Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What steps his Department is taking to help tackle Asian hornets.”
Tabled: 2 May 2024Answered: 9 May 2024
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Wes Streeting
The hon. Member is absolutely right to put the spotlight on paediatric health. Mental health is important for children and young people, but physical health is too. This Government are committed to dramatically reducing waiting lists and returning to the 18-week standard by the end of this Parliament, but we should aim to go even harder after those childhood waiting lists, because many children waiting in pain and agony are losing valuable years of their childhood that they will never get back.