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Mark Francois MP: speeches

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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  • 7 Sept 2026 · Regional Devolution: Funding · Hansard source
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    Labour has also said that it wants to devolve NHS funding. The NHS uses a standard metric of 2.4 additional patients for every new dwelling constructed. To give a practical example, in south Essex, the 63,000 homes envisaged in Basildon and Thurrock would mean 151,000 extra patients for Basildon hospital, which unfortunately is rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission and is part of a trust that is one of five in the country in intensive special measures because of poor management. In short, how on earth can Basildon hospital cope with 151,000 additional patients because of Labour’s housing targets when it can barely cope with the patients that it has at the moment?

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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 10Communities and local government10Culture, media and sport: 1Culture, media and sport1Defence and foreign affairs: 16Defence and foreign affairs16Democracy and constitution: 2Democracy and constitution2Economy and business: 7Economy and business7Education and skills: 1Education and skills1Environment and energy: 2Environment and energy2Health and care: 1Health and care1Housing and planning: 3Housing and planning3Justice and policing: 2Justice and policing2Social security and pensions: 1Social security and pensions1Transport: 2Transport2Unclassified: 7Unclassified7
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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
Department or topicPublished records
Communities and local government10
Culture, media and sport1
Defence and foreign affairs16
Democracy and constitution2
Economy and business7
Education and skills1
Environment and energy2
Health and care1
Housing and planning3
Justice and policing2
Social security and pensions1
Transport2
Unclassified7

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