Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 8 February 2024Answered: 20 February 2024

Asked by

Ian Lavery

LabourBlyth and Ashington

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (James Murray)

Primary care providers have yearly negotiations with the Department on what services they provide and what money they are entitled to. More broadly, the reason why we are, in the Budget, taking difficult decisions about national insurance and other matters is precisely to fund the NHS, so that we have the health service that our country needs and deserves.