Preet Kaur Gill

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1. 3 Nov 2026·Parliament·Preet Kaur Gill

   Budget Resolutions

   “Fresh hope for the future” must mean something that people can recognise in their own lives: a young person finding a skilled job close to home, a patient getting a diagnosis sooner, someone waiting for an operation finally getting treatment and getting back to their life. That is how people will judge us, so I welcome this Budget’s determination to give families breathing space now while building a stronger economy for tomorrow. I want to focus on one opportunity that can help us achieve both: backing life sciences so that Britain can build a future here. That involves developing new treatments, manufacturing them in Britain and getting them to NHS patients faster, because a healthier country is a stronger country. The industries that help us live healthier lives can also create the jobs, investment and prosperity that our communities need. I began working as a care assistant at 16. I became a social worker, working in child protection, and served as cabinet member for public health and protection. Those experiences taught me that public services are judged at the moment someone needs them. Can they get help? Are they listened to? Does someone take responsibility? As a Health Minister, I brought that same test to innovation. A scientific breakthrough is an extraordinary achievement. Approval matters, but success is a patient receiving treatment. Our ambition should be clear: discover here, make it here and deliver it here. This Budget gives us something substantial to build on. I welcome the £100 million investment in robotic surgery, supporting the ambition to increase procedures from 70,000 a year today to 500,000 by 2035. For a patient, that could mean a less invasive operation, a shorter stay in hospital and getting home to their family sooner. I also welcome the life sciences investment in Manchester, Oxford and Loughborough, together worth more than £1 billion, supported by almost £70 million in Government grants. These investments should give businesses the confidence to build in Britain and patients the confidence that progress will reach them. The next task is to make that partnership work across the country, and to connect investment with improvements that people can feel. Birmingham’s life sciences district shows what is possible when we bring our strengths together. The University of Birmingham, the Queen Elizabeth hospital and Birmingham Health Partners connect world-class research with frontline care, and our health innovation campus and precision health technologies accelerator help businesses turn discoveries into treatments. We should back this district as an engine of national growth, attracting investment, expanding manufacturing and opening routes into skilled jobs for local people. This is an enormous opportunity for our city to know that there could be a place for young people in my city as a laboratory technician, an engineer, a clinical researcher, a manufacturing apprentice or a specialist working with health data. Representatives of the University of Birmingham are here today in Parliament launching the Birmingham health and life sciences quarter. As the Government develop their 10-year plan and prepare for the next spending review, three things should guide us. First, we must make the adoption of proven innovation a core NHS responsibility, because businesses and innovators need a clear route from successful evaluation to everyday use, with named responsibility, funding and a timetable. For a small British business, a successful NHS trial should open the door. It should not have to go begging every single trust to procure its product. We should measure success through patient outcomes, and the same discipline should apply to AI. I therefore welcome the Budget’s review of NHS productivity and AI. Its purpose should be practical: better care, less avoidable administration and more time with patients. Secondly, we need to connect life sciences investment to British manufacturing and local opportunity. Thirdly, we must make prevention and earlier diagnosis central to our ambition, because the greatest gain is often the illness avoided. This is a serious economic opportunity. Better health can help people remain in work, support families and reduce pressure on public services. Successful British businesses can bring investment, exports and skilled employment. The Prime Minister has opened a conversation about the country we want to become. My answer is a Britain confident enough to back its scientists, ambitious enough to build new industries, and determined enough to put their achievements into the hands of the people who need them; a Britain where a discovery becomes a treatment and an investment becomes a skilled job, and where a young person can see a future in the place they call home. That is what fresh hope for the future must mean.

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2. 21 Oct 2026·Parliament·Preet Kaur Gill

   Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

   Sir David Bell’s review lays bare the extent of antisemitism within our education system. The Government are funding a partnership between the Archdiocese of Birmingham and the Board of Deputies to help pupils recognise and challenge antisemitism, including conspiracy theories spread through online gaming. Will the Secretary of State commit to publishing its results and explain how successful approaches will reach every school in Birmingham, including in the constituency of Edgbaston?

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3. 20 Oct 2026·Parliament·Preet Kaur Gill

   Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL] (First sitting)

   I strongly welcome the provision on wheelchairs. From personal experience, a damaged wheelchair can leave someone unable to work or get around their home, and that obviously affects personal care. Alongside compensation, can the Minister say how the Government will encourage prompt repairs and perhaps temporary replacements?

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4. 20 Oct 2026·Parliament·Preet Kaur Gill

   Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [LORDS] (Second sitting)

   I support updating the framework for funding air navigation services. Will the Minister explain how the changes will ensure that costs are shared fairly among those who benefit, with proper scrutiny on charges and a clear expectation that the money supports a reliable service?

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5. 9 Sep 2026·Parliament·Preet Kaur Gill

   Jaguar Land Rover: Redundancies

   Today’s announcement from Jaguar Land Rover is devastating for its workforce, for the automotive industry and for the wider supply chain. A manufacturing supplier to JLR in my constituency has lost more than 150 jobs. What access to finance will the Government provide to help west midlands firms diversify, enter new markets and protect skilled jobs?

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6. 8 Sep 2026·Parliament·Preet Kaur Gill

   Israel and Palestine

   I oppose the E1 settlement plan and welcome this Government’s action against extremist settler violence. My constituent Ruth Jacobs and others have raised with me that, with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur approaching, British Jews are facing an elevated threat, so what steps have the Government taken to ensure that these measures do not contribute to further antisemitism or undermine the security and confidence of Jewish communities in Birmingham Edgbaston and across the UK?

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7. 16 Jul 2026·Parliament·Preet Kaur Gill

   Thirlwall Inquiry Terms of Reference

   It is an honour to respond for the Government in the last debate until September. I extend my thanks to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, as well as to the other Deputy Speakers and Mr Speaker, for your stewardship of this House, and to everyone who works here in Parliament and in our constituency offices. I also thank all our NHS staff, who are keeping the service going despite record demand over the summer. The right hon. Member for Goole and Pocklington (David Davis) has raised an extremely serious matter. I want to start by expressing my heartfelt sympathy to all the families who were affected by the terrible events at the Countess of Chester hospital—as a mother of two daughters, I cannot begin to imagine what they are going through. On top of their grief, they have been subject to a level of press scrutiny that would match anything we have faced as Members of this place. They have been left in limbo, waiting for answers. As someone who advocates for constituents at my own trust, I know that this will take an additional toll on their mental health, and all of us in this Chamber can agree that they deserve closure. The previous Government established the Thirlwall inquiry in October 2023 to examine the events at the Countess of Chester hospital NHS foundation trust. Its terms of reference are available online. Lady Justice Thirlwall’s recommendations will help us to understand what went so wrong at the Countess of Chester. Her inquiry has now finished hearing evidence, and the final report will be published at the earliest practical date. Lucy Letby was found guilty by her peers, following two criminal trials. She is currently serving 15 whole-life sentences for murder and attempted murder, and her convictions were upheld by the Court of Appeal. This is an independent judicial process, and it is not for the Government to comment on judicial decisions or appeals. The right hon. Gentleman has called for the inquiry’s terms of reference to be amended or expanded to reflect the ongoing public debate around the safety of Miss Letby’s convictions, but the point of the inquiry is not to rehearse Lucy Letby’s trial; it is to focus on how people within the trust responded based on what they knew, or should have known, at the time of the events. The inquiry is now in the report-writing stage, and I have every confidence that the chair will consider all the evidence when drawing conclusions and writing her report and recommendations. I do not consider that there is a case to either amend or expand the terms of reference, based on the information currently available. There is a separate process going through the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which received a full application in relation to Miss Letby’s case in April 2025. The merits of the application are solely for the CCRC to consider and, if appropriate, to refer the case for further consideration to the Court of Appeal. An application to the CCRC does not in itself indicate that the convictions are, or are likely to be, unsafe. Again, the right hon. Gentleman will understand that this is an independent process, and it is not for the Government to comment on, nor intervene in, individual applications. I am aware that the right hon. Gentleman has also called for the inquiry to be paused or suspended while the CCRC is reviewing Miss Letby’s application. An application was made by legal teams for Miss Letby and former executives at the trust to the inquiry chair to consider exercising her powers to pause the inquiry under section 17 of the Inquiries Act 2005. An application was made in parallel by the same legal teams to the then Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting), to suspend the inquiry under section 13 of that Act. The basis for both applications was that the inquiry should be halted until the CCRC had determined Letby’s application. In March 2025, the chair refused the application and set out her reasons in detail. For transparency, that has been made available online. In her judgment, the chair considered, among other things, the question of fairness, and she was satisfied that the inquiry process had been fair and would not become unfair because there is a possibility that all the convictions were unsafe. My right hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North agreed with that reasoning. It would not be appropriate for the Government to speculate on the outcome of the CCRC’s determination, and we should take into account that the families have not supported any pause or suspension of the inquiry either. Even if, hypothetically, we did take that unprecedented step, I concur with my right hon. Friend that any suspension would create unnecessary delays and become a barrier to the families receiving the answers they deserve. There has been no new information that would make us think twice about this decision, nor change the terms of reference, and there is a strong public interest in the inquiry being concluded as soon as possible. That is why this Government shall not suspend the inquiry pending the outcome of Miss Letby’s application to the CCRC to review her convictions.

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8. 16 Jul 2026·Parliament·Preet Kaur Gill

   Thirlwall Inquiry Terms of Reference

   The hon. Member makes some important, valid points. Of course, the Countess of Chester hospital will want to know the outcome of the inquiry. As she rightly says, the CQC has been in and has made lots of recommendations, especially because of the inadequate rating. I have asked for a submission from the CQC to understand what progress has been made. I have been informed that there has been some progress, but equally there are lots of areas in which there has not been progress. I am making sure that I am receiving regular updates, because, as the hon. Lady rightly says, every parent wants to see change. In the end, this is about so many lives. Parents have had to go through such heartbreaking situations just to get to justice, and they do deserve disclosure. I therefore really do thank her for her intervention. Where the inquiry identifies lessons on safeguarding vulnerable patients or on how management responds to patient safety concerns, the Government will examine them rigorously and take forward all recommendations that are deliverable, justified and in the public interest. There is a huge amount of interest, inside and outside the Chamber, about the professional regulation of managers in the NHS. We all know that the NHS needs and deserves the best leaders. We are committed to supporting their development and professionalism, and to strengthening accountability where they fall short. Work is already under way to develop an NHS college of leadership and management to support and develop NHS leaders. In addition, we will legislate in this Parliament to enable the Health and Care Professions Council to begin to operate a statutory barring system for senior managers. The mechanism will enable the Health and Care Professions Council to prevent senior NHS leaders whose conduct is unacceptable from working again in senior roles. The Government have also launched the maternity and neonatal taskforce, personally chaired by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, which will translate Baroness Amos’s recommendations into action. The right hon. Member for Goole and Pocklington has campaigned against Government overreach his entire career; I respect him for that. I know that he will agree with me that our democracy rests on a separation of powers, and I trust our independent judiciary to get on with the job. There are well-established criminal processes and procedures for how expert evidence is used at criminal trials. In our democracy, there are also routes for people to challenge convictions if they protest their innocence—even for Lucy Letby. It is not for me or the Government to undermine those processes. Our attention should remain on the families and parents impacted by the case and on continuing to work towards providing answers and closure for them. That is what the Government are focused on, and we trust the Thirlwall inquiry to give us those answers. Question put and agreed to.

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9. 14 Jul 2026·Parliament·Preet Kaur Gill

   Maternity Services: North-west

   We know of the devastating impact of failures in maternity care and the courage of women, families and many members of staff. We will reform maternity and neonatal services, translating the recent recommendations of Baroness Amos and Donna Ockenden into a national action plan by the end of the year. We will create a statutory maternity and neonatal commissioner, we are extending Martha’s rule so that the concerns of families are listened to, and we are investing £186 million to improve maternity and neonatal estates.

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10. 14 Jul 2026·Parliament·Preet Kaur Gill

    Maternity Services: North-west

    I think we can all agree that the report’s findings were shocking, and our thoughts are with the women and families who have suffered life-changing loss or harm. Baroness Amos’s recommendations will shape a new national action plan by the end of the year, and those families will be at the heart of the taskforce that will help us to get this right. That will include defining the role of the maternity commissioner, who will help us to ensure that never again are women not listened to.

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