Parliamentary Work - Ashley Dalton - Ashley Dalton MP for West Lancashire

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Ashley speaking in the House of Commons

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Progression of Bills through Parliament - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I will not; there is not enough time. Once we begin asking Governments to override democratic protocols or decide that the revising Chamber’s scrutiny should be optional, we create a...

Progression of Bills through Parliament - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Wishart. I thank the petitioners for giving us the opportunity to have this debate. I know that we are all mindful of the sincere and...

Progression of Bills through Parliament - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I wonder whether the hon. Member might clarify something. He stated that the Bill could have come back to be debated in the Commons. A Bill does not come back to the Commons to be debated after...

SEND Provision and Reform

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Member for his intervention and his kind words, and I agree that we cannot simply say that there is overdiagnosis. It has been said previously that there were not as many people...

SEND Provision and Reform

Commons debates

I will briefly.

SEND Provision and Reform

Commons debates

I congratulate the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) on securing this really important debate. Children in West Lancashire have previously felt let down by the SEND system....

Waste Crime: Knowsley

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend has outlined clearly the issues caused at Simonswood in my constituency, which my constituents are also really concerned about. Constituents on the other side of my constituency...

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

The Department recognises that Ehlers–Danlos syndromes (EDS) and associated cranio‑cervical instability (CCI) are complex conditions that can be challenging to diagnose and manage,...

Alcoholic Drinks: Marketing

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

Currently alcohol advertising and promotion in the United Kingdom is regulated primarily through the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which administers the mandatory Advertising Codes,...

Alcoholic Drinks: Marketing

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

The Government recognises the harms associated with alcohol consumption and has taken crucial steps in the 10-Year Health Plan to support people to make healthier choices. There is a balance to...

Business of the House

Commons debates

Thank you, Mr Speaker; I am delighted to take up this place. People in West Lancashire are concerned about the potential relocation of the children’s accident and emergency department at...

Cancer: Health Services

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

To help people quit, the Government has invested an additional £70 million in both 2024/25 and 2025/26 to support local authority led Stop Smoking Services in England. We are already seeing...

Heart Diseases: Farnham and Bordon

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

In order to increase survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest NHS England has worked in partnership with St John’s Ambulance and others to increase access to cardiopulmonary...

Lipoedema

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

Lipoedema does not currently have a unique standalone diagnostic code within the National Health Service’s primary coding systems. In clinical practice, it is often recorded under broader...

Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

In Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, the Government committed to strengthening and expanding existing voluntary guidelines for alcohol labelling by introducing a mandatory...

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

NHS England collected, but does not currently publish, data on the proportion of COVID-19 vaccinations that were administered by community pharmacies in the autumn 2025 vaccination programme....

Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

In both the Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England and the National Cancer Plan for England, the Government committed to strengthen and expand on existing voluntary guidelines for...

Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

The recently published National Cancer Plan reiterated the commitment made in Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England, to strengthen and expand on existing voluntary guidelines for...

Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

The recently published National Cancer Plan reiterated the commitment made in Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England, to strengthen and expand on existing voluntary...

Preventive Medicine: Expenditure

Department of Health and Social Care

Ashley Dalton received a response to a question they put to the government

Non-Government spending on preventative health care is estimated in the UK Health Accounts published by the Office for National Statistics, on a United Kingdom basis. The following table shows...