Debate on Thursday, 2 July 2026, in the House of Commons, led by Paul Foster. The answering members were Sharon Hodgson and Stuart Andrew.

Heart Disease and Stroke: Premature Deaths

Motion that this House has considered the matter of reducing levels of premature deaths from heart disease and stroke. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 788 cc504-483WH
Session: 2026-27
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: Reducing levels of premature deaths from heart disease and stroke
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
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Proceeding contributions: Siobhain McDonagh | 788 c504WH (Link to this contribution)
Gentlemen may take off their jackets off if they wish.; Paul Foster | 788 cc504-462WH (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the matter of reducing levels of premature de...; Gordon McKee | 788 c462WH (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making an important and passionate speech, especially in the light of the perso...; Paul Foster | 788 cc462-3WH (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree. If we could get fresh food to more of our communities and young people, it wo...; Siobhain McDonagh | 788 c463WH (Link to this contribution)
I remind Members to bob if they wish to be called in the debate.; 788 c463WH (Link to this contribution); Siobhain McDonagh | 788 c463WH (Link to this contribution)
I call Mark Francois.
1.39 pm; Mark Francois | 788 cc464-6WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to speak in this important debate about preventing premature death from heart di...; Amanda Hack | 788 cc466-7WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I am grateful to my hon. Friend th...; Jim Shannon | 788 c468WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I thank the hon. Member for South ...; Tom Gordon | 788 c469WH (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is, as always, generous with his time. We all fully appreciate the slant that ...; Jim Shannon | 788 c469WH (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman always sums up the thrust of the debate in his interventions; he has outlined ...; Tom Gordon | 788 c469WH (Link to this contribution)
As chair of the all-party parliamentary group for diabetes, I should say that we have been pushin...; Jim Shannon | 788 cc469-470WH (Link to this contribution)
I certainly do; the hon. Gentleman and I most definitely agree about that.
The tragedy is t...; Patrick Hurley | 788 c470WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I congratulate my near-neighbour a...; Mark Francois | 788 c470WH (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry to disappoint the hon. Gentleman, not least as he is being so kind to me, but for the ...; Patrick Hurley | 788 cc470-1WH (Link to this contribution)
It will have been very important to place that on the record once the right hon. Gentleman gets h...; Alison Bennett | 788 cc471-3WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Dame Siobhain. I congratulate the ...; Stuart Andrew | 788 cc473-5WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain.
I congratulate the hon. Memb...; Mark Francois | 788 c476WH (Link to this contribution)
For many years, stroke units have had access to thrombolysis—or “the shot”, as it is known in the...; Stuart Andrew | 788 c476WH (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend is so right. When he was describing its importance, I was thinking about one...; Sharon Hodgson | 788 c477WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Dame Siobhain. I thank my hon. Friend th...; Alison Bennett | 788 c477WH (Link to this contribution)
For the record, my request was that the public health grant be restored back to 2015 levels, not ...; Sharon Hodgson | 788 cc477-8WH (Link to this contribution)
Right, the hon. Lady said 2015. I am being too clever for my own boots. I wrote down 2010, but of...; Jim Shannon | 788 c478WH (Link to this contribution)
There are indications that the weight loss injections and tablets available on the NHS are very e...; Sharon Hodgson | 788 cc478-480WH (Link to this contribution)
As with all medication, it is obviously up to GPs to consider side effects when prescribing. Some...; Mark Francois | 788 c480WH (Link to this contribution)
I am sure that the potential new Prime Minister will have noted very carefully the commitment of ...; Sharon Hodgson | 788 cc480-1WH (Link to this contribution)
Very good. I must apologise to my hon. Friend the Member for Southport (Patrick Hurley) for getti...; Mark Francois | 788 c481WH (Link to this contribution)
Lead neurointerventional radiographer.; Sharon Hodgson | 788 c481WH (Link to this contribution)
Very good. She works at Queen’s hospital in east London, and I was very interested to hear about ...; Mark Francois | 788 c481WH (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; Sharon Hodgson | 788 c481WH (Link to this contribution)
We are having a love-in here.; Mark Francois | 788 c481WH (Link to this contribution)
Yes—don’t tell my wife! I thank the Minister very much for what she says about Olivia, her collea...; Sharon Hodgson | 788 cc481-2WH (Link to this contribution)
My private office will have made note of that. I would be happy to pay a visit to the hospital an...; Siobhain McDonagh | 788 c482WH (Link to this contribution)
I call Paul Foster to wind up, very quickly.
2.59 pm; Paul Foster | 788 cc482-3WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for giving me 50 seconds.
This is one of those very rare topics where ...
Subjects: Disadvantaged Death Diabetes Diagnosis Health services Heart diseases Nutrition Standards Strokes Screening Obesity Preventive medicine Hypertension Public health
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Heart Disease and Stroke: Premature Deaths

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