overnight that it has to find a

It is a pleasure to contribute to this debate and to follow the hon. Member for Norwich North (Alice Macdonald). I heard a collective thud when the Minister was speaking earlier, which must have been

I recall that when I was sat on the Government Benches, the Liberal Democrats were calling for more stringent measures.

We are blessed with charities up and down the country doing amazing work. I was pleased to host a dinner in Parliament to launch a new charity that is based in Northamptonshire in my constituency. It