Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

What steps her Department is taking to reduce pressure on NHS services in winter 2023-24.

Tabled: 29 November 2023Answered: 5 December 2023

Asked by

Catherine West

LabourHornsey and Friern Barnet

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Deputy Prime Minister

We have the fastest growing economy in the G7, borrowing is down and we have just signed our fifth major trade deal. I must say this to the Tory deputy chairman: yesterday he was on television laughing and joking about the arson attack on the Prime Minister’s home, laughing about a firebomb targeting the Prime Minister and his family. Not only that, he joined with promoting conspiracies about the attack and laughed along to demeaning homophobic remarks. He should be ashamed of himself—absolutely ashamed. My advice to him is to grow up, apologise and do considerably better.