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- = Key Development Wednesday 15th May
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11:45 Health minister: Govt needs to focus on jobs and growth PoliticsHome News
Health minister: Govt needs to focus on jobs and growth
A Lib Dem health minister today rounded on his Tory colleagues for prioritising a referendum on Europe over fixing Britain’s economy. Norman Lamb said there had been a “collective panic” from the party and that it was all about squabblin... Continue to article
- = Key Development Tuesday 14th May
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07:44 Norman Lamb: We've already legislated for EU referendum On air
On Air | Norman Lamb MP | Lib Dem Care Minister | Today, BBC Radio 4
Norman Lamb indicated that the Lib Dems would not allow parliamentary time for a Tory private member's bill to legislate for an EU referendum by 2017. "The fact is that this Government has already legislated to provide a referendum on Eu... Continue to article
- = Key Development Friday 3rd May
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16:46 In Brief Events
16:46 | Events | PoliticsHome
The Queen’s Speech and state opening of Parliament take place today Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin delivers a speech on road safety at a UN Global Road Safety Week event Energy secretary Ed Davey speaks at the Prince of Wales ... Continue to article
- = Key Development Sunday 28th April
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19:51 Norman Lamb: UKIP maternity leave criticism is crazy On air
On Air | Norman Lamb MP | Lib Dem Care Minister | Pienaar's Politics, BBC Radio 5Live
Norman Lamb said UKIP criticism of maternity leave was "crazy". "I think we should be respectful of people’s anxieties about the state of the economy, about the pressures that many families face. But what I think we’ve seen and heard in ... Continue to article
- = Key Development Friday 12th April
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16:28 In Brief Events
16:28 | Events | PoliticsHome
Foreign secretary William Hague speaks at the Lord Mayor’s Easter banquet (20.00) Health secretary Jeremy Hunt speaks at a UK Faculty of Public Health conference on creating conditions for safety (11.30) Education secretary Michael Go... Continue to article
- = Key Development Friday 5th April
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20:45 Norman Lamb: Ludicrous to link Trident to North Korea On air
On Air | Norman Lamb MP | Lib Dem Care Minister | Any Questions, BBC Radio 4
Norman Lamb said it was “ludicrous” and “ridiculous” to link the current situation in North Korea to the need to directly replace the Trident nuclear missile system, as the Prime Minister. “I don’t think anyone can credibly argue there i... Continue to article
- = Key Development Wednesday 27th March
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09:59 Transcript: Deputy Prime Minister speech on employee ownership: Robert Oakeshott memorial lecture Transcripts
Deputy Prime Minister speech on employee ownership: Robert Oakeshott memorial lecture
I am honoured to be here today to give the inaugural Robert Oakeshott memorial lecture. As the champion of employee ownership, Robert lived by his principles; principles of justice, fairness and participation. An extraordinary and colourful... Continue to article
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08:20 Norman Lamb: Nursing reforms will instil culture of compassion On air
On Air | Norman Lamb MP | Lib Dem Care Minister | Breakfast, BBC One
Norman Lamb said the Government’s reforms to nursing were required to tackle the problems identified in Francis Report. “I think in many parts of the NHS, we absolutely do [have a culture of caring] and there are vast numbers of people d... Continue to article
- = Key Development Tuesday 26th March
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22:54 Norman Lamb: Hospitals that made poor judgement should be held to account On air
On Air | Norman Lamb MP | Lib Dem Care Minister | Newsnight, BBC 2
Norman Lamb said hospitals that had made poor judgment on hospital staffing should be “held to account”. “There will be some hospitals who have made poor judgment about the levels of staffing in their hospitals. That’s why it’s very impo... Continue to article
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11:10 BIS: Low Pay Commission Written Ministerial Statements
11:10 | Written Ministerial Statements | PoliticsHome
WRITTEN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT JO SWINSON, PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS TRIENNIAL REVIEW OF THE LOW PAY COMMISSION (LPC) On 10th July 2012 my Hon friend Norman Lamb, former Min... Continue to article
- = Key Development Saturday 23rd March
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16:33 Transcript: Letter from Nick Clegg: Behind the Budget Transcripts
Letter from Nick Clegg: Behind the Budget
Agreeing the Budget is a long and painstaking process. It started at the beginning of the year, with a presentation by the Chancellor to the Quad (that’s me, him, the PM and Danny Alexander). The information is confidential enough that e... Continue to article
- = Key Development Friday 22nd March
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16:20 In Brief Events
16:20 | Events | PoliticsHome
Prime minister David Cameron meets with the Northern Ireland first minister Peter Robinson and deputy first minister Martin McGuinness in Downing Street Health secretary Jeremy Hunt responds to the Francis inquiry on Mid Staffordshire NH... Continue to article
- = Key Development Tuesday 19th March
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13:40 Norman Lamb: People with learning disabilities have to be given the correct care On air
On Air | Norman Lamb MP | Lib Dem Care Minister | The World at One, BBC Radio 4
Norman Lamb said people with learning disabilities had to be given the correct care. “We commissioned [the report] because we wanted to establish the facts and what this demonstrates in a way is that there is a massive culture change req... Continue to article
- = Key Development Thursday 14th March
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20:00 Everybody's talking The House Magazine
20:00 | The House Magazine | PoliticsHome
WORDS: SAM MACRORY David Cameron is not short of advice. From backbenchers to former ministers, Cabinet members to influential backers, everyone is breaking cover to tell the Prime Minister where he’s going wrong. He leads a Conservativ... Continue to article
- = Key Development Wednesday 6th March
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07:50 Norman Lamb: We must never tolerate poor care for disabled people On air
On Air | Norman Lamb MP | Lib Dem Care Minister | Daybreak, ITV
Norman Lamb said officials must "get the message across" that people with learning difficulties have an equal right to treatment as everyone else. "What struck me over Winterbourne View, and the fact that we’re putting so many people aw... Continue to article
- = Key Development Tuesday 5th March
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22:48 Norman Lamb: NHS problems go much deeper than Nicholson On air
On Air | Norman Lamb MP | Lib Dem Care Minister | Newsnight, BBC 2
Norman Lamb said Sir David Nicholson should not be made “the fall guy” for far deeper problems in the NHS. “The Nicholson challenge is about achieving efficiency savings across the system, which is necessary to ensure that the NHS is sus... Continue to article
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13:25 Govt U-turn on NHS commissioning rules PoliticsHome News
Govt U-turn on NHS commissioning rules
Norman Lamb has admitted that competition regulations in the Health and Social Care Act have created “confusion” and has pledged to redraft them. There were concerns that Section 75 of the Act would lead regulator Monitor to force commiss... Continue to article
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13:25 Govt U-turn on NHS commissioning rules PoliticsHome News
Govt U-turn on NHS commissioning rules
Norman Lamb has admitted that competition regulations in the Health and Social Care Act have created “confusion” and has pledged to redraft them. There were concerns that Section 75 of the Act would lead regulator Monitor to force commiss... Continue to article
- = Key Development Monday 4th March
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16:28 Lobby:No 10: No Cabinet ministers on migrants' committee Lobby Briefings
16:28 | Lobby Briefings | PoliticsHome
Downing Street revealed that no Cabinet ministers were sitting on the Inter-Ministerial Group on Migrants' Access to Benefits and Public Services. The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman said the 12-strong group was being chaired by Mark... Continue to article
- = Key Development Friday 1st March
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17:15 In Brief Events
17:15 | Events | PoliticsHome
Chancellor George Osborne attends the EU ECOFIN Council meeting in Brussels Energy secretary Ed Davey speaks at the Ecobuild event in London (11.30) Environment secretary Owen Paterson (12.00) and shadow London minister Tessa Jowell M... Continue to article
- = Key Development Thursday 28th February
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11:46 Dot Commons: Jump in! Dot Commons
It's not just by-elections that bring MPs' competitive nature to the fore. Along with pancake races and tug of wars, there's another activity that MPs can add: skipping. As revealed by the Evening Standard, in a bid to encourage children...
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22:16 Story (1 links): Thalidomide Fund recieves £80 million
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The Thalidomide Fund will recieve a grant of £80 milllion over the next ten years, Health Minister Norman Lamb announced in the House of Commons.<br /><br />
The moves comes as a three year pilot scheme introduced by Labour expires in the new year.
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20/12/2012 in Disability
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Thalidomide Fund recieves £80 million
The Thalidomide Fund will recieve a grant of £80 milllion over the next ten years, Health Minister Norman Lamb announced in the House of Commons.<br /><br />
The moves comes as a three year pilot scheme introduced by Labour expires in the new year.
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15/02/2010 in Social Care
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More on social care row
The three major parties clashed angrily on social care in a TV debate; Health Secretary Andy Burnham has called for an all-party conference to discuss how to fund social care.
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02/11/2010
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Coalition joint policy prospectus planned
Nick Clegg and David Cameron have allowed for Liberal Democrat and Conservative MPs to work together on a joint policy prospectus for the coalition in the second half of this parliament.
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19/09/2011 in Parliament
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Lib Dems 'willing' to talk to Labour
Labour and the Liberal Democrats can have a "civilised dialogue" to seek common ground in this Parliament, according to Nick Clegg's parliamentary aide Norman Lamb. He said Labour's reaction to the forming of the Coalition had been largely "hysterical", but that as "plural politicians we should be willing to talk to Labour as early as the next election about working together in government".
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31/03/2010 in Social Care
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Govt outlines social care plans
The government plans a compulsory levy to create a universal system of social care for adults in England, health secretary Andy Burnham confirmed yesterday. Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley dismissed Labour's plans as a "train crash".
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30/04/2010
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Lib Dems reject Tory NHS board plan
The Liberal Democrats would not support the key Conservative health policy of an independent board to run the NHS in the event of a hung parliament, party health spokesman Norman Lamb said yesterday.
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