Urgent Question on NHS funding: 31 October 2016
31 October 2016 (updated on 31 October 2016)
Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Jonathan Ashworth, asked an Urgent Question on NHS funding in the House of Commons on Monday 31 October.
Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, responded on behalf of the Government.
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